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First American Bank and Trust

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial LA FDIC cert 8149

Designations: Community bank

Vacherie, LA

25 branches across LA

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 19 in LA
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First American Bank and Trust has 1 strength 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

  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 17.18% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Overhang: Bottom 34.5% in tier
  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 42.7% in tier
  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 64.5% in tier
  • - ROA 0.40% below tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.34% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $1.4B
+1.5% YoY +1.7% QoQ
-$1.4B $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$784.8M
+7.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
28%
Total Loans ? $839.2M
+2.0% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$523.7M
+4.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
18%
Total Deposits ? $1.2B
+0.3% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-$1.1B $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$671.5M
+6.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
32%
Return on Assets ? 0.96%
-7.1% YoY -16.8% QoQ
-0.40% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.24%
+12.4% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
30%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.80%
+9.7% YoY +1.6% QoQ
-0.02% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.12%
+1.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
60%
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.58%
+9.0% YoY +11.3% QoQ
+11.52% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
70.37%
-1.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
19%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.23%
-9.5% YoY +35.1% QoQ
+0.34% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.51%
+4.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
21%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 68.88%
+1.7% YoY -1.4% QoQ
-15.32% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
75.16%
-1.5% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
84%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 38.47%
+2.8% YoY +6.0% QoQ
+17.18% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
24.55%
-1.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 5.3% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.74%
-9.3% YoY +33.6% QoQ
+0.07% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
1.07%
+4.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
29%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 24.82%
+4.6% YoY -2.0% QoQ
+9.66% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
16.56%
+0.4% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 4.2% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.17%
+28.0% YoY -69.0% QoQ
-0.08% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.11%
-17.3% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
62%

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
#61 of 174 • Bottom 34.5% 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: 24.82%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
better than tier avg
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 68.88%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
better than tier avg
174 of 174 Mid-Market banks match · 939 nationally
→ Stable +13 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Flatlined Growth

risk
#65 of 150 • Bottom 42.7% 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: 0.96%
(Tier: 1.37%, National: 1.23%)
worse than tier avg
150 of 150 Mid-Market banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Cost Spiral

risk
#21 of 31 • Bottom 64.5% in tier

Historically lean operator (efficiency < 75%) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase YoY despite strong profitability. Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why this signature
Efficiency Ratio: 72.58%
(Tier: 61.06%, National: 66.95%)
worse than tier avg
31 of 31 Mid-Market banks match · 176 nationally
↑ Growing +82 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

38
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 24.82%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#38 of 884 Top 4.2% in $1B-$10B
48
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 38.47%
Peer Median: 21.29%
#48 of 884 Top 5.3% in $1B-$10B
140
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 68.88%
Peer Median: 84.20%
#140 of 884 Top 15.7% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

724
Total Loans
size
Value: $839.24M
Peer Median: $1.96B
#724 of 884 Bottom 18.2% in $1B-$10B
721
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 72.58%
Peer Median: 61.06%
#721 of 884 Bottom 18.6% in $1B-$10B
693
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.23%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#693 of 880 Bottom 21.4% in $1B-$10B
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