FDIC Cert #57741 · Durango, Colorado · Est. 2004

First Southwest Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$664M
Total assets
B
Health grade · Good
0.81%
Return on assets
27.1%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First Southwest Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of B (78/100), with well-capitalized at 27.08% Tier 1, 0.81% ROA, 72% efficiency ratio.

#1,435
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
67th
percentile by asset size, nationally
27.08%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
30th
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 57741 · CO B · 78/100

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

  • GRADE-B B (78/100)
  • MID-PACK #2182/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Commonwealth Busines… · CA
  • TIER1-WELL 27.1% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 0.4% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 0.81% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Colorado: Commonwealth Business Bank, CA (±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 Southwest Bank

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Commonwealth Busines… · CA ·…78/100First Southwest Bank · CO · …78/100Mega Bank · CA · near78/100Think Mutual Bank · MN · near78/100Valley Bank of Nevada · NV ·…78/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First Southwest Bank · July 2026

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

First Southwest Bank (FDIC Cert #57741) carries a PlainBankData health grade of B at 78/100, 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 #2,182 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 27.08%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 0.43%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.81%. Balance-sheet scale is $664M, 1,435th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Commonwealth Business Bank (CA), 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 Southwest Bank

10 FAILURE resolutions in Colorado since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

First Southwest Bank sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (10 resolutions; latest year 2015). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about First Southwest Bank's current Call Report.

  • PREMIER BANK DENVER, CO 2015 → UNITED FIDELITY BANK, FSB
  • COLORADO CAPITAL BANK CASTLE ROCK, CO 2011 → FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
  • SIGNATURE BANK WINDSOR, CO 2011 → POINTS WEST COMMUNITY BANK

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

How First Southwest Bank's 78/100 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 avg77/10078/100
First Southwest Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (27.08%) 40/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.81%) 14/25
Texas Ratio (0.43%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (71.88%) 4/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$664M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$497M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$329M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$5M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 25.68% 27.08% 28.48%
Basel III capital ratios - First Southwest Bank

Where First Southwest Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First Southwest Bank's score of 78/100 falls in the highlighted band.

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

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

78 49th percentile higher than 49% 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 Southwest Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

First Southwest 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 Southwest Bank's $664M falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at First Southwest Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

27.08% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
27.08%
Texas Ratio
0.43%
Equity Capital
$87M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: First Southwest Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
30th percentile nationally
0.81%
Return on Equity (ROE)
5.50%
Efficiency Ratio
71.88%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First Southwest Bank

$30M
Interest Income
$7M
Non-Interest Income
$19M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First Southwest Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 0.43% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

0.43% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

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

Top banks in Colorado by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Colorado
  1. 1
    FirstBank $26.5B

    Lakewood, CO · Grade A

  2. 2
    NBH Bank $9.8B

    Greenwood Village, CO · Grade A

  3. 3
    Bank of Colorado $7.7B

    Fort Collins, CO · Grade A

  4. 4
    Alpine Bank $6.9B

    Glenwood Springs, CO · Grade A

  5. 5
    First Western Trust Bank $3.2B

    Denver, CO · Grade C

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($664M here), outside Colorado so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Assoc… $664M · SC CCB Community Bank $663M · AL HomeTown Bank $663M · MN New Tripoli Bank $664M · PA

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First Southwest Bank (FDIC Cert #57741) - 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 Southwest Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Colorado FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Colorado

All Colorado banks →
BankAssetsGradeROA
FirstBankLakewood $26.5B A 1.20%
NBH BankGreenwood Village $9.8B A 1.18%
Bank of ColoradoFort Collins $7.7B A 1.07%
Alpine BankGlenwood Springs $6.9B A 1.16%
First Western Trust BankDenver $3.2B C 0.51%
ANB BankDenver $3.0B B 0.81%
Colorado Federal Savings BankGreenwood Village $2.7B A 0.57%
Solera National BankLakewood $1.6B B 1.86%