FDIC Cert #1545 · Ames, Iowa · Est. 1903

First National Bank, Ames, Iowa - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$1.1B
Total assets
B
Health grade · Good
0.91%
Return on assets
14.3%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First National Bank, Ames, Iowa earns a PlainBankData health grade of B (73/100), with well-capitalized at 14.27% Tier 1, 0.91% ROA, 62% efficiency ratio.

#954
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
78th
percentile by asset size, nationally
14.27%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
37th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

The grade above reflects PlainBankData's own read of the bank's regulatory filings, not an FDIC judgment, deposit coverage stays at $250,000 per depositor, per category, unaffected by it.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 1545 · IA B · 73/100

GRADE-B · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-PAR · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-B B (73/100)
  • MID-PACK #2736/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH The Bank of Elk River · MN
  • TIER1-WELL 14.3% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 8.6% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 0.91% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Iowa: The Bank of Elk River, MN (±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 National Bank, Ames, Iowa

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100First National Bank,… · IA ·…73/100Profinium, Inc. · MN · near73/100The Bank of Elk River · MN ·…73/100The Farmers and Merc… · IN ·…73/100Wahoo State Bank · NE · near73/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First National Bank, Ames, Iowa · July 2026

What First National Bank, Ames, Iowa's Call Report plate shows

First National Bank, Ames, Iowa (FDIC Cert #1545) carries a PlainBankData health grade of B at 73/100, 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 #2,736 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 14.27%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 8.59%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.91%. Balance-sheet scale is $1.1B, 954th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is The Bank of Elk River (MN), 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 National Bank, Ames, Iowa

4 FAILURE resolutions in Iowa since 2000 (3 since 2008)

First National Bank, Ames, Iowa's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (4; 3 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; First National Bank, Ames, Iowa remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • CITIZENS BANK SAC CITY, IA 2023 → IOWA TRUST & SAVINGS BANK
  • POLK COUNTY BANK JOHNSTON, IA 2011 → GRINNELL STATE BANK
  • VANTUS BANK SIOUX CITY, IA 2009 → GREAT SOUTHERN BANK

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

How First National Bank, Ames, Iowa's 73/100 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 avg77/10073/100
First National Bank, Ames, Iowa's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (14.27%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.91%) 14/25
Texas Ratio (8.59%) 16/20
Efficiency Ratio (62.00%) 8/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$1.1B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$953M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$672M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$10M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 12.87% 14.27% 15.67%
Basel III capital ratios - First National Bank, Ames, Iowa

Where First National Bank, Ames, Iowa ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First National Bank, Ames, Iowa's score of 73/100 falls in the highlighted band.

First National Bank, Ames, Iowa: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

73 36th percentile higher than 36% 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%). Below this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Above this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. First National Bank, Ames, Iowa 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

First National Bank, Ames, Iowa'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 National Bank, Ames, Iowa's $1.1B falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for First National Bank, Ames, Iowa

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

14.27% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
14.27%
Texas Ratio
8.59%
Equity Capital
$105M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: First National Bank, Ames, Iowa

Return on Assets (ROA)
37th percentile nationally
0.91%
Return on Equity (ROE)
10.28%
Efficiency Ratio
62.00%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First National Bank, Ames, Iowa

$42M
Interest Income
$7M
Non-Interest Income
$21M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First National Bank, Ames, Iowa reports a Texas Ratio of 8.59% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

8.59% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View First National Bank, Ames, Iowa on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Iowa by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Iowa
  1. 1
    Principal Bank $9.3B

    Des Moines, IA · Grade A

  2. 2
    Bankers Trust Company $7.5B

    Des Moines, IA · Grade A

  3. 3
    MidWestOne Bank $6.3B

    Iowa City, IA · Grade A

  4. 4
    Hills Bank and Trust Company $4.6B

    Hills, IA · Grade A

  5. 5
    West Bank $4.1B

    West Des Moines, IA · Grade A

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($1.1B here), outside Iowa so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Firstar Bank $1.1B · OK EverTrust Bank $1.1B · CA Liberty Savings Bank, F.S.B. $1.1B · OH University Bank $1.1B · MI

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First National Bank, Ames, Iowa (FDIC Cert #1545) - 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 National Bank, Ames, Iowa Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Iowa FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Iowa

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Principal BankDes Moines $9.3B A 1.24%
Bankers Trust CompanyDes Moines $7.5B A 1.10%
MidWestOne BankIowa City $6.3B A 1.12%
Hills Bank and Trust CompanyHills $4.6B A 1.33%
West BankWest Des Moines $4.1B A 0.94%
Northwest BankSpencer $3.0B B 1.03%
Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust CompanyCedar Rapids $2.9B A 2.83%
Quad City Bank and Trust CompanyBettendorf $2.7B A 1.30%