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FirstBank of Nebraska

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural NE FDIC cert 5486

Wahoo, NE

4 branches across NE

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 82 in NE
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FirstBank of Nebraska has 2 strengths but faces 4 concerns

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Efficiency Ratio 22.61% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.44% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - NIB Deposit Bleed: Bottom 25.8% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 47.0% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.00% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.44% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NE) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $470.3M
+3.3% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+$84.2M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$791.1M
+6.6% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
69%
Total Loans ? $227.9M
+5.9% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$27.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$551.6M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
55%
Total Deposits ? $376.0M
+4.0% YoY +7.9% QoQ
+$48.1M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$661.1M
+6.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
67%
Return on Assets ? 1.70%
+12.8% YoY +3.9% QoQ
+0.44% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.36%
+20.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
78%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.93%
+9.4% YoY +2.9% QoQ
-1.00% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.79%
+6.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 9.6% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 42.68%
-6.4% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-22.61% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
60.11%
-6.9% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 6.2% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.32%
+335.2% YoY +227.2% QoQ
+0.44% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.72%
+6.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
22%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 60.60%
+1.8% YoY -7.0% QoQ
-16.04% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
79.63%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
81%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.88%
-33.2% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-4.14% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.92%
-1.5% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
36%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.64%
+346.3% YoY +232.0% QoQ
+0.00% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.55%
+6.0% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
31%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.95%
-0.5% YoY -4.9% QoQ
-4.88% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.10%
+3.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
22%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
+13.5% YoY -70.4% QoQ
-0.20% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+3.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
38%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (2)

NIB Deposit Bleed

decline
#52 of 198 • Bottom 25.8% in tier

Non-interest-bearing deposit share dropped 2+ pp YoY and now below the tier median. Cheap funding leaving for higher-yield competitors.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 17.88%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
worse than tier avg
198 of 198 Community banks match · 238 nationally
↓ Shrinking -31 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Capital Thin

risk
#314 of 666 • Bottom 47.0% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.95%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

166
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 42.68%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#166 of 2664 Top 6.2% in $100M-$1B
517
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 60.60%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#517 of 2664 Top 19.4% in $100M-$1B
592
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.70%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#592 of 2664 Top 22.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2410
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.93%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2410 of 2664 Bottom 9.6% in $100M-$1B
2078
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.32%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2078 of 2654 Bottom 21.7% in $100M-$1B
2069
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.95%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2069 of 2664 Bottom 22.4% in $100M-$1B
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