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The First State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural KS FDIC cert 5835

Norton, KS

5 branches across KS · NE

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 118 in KS
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The First State Bank has 4 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Profitability Leader: Top 41.9% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.16% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 13.54% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.63% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 16.4% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 34.5% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (KS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $498.5M
+2.2% YoY -4.0% QoQ
+$112.4M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$509.2M
+7.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
72%
Total Loans ? $288.0M
+9.4% YoY -6.4% QoQ
+$32.3M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$338.5M
+8.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
66%
Total Deposits ? $430.7M
+5.1% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+$102.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$424.4M
+7.3% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
73%
Return on Assets ? 1.81%
+33.2% YoY +10.3% QoQ
+0.54% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.40%
+19.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
82%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.09%
+14.6% YoY +7.5% QoQ
+0.16% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.92%
+4.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
62%
Efficiency Ratio ? 51.75%
-16.7% YoY -6.3% QoQ
-13.54% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.29%
-5.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
81%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.26%
+20.8% YoY +53.7% QoQ
-0.63% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.77%
+10.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
59%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 66.86%
+4.1% YoY -5.3% QoQ
-9.78% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.79%
+1.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
72%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 30.35%
+0.2% YoY -6.3% QoQ
+8.33% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.83%
-2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
83%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.16%
+35.0% YoY +47.2% QoQ
-0.48% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.51%
+12.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
64%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.54%
+8.0% YoY +2.8% QoQ
-3.29% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.98%
-0.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
41%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
-1.3% YoY -74.8% QoQ
-0.18% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.28%
-1.8% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
51%

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 (1)

Profitability Leader

growth
#280 of 666 • Top 41.9% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.81%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (2)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#215 of 1308 • Bottom 16.4% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.26%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#337 of 973 • Bottom 34.5% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

973 of 973 Community banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 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)

461
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 30.35%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#461 of 2664 Top 17.3% in $100M-$1B
482
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.81%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#482 of 2664 Top 18.1% in $100M-$1B
511
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 51.75%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#511 of 2664 Top 19.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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