FDIC Cert #5097 · Blue Earth, Minnesota · Est. 1869

First Bank Blue Earth - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at First Bank Blue Earth's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$322M
Total assets
C
Health grade · Fair
0.76%
Return on assets
9.7%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First Bank Blue Earth earns a PlainBankData health grade of C (60/100), with 9.67% Tier 1 capital, 0.76% ROA, 67% efficiency ratio.

#2,386
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
45th
percentile by asset size, nationally
9.67%
Tier 1 ratio - below the 10% well-capitalized line
27th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

This grade is PlainBankData's own interpretation of the bank's Call Report, not an FDIC rating, deposits here stay federally insured to $250,000 per depositor, per category, regardless of grade.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 5097 · MN C · 60/100

GRADE-C · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-ADEQ · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-PAR · SIZE-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-C C (60/100)
  • LOWER-Q #3793/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH The First National B… · MI
  • TIER1-ADEQ 9.7% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 2.0% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 0.76% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Minnesota: The First National Bank of St. Ignace, MI (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around First Bank Blue Earth

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside Minnesota, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100First Bank Blue Earth · MN ·…60/100Horizon Bank · IN · near60/100Legends West Bank · NE · near60/100The First National B… · MI ·…60/100Vista National Bank… · KS · …60/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First Bank Blue Earth · July 2026

Call Report read for First Bank Blue Earth in a high-failure state

First Bank Blue Earth (FDIC Cert #5097) carries a PlainBankData health grade of C at 60/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #3,793 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 9.67%, missing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 1.99%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.76%. Balance-sheet scale is $322M, 2,386th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is The First National Bank of St. Ignace (MI), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around First Bank Blue Earth

24 FAILURE resolutions in Minnesota since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

First Bank Blue Earth sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (24 resolutions; latest year 2014). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about First Bank Blue Earth's current Call Report.

  • NORTHERN STAR BANK MANKATO, MN 2014 → BANKVISTA
  • 1ST REGENTS BANK ANDOVER, MN 2013 → FIRST MINNESOTA BANK
  • FIRST COMMERCIAL BANK BLOOMINGTON, MN 2012 → REPUBLIC BANK & TRUST COMPANY

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and Minnesota banks.

How First Bank Blue Earth's 60/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10060/100
First Bank Blue Earth's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (9.67%) 18/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.76%) 14/25
Texas Ratio (1.99%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (66.97%) 8/15

60 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$322M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$281M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$211M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$2M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 8.27% 9.67% 11.07%
Basel III capital ratios - First Bank Blue Earth

Where First Bank Blue Earth ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First Bank Blue Earth's score of 60/100 falls in the highlighted band.

First Bank Blue Earth: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

60 12th percentile higher than 12% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). This entry sits in this band. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Above this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Above this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. First Bank Blue Earth 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

First Bank Blue Earth's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). First Bank Blue Earth's $322M falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at First Bank Blue Earth

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

9.67% of risk-weighted assets - below the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
9.67%
Texas Ratio
1.99%
Equity Capital
$23M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: First Bank Blue Earth

Return on Assets (ROA)
27th percentile nationally
0.76%
Return on Equity (ROE)
11.25%
Efficiency Ratio
66.97%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First Bank Blue Earth

$15M
Interest Income
$1M
Non-Interest Income
$6M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First Bank Blue Earth reports a Texas Ratio of 1.99% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

1.99% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View First Bank Blue Earth on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Minnesota by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Minnesota
  1. 1
    Ameriprise Bank, FSB $25.3B

    Minneapolis, MN · Grade A

  2. 2
    Bridgewater Bank $5.4B

    Saint Louis Park, MN · Grade A

  3. 3
    Frandsen Bank & Trust $3.7B

    Lonsdale, MN · Grade A

  4. 4
    Stearns Bank $3.3B

    Saint Cloud, MN · Grade A

  5. 5
    Minnwest Bank $3.0B

    Redwood Falls, MN · Grade B

Top 5 banks in Minnesota ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($322M here), outside Minnesota so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Kaw Valley Bank $322M · KS Charles River Bank $322M · MA Traditions First Bank $323M · TN First State Bank of Burnet $323M · TX

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First Bank Blue Earth (FDIC Cert #5097) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

First Bank Blue Earth Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Minnesota FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Minnesota

All Minnesota banks →
BankAssetsGradeROA
Ameriprise Bank, FSBMinneapolis $25.3B A 3.08%
Bridgewater BankSaint Louis Park $5.4B A 0.99%
Frandsen Bank & TrustLonsdale $3.7B A 1.48%
Stearns Bank National AssociationSaint Cloud $3.3B A 1.85%
Minnwest BankRedwood Falls $3.0B B 0.92%
Merchants Bank, National AssociationWinona $2.9B A 1.23%
Tradition Capital BankWayzata $2.6B B 0.71%
Think Mutual BankRochester $2.2B B 0.61%