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First State Bank

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 57910

Designations: Community bank

Nashua, IA

541 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 33 in IA
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First State Bank shows strong momentum with 5 strengths and 6.8% YoY asset growth

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 42.25% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 1.37% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.79% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.67% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.11% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

No key concerns identified

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $72.2M
+6.8% YoY +3.4% QoQ
+$10.1M $62.2M
-0.6% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
60%
Total Loans ? $54.7M
+4.0% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+$20.5M $34.2M
-1.4% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
83%
Total Deposits ? $61.4M
+8.1% YoY +7.1% QoQ
+$9.7M $51.7M
-0.7% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
60%
Return on Assets ? 1.50%
+15.4% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+0.67% 0.84%
-2.3% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
78%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.97%
+19.6% YoY +7.5% QoQ
+0.11% 3.86%
+2.8% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
58%
Efficiency Ratio ? 46.09%
-8.3% YoY -2.6% QoQ
-42.25% 88.34%
+0.3% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 5.5% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00% -1.37% 1.37%
+33.8% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 89.11%
-3.8% YoY -6.3% QoQ
+24.89% 64.22%
-0.7% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
16%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.81%
+69.7% YoY -7.5% QoQ
+3.10% 23.71%
+0.3% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
62%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00% -0.79% 0.79%
+28.2% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.85%
+1.8% YoY -3.3% QoQ
-15.84% 26.68%
+2.0% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 12.0% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
-25.1% YoY -78.5% QoQ
-0.62% 0.67%
+1.9% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
42%

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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 541 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#1 of 521 Top 0.1% in under $100M
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.79%
#1 of 541 Top 0.1% in under $100M
31
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 46.09%
Peer Median: 88.34%
#31 of 541 Top 5.5% in under $100M
93
Total Loans
size
Value: $54.73M
Peer Median: $34.25M
#93 of 541 Top 17.0% in under $100M
121
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.50%
Peer Median: 0.84%
#121 of 541 Top 22.2% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

477
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.85%
Peer Median: 26.68%
#477 of 541 Bottom 12.0% in under $100M
457
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 89.11%
Peer Median: 64.22%
#457 of 541 Bottom 15.7% in under $100M
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