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First Keystone Community Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial PA FDIC cert 7404

Designations: Community bank

Berwick, PA

19 branches across PA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 37 in PA
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First Keystone Community Bank faces 4 concerns requiring attention

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

No key strengths identified

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency Drag: Bottom 37.8% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.15% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.78% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.94% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (PA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.5B
+6.1% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-$1.3B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$3.1B
+7.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
35%
Total Loans ? $923.6M
-3.4% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-$1.0B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$2.2B
+7.7% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
27%
Total Deposits ? $1.1B
+8.2% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-$1.2B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$2.6B
+7.1% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
26%
Return on Assets ? 0.59%
+52.2% YoY +26.0% QoQ
-0.78% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.46%
+26.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 11.9% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.67%
-1.1% YoY -4.1% QoQ
-1.15% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.32%
+8.7% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 7.5% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 80.53%
+2.0% YoY +9.5% QoQ
+19.47% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
69.09%
-7.7% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Bottom 7.9% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.83%
+194.8% YoY +2.4% QoQ
+0.94% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.92%
+20.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 10.7% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 81.31%
-10.7% YoY -1.1% QoQ
-2.89% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
83.35%
-0.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
63%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.20%
-3.9% YoY +5.6% QoQ
-2.09% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
17.71%
-0.1% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
47%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.11%
+168.3% YoY +1.1% QoQ
+0.44% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.67%
+14.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
18%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.08%
+2.8% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-0.08% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
20.10%
+0.3% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
73%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.11%
-15.8% YoY -76.6% QoQ
-0.15% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.69%
+18.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
35%

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 (1)

Efficiency Drag

risk
#29 of 74 • Bottom 37.8% in tier

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

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 80.53%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
74 of 74 Mid-Market 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

819
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.67%
Peer Median: 3.82%
#819 of 884 Bottom 7.5% in $1B-$10B
815
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 80.53%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#815 of 884 Bottom 7.9% in $1B-$10B
787
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.83%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#787 of 880 Bottom 10.7% in $1B-$10B
780
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.59%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#780 of 884 Bottom 11.9% in $1B-$10B
730
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.11%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#730 of 884 Bottom 17.5% in $1B-$10B
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