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First State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural IA FDIC cert 8522

Britt, IA

2 branches across IA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 166 in IA
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First State Bank has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 27.53% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.89% below tier average
  • + Nonperforming Asset Ratio 0.64% below tier average
  • + ROA 0.10% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Net Interest Margin 1.03% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $125.9M
+1.3% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-$260.2M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$560.1M
+4.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 7.8% in tier
Total Loans ? $59.8M
-8.2% YoY -1.3% QoQ
-$196.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$379.9M
+5.0% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 4.9% in tier
Total Deposits ? $102.1M
-0.5% YoY -4.9% QoQ
-$225.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$469.6M
+4.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 6.3% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.37%
-5.0% YoY +32.4% QoQ
+0.10% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.31%
+22.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
60%
Net Interest Margin ? 2.90%
+0.0% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-1.03% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.52%
+10.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 8.6% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 37.76%
+0.4% YoY +0.2% QoQ
-27.53% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
58.40%
-7.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 2.5% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.89% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 58.53%
-7.8% YoY +3.7% QoQ
-18.10% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
77.40%
+1.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
83%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 16.53%
+4.1% YoY +6.4% QoQ
-5.49% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.87%
+0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
30%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.00%
-100.0% YoY
-0.64% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.58%
+11.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Top 0.1% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 16.82%
+1.2% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+0.99% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.34%
+1.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
76%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+23.7% YoY -68.5% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+10.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
28%

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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 (5 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
67
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 37.76%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#67 of 2664 Top 2.5% in $100M-$1B
451
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 58.53%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#451 of 2664 Top 16.9% in $100M-$1B
628
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 16.82%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#628 of 2664 Top 23.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2534
Total Loans
size
Value: $59.76M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2534 of 2664 Bottom 4.9% in $100M-$1B
2496
Total Deposits
size
Value: $102.09M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2496 of 2664 Bottom 6.3% in $100M-$1B
2458
Total Assets
size
Value: $125.88M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2458 of 2664 Bottom 7.8% in $100M-$1B
2435
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.90%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2435 of 2664 Bottom 8.6% in $100M-$1B
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