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First General Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial CA FDIC cert 58060

Designations: Community bank CDFI-certified Minority Depository Institution

Rowland Heights, CA

5 branches across CA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 49 in CA
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First General Bank has 3 strengths but faces 6 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

  • + Return on Assets 0.89% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 1.14% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 28.61% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 2.9% in tier
  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 33.8% in tier
  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 75.0% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 1.14% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.21% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.23% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (CA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.1B
-0.2% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-$1.7B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$4.7B
+7.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 12.2% in tier
Total Loans ? $917.1M
+4.2% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-$1.0B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$3.2B
+8.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
27%
Total Deposits ? $811.9M
-2.9% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-$1.5B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$3.9B
+7.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 2.6% in tier
Return on Assets ? 2.26%
-10.1% YoY -11.6% QoQ
+0.89% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.80%
+29.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 6.0% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.96%
-6.2% YoY -9.1% QoQ
+1.14% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.85%
+3.8% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 5.5% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 32.45%
+8.3% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-28.61% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
68.78%
-8.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 3.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 2.03%
+84.2% YoY -1.5% QoQ
+1.14% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.17%
+69.3% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 9.4% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 112.96%
+7.3% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+28.76% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
85.13%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 3.7% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.84%
-1.7% YoY -7.5% QoQ
-7.45% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
25.15%
-3.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
24%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.89%
+70.6% YoY -1.0% QoQ
+1.21% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.91%
+65.9% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 7.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 26.44%
+7.2% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+11.28% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
21.08%
-3.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 3.4% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.02%
-9.4% YoY -78.9% QoQ
-0.23% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.70%
+11.6% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 3.5% in tier

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 (3)

Liquidity Overhang

risk
#6 of 174 • Bottom 2.9% 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: 26.44%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 112.96%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
174 of 174 Mid-Market banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ

Deposit Outflow

decline
#45 of 130 • Bottom 33.8% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

130 of 130 Mid-Market banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Margin Compression

decline
#64 of 84 • Bottom 75.0% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 2.26%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
84 of 84 Mid-Market banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

28
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 32.45%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#28 of 884 Top 3.1% in $1B-$10B
31
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 26.44%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#31 of 884 Top 3.4% in $1B-$10B
50
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.96%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#50 of 884 Top 5.5% in $1B-$10B
54
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.26%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#54 of 884 Top 6.0% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

862
Total Deposits
size
Value: $811.90M
Peer Median: $2.34B
#862 of 884 Bottom 2.6% in $1B-$10B
854
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.02%
Peer Median: 0.26%
#854 of 884 Bottom 3.5% in $1B-$10B
852
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 112.96%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#852 of 884 Bottom 3.7% in $1B-$10B
822
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.89%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#822 of 884 Bottom 7.1% in $1B-$10B
798
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 2.03%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#798 of 880 Bottom 9.4% in $1B-$10B
777
Total Assets
size
Value: $1.14B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#777 of 884 Bottom 12.2% in $1B-$10B
677
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.84%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#677 of 884 Bottom 23.5% in $1B-$10B
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