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First Southwest Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial CO FDIC cert 57741

Designations: CDFI-certified

Durango, CO

6 branches across CO

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 49 in CO
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First Southwest Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.83% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 21.5% in tier
  • - ROA 0.58% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.57% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 13.97% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CO) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $646.7M
+8.1% YoY -2.5% QoQ
+$260.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.3B
+9.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
84%
Total Loans ? $333.6M
+11.6% YoY +1.3% QoQ
+$77.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$851.2M
+6.5% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
72%
Total Deposits ? $485.0M
+12.6% YoY -2.4% QoQ
+$157.0M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.1B
+5.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
78%
Return on Assets ? 0.69%
+516.5% YoY -14.6% QoQ
-0.58% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.93%
+11.9% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
20%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.36%
+4.6% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-0.57% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
24%
Efficiency Ratio ? 79.26%
-18.1% YoY +10.3% QoQ
+13.97% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
74.00%
-3.2% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
16%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.05%
-75.7% YoY -54.0% QoQ
-0.83% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.67%
-8.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
79%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 68.79%
-0.9% YoY +3.8% QoQ
-7.85% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
78.09%
+0.7% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
69%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.93%
+1.4% YoY -5.8% QoQ
-6.09% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.93%
-3.2% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
27%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.03%
-75.0% YoY -52.2% QoQ
-0.61% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.50%
-1.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
82%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 26.88%
-17.8% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+11.05% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
21.66%
+2.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 5.0% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+92.3% YoY -86.4% QoQ
-0.14% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.26%
+10.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
71%

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 (1)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#160 of 739 • Bottom 21.5% in tier

Exceptional capital position (Tier 1 >= 16%, top quartile). Strong fundamentals - opportunity to deploy capital more productively.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 26.88%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 68.79%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
better than tier avg
739 of 739 Community banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 (5 metrics)

135
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 26.88%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#135 of 2664 Top 5.0% in $100M-$1B
425
Total Assets
size
Value: $646.68M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#425 of 2664 Top 15.9% in $100M-$1B
490
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#490 of 2664 Top 18.4% in $100M-$1B
569
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#569 of 2654 Top 21.4% in $100M-$1B
585
Total Deposits
size
Value: $484.97M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#585 of 2664 Top 21.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2237
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 79.26%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2237 of 2664 Bottom 16.1% in $100M-$1B
2121
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.69%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2121 of 2664 Bottom 20.4% in $100M-$1B
2013
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.36%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2013 of 2664 Bottom 24.5% in $100M-$1B
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