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First Hope Bank, A National Banking Association

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial NJ FDIC cert 6354

Hope, NJ

6 branches across NJ

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 23 in NJ
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First Hope Bank, A National Banking Association has 3 strengths 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 0.89% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.12% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 29.1% in tier
  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 30.7% in tier
  • - Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 14.27% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.57% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NJ) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $654.4M
+1.0% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+$268.3M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$4.1B
+2.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
85%
Total Loans ? $426.4M
+4.4% YoY -0.9% QoQ
+$170.7M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$3.1B
+1.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
82%
Total Deposits ? $583.5M
-0.1% YoY -2.2% QoQ
+$255.5M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$3.3B
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 13.5% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.70%
+27.6% YoY -2.7% QoQ
-0.57% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.42%
-40.1% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
21%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.05%
+7.6% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+0.12% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.07%
+6.4% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
60%
Efficiency Ratio ? 80.42%
+0.4% YoY +2.7% QoQ
+15.13% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
81.63%
+9.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
15%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00% -0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.74%
-28.2% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 73.08%
+4.5% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-3.56% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
82.02%
-3.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
61%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 7.75%
-9.7% YoY -7.0% QoQ
-14.27% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
16.85%
-1.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Bottom 6.7% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00% -0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.57%
-26.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.05%
+2.9% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-1.78% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
20.47%
+20.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
57%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.23%
-10.3% YoY -76.4% QoQ
-0.05% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.39%
-6.4% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Top 10.7% 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 (2)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#150 of 512 • Bottom 29.1% 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: 0.70%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ

Efficiency Drag

risk
#128 of 414 • Bottom 30.7% in tier

Efficiency ratio above 80% - operating costs elevated relative to revenue. Margin improvement opportunity.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 80.42%
(Tier: 65.29%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
414 of 414 Community banks match · 492 nationally
→ Stable

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 (6 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
287
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.23%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#287 of 2664 Top 10.7% in $100M-$1B
361
Total Deposits
size
Value: $583.51M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#361 of 2664 Top 13.5% in $100M-$1B
404
Total Assets
size
Value: $654.38M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#404 of 2664 Top 15.1% in $100M-$1B
475
Total Loans
size
Value: $426.43M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#475 of 2664 Top 17.8% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2486
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 7.75%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#2486 of 2664 Bottom 6.7% in $100M-$1B
2265
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 80.42%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2265 of 2664 Bottom 15.0% in $100M-$1B
2108
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.70%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2108 of 2664 Bottom 20.9% in $100M-$1B
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