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First Cahawba Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial AL FDIC cert 58636

Selma, AL

4 branches across AL

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 64 in AL
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First Cahawba Bank has 3 strengths but faces 5 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 1.01% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.89% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 14.9% in tier
  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 35.0% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 36.1% in tier
  • - ROA 0.07% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 2.57% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AL) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $199.4M
-1.0% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-$186.6M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.5B
+0.2% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
27%
Total Loans ? $140.7M
+10.8% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-$115.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+2.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $181.1M
-2.6% YoY -0.0% QoQ
-$146.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.1B
-0.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
29%
Return on Assets ? 1.20%
+2.2% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-0.07% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.78%
-19.5% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
49%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.94%
+6.5% YoY +1.6% QoQ
+1.01% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.99%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 8.1% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 67.85%
+1.3% YoY +4.0% QoQ
+2.57% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.13%
+5.1% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
37%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.09%
+24.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 77.70%
+13.7% YoY +2.0% QoQ
+1.06% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
67.08%
+2.0% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
51%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 23.44%
-3.3% YoY -7.3% QoQ
+1.42% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.89%
+0.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
61%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.71%
+24.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.73%
+7.1% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-5.10% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.96%
+13.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
19%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
-10.4% YoY -74.2% QoQ
-0.21% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.16%
-16.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
30%

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)

Capital Thin

risk
#100 of 666 • Bottom 14.9% 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: 10.73%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Deposit Outflow

decline
#178 of 506 • Bottom 35.0% in tier

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

506 of 506 Community banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ

Flatlined Growth

risk
#186 of 512 • Bottom 36.1% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.20%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 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)

1
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#1 of 2654 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
1
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.00%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#1 of 2664 Top 0.1% in $100M-$1B
216
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.94%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#216 of 2664 Top 8.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2146
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.73%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2146 of 2664 Bottom 19.5% in $100M-$1B
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