FDIC Cert #31928 · Richlands, Virginia · Est. 1978

First Sentinel Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

$404M
Total assets
B
Health grade · Good
0.92%
Return on assets
12.6%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First Sentinel Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of B (77/100), with well-capitalized at 12.55% Tier 1, 0.92% ROA, 63% efficiency ratio.

#2,072
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
52nd
percentile by asset size, nationally
12.55%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
37th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

PlainBankData assigns this grade from public Call Report data; it isn't an official FDIC rating, and your deposits remain insured to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category no matter the score.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 31928 · VA B · 77/100

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

  • GRADE-B B (77/100)
  • MID-PACK #2345/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH The Wilmington Savin… · OH
  • TIER1-WELL 12.6% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 0.8% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 0.92% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Virginia: The Wilmington Savings Bank, OH (±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 Sentinel Bank

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Century Savings Bank · NJ · …77/100First Farmers & Merc… · MN ·…77/100First Sentinel Bank · VA · t…77/100Glacier Bank · MT · near77/100The Wilmington Savin… · OH ·…77/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First Sentinel Bank · July 2026

What First Sentinel Bank's Call Report plate shows

First Sentinel Bank (FDIC Cert #31928) carries a PlainBankData health grade of B at 77/100, 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 #2,345 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 12.55%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 0.83%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.92%. Balance-sheet scale is $404M, 2,072nd of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is The Wilmington Savings Bank (OH), 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 Sentinel Bank

5 FAILURE resolutions in Virginia since 2000 (5 since 2008)

First Sentinel Bank's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (5; 5 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; First Sentinel Bank remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • MILLENNIUM BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION STERLING, VA 2014 → WASHINGTONFIRST BANK
  • BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH NORFOLK, VA 2011 → SOUTHERN BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
  • VIRGINIA BUSINESS BANK RICHMOND, VA 2011 → XENITH BANK

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

How First Sentinel Bank's 77/100 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 avg77/10077/100
First Sentinel Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (12.55%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.92%) 14/25
Texas Ratio (0.83%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (63.26%) 8/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$404M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$353M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$331M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$4M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 11.15% 12.55% 13.95%
Basel III capital ratios - First Sentinel Bank

Where First Sentinel Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First Sentinel Bank's score of 77/100 falls in the highlighted band.

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

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

77 46th percentile higher than 46% 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 Sentinel Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

First Sentinel Bank'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 Sentinel Bank's $404M falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for First Sentinel Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

12.55% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
12.55%
Texas Ratio
0.83%
Equity Capital
$39M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: First Sentinel Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
37th percentile nationally
0.92%
Return on Equity (ROE)
9.68%
Efficiency Ratio
63.26%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First Sentinel Bank

$24M
Interest Income
$3M
Non-Interest Income
$12M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First Sentinel Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 0.83% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

0.83% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View First Sentinel Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Virginia by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Virginia
  1. 1
    Capital One $658.5B

    Mclean, VA · Grade B

  2. 2
    HSBC Bank USA $165.3B

    Tysons, VA · Grade A

  3. 3

    Richmond City, VA · Grade A

  4. 4
    United Bank $33.5B

    Fairfax, VA · Grade A

  5. 5
    TowneBank $19.7B

    Portsmouth, VA · Grade B

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($404M here), outside Virginia so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First Sentinel Bank (FDIC Cert #31928) - 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 Sentinel Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Virginia FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Virginia

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Capital One, National AssociationMclean $658.5B B 0.55%
HSBC Bank USA, National AssociationTysons $165.3B A 0.92%
Atlantic Union BankRichmond City $37.5B A 0.99%
United BankFairfax $33.5B A 1.50%
TowneBankPortsmouth $19.7B B 0.90%
Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust CompanyAlexandria $7.9B A 1.69%
Carter Bank & TrustMartinsville $4.8B D 0.72%
The First Bank and Trust CompanyLebanon $4.2B A 1.62%