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The Bank of Forest

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MS FDIC cert 898

Designations: CDFI-certified

Forest, MS

3 branches across MS

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 42 in MS
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The Bank of Forest 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

  • - NIB Deposit Bleed: Bottom 66.2% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.23% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 1.16% above tier average
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.49% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MS) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $298.1M
+11.3% YoY +8.8% QoQ
-$87.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.3B
+11.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
46%
Total Loans ? $168.5M
+8.5% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-$87.2M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.5B
+13.2% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
41%
Total Deposits ? $271.1M
+13.7% YoY +17.3% QoQ
-$56.8M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.9B
+10.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
49%
Return on Assets ? 1.26%
+225.3% YoY +21.8% QoQ
-0.01% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.16%
+5.3% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
53%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.70%
+11.6% YoY -0.6% QoQ
-0.23% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.97%
+6.6% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
41%
Efficiency Ratio ? 66.45%
-23.9% YoY -6.0% QoQ
+1.16% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
67.65%
-1.2% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
41%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.38%
+129.4% YoY -13.9% QoQ
+0.49% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.06%
+2.0% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
21%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 62.13%
-4.6% YoY -13.7% QoQ
-14.51% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
70.20%
+3.2% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
79%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.80%
-14.5% YoY -12.7% QoQ
-4.22% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.68%
-1.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
35%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.78%
+123.6% YoY -19.9% QoQ
+0.14% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.74%
+0.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
26%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.93%
-5.9% YoY -4.5% QoQ
-4.90% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.90%
-1.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
22%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
-2.2% YoY -77.0% QoQ
-0.14% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
-9.5% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
70%

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)

NIB Deposit Bleed

decline
#132 of 198 • Bottom 66.2% in tier

Non-interest-bearing deposit share dropped 2+ pp YoY and now below the tier median. Cheap funding leaving for higher-yield competitors.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 17.80%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
worse than tier avg
198 of 198 Community banks match · 238 nationally
↓ Shrinking -31 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 (1 metrics)

570
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 62.13%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#570 of 2664 Top 21.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2102
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.38%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2102 of 2654 Bottom 20.8% in $100M-$1B
2077
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.93%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#2077 of 2664 Bottom 22.1% in $100M-$1B
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