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FIRST COMMONWEALTH

Charter #12765 · PA

Mid-Market 1B-3B
306 CUs in 1B-3B nationally 10 in PA
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FIRST COMMONWEALTH has 4 strengths but faces 3 concerns

Key Strengths

Areas where this CU excels compared to peers

  • + Organic Growth Leader: Top 35.5% in tier
  • + Organic Growth Engine: Top 35.5% in tier
  • + Emerging Performer: Top 58.5% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.61% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Cost Spiral: Bottom 3.9% in tier
  • - ROA 0.13% below tier average
  • - Delinquency rate 0.26% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (PA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Members 98,419
+3.4% YoY+0.9% QoQ
+2.4K 96,048
-2.7% YoY
18,228
+6.1% YoY
33,913
+5.7% YoY
61%
Assets $1.5B
+5.3% YoY+1.9% QoQ
$-238.7M $1.7B
+0.4% YoY
$307.3M
+11.2% YoY
$578.3M
+9.0% YoY
45%
Loans $1.1B
+1.7% YoY-1.9% QoQ
$-102.3M $1.2B
+0.2% YoY
$202.4M
+9.8% YoY
$402.4M
+8.7% YoY
50%
Deposits $1.3B
+5.1% YoY+2.1% QoQ
$-133.4M $1.5B
+0.5% YoY
$264.3M
+10.7% YoY
$494.3M
+9.1% YoY
52%

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ROA 0.6%
-52.7% YoY-3.0% QoQ
-0.1% 0.7%
+27.6% YoY
0.8%
+3.2% YoY
0.4%
-39.2% YoY
43%
NIM 4.0%
+4.4% YoY+0.8% QoQ
+0.6% 3.4%
+6.2% YoY
3.5%
+3.1% YoY
3.8%
+4.1% YoY
Top 12.4% in tier
Efficiency Ratio 73.4%
+14.6% YoY-0.5% QoQ
-1.2% 74.6%
-3.0% YoY
78.0%
-8.8% YoY
84.6%
+2.8% YoY
43%
Delinquency Rate 1.0%
-9.2% YoY-17.2% QoQ
+0.3 0.8%
+6.9% YoY
1.2%
-7.0% YoY
1.2%
+3.4% YoY
79%
Loan To Share 83.4%
-3.3% YoY-4.0% QoQ
+0.2% 83.2%
-0.4% YoY
52.5%
-2.7% YoY
65.6%
-1.4% YoY
44%
AMR $24,829
+0.2% YoY-0.6% QoQ
$-5K $29,652
+2.3% YoY
$16,757
+3.3% YoY
$19,920
+1.6% YoY
29%
CD Concentration 29.8%
+4.3% YoY-0.5% QoQ
+0.9% 28.8% 15.4% 19.8% 55%
Indirect Auto % 8.9%
-29.3% YoY-5.8% QoQ
-9.2% 18.1% 8.3% 7.7% 36%

Signature Analysis

Strengths (3)

Organic Growth Leader

growth
#56 of 116 • Top 35.5% in tier

Attracting members (0.5-50% YoY) without heavy indirect auto dependency (<15%). Healthy, sustainable growth model.

Why This Signature
Member Growth (YoY): 3.38%
(Tier: 3.50%, National: 10.19%)
but worse than tier avg
Indirect Auto %: 8.86%
(Tier: 18.07%, National: 7.73%)
better than tier avg
116 of 384 Mid-Market CUs have this signature | 518 nationally
→ No prior data (116 CUs now) | New qualifier

Organic Growth Engine

growth
#88 of 115 • Top 35.5% in tier

Growing membership while maintaining profitability. Healthy fundamentals in place.

Why This Signature
Member Growth (YoY): 3.38%
(Tier: 3.50%, National: 10.19%)
but worse than tier avg
Return on Assets: 0.58%
(Tier: 0.72%, National: 0.39%)
but worse than tier avg
Indirect Auto %: 8.86%
(Tier: 18.07%, National: 7.73%)
better than tier avg
115 of 384 Mid-Market CUs have this signature | 499 nationally
→ No prior data (115 CUs now) | New qualifier

Emerging Performer

growth
#61 of 79 • Top 58.5% in tier

Smaller CU (bottom 50% by assets in tier) with strong profitability (ROA > 0.5%) AND growth (members >= 1%). Emerging leaders worth watching.

Why This Signature
Return on Assets: 0.58%
(Tier: 0.72%, National: 0.39%)
but worse than tier avg
Member Growth (YoY): 3.38%
(Tier: 3.50%, National: 10.19%)
but worse than tier avg
79 of 384 Mid-Market CUs have this signature | 260 nationally
→ No prior data (79 CUs now) | New qualifier

Concerns (1)

Cost Spiral

risk
#3 of 11 • Bottom 3.9% in tier

Historically lean operator (<75% efficiency) now seeing 5+ point efficiency ratio increase despite strong profitability (>0.50% ROA). Efficiency advantage eroding.

Why This Signature
Efficiency Ratio Change: 9.36% points
(Tier: -2.46% points, National: 2.52% points)
worse than tier avg
Efficiency Ratio (Prior Year): 51.60%
(Tier: 53.09%, National: 64.04%)
but better than tier avg
11 of 384 Mid-Market CUs have this signature | 96 nationally
↓ Shrinking -10 CUs YoY | New qualifier

Metric Rankings

See how this credit union ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths: Metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher) Concerns: Metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower)

Comparing against 306 peers in tier

Top Strengths (1 metrics)

38
Net Interest Margin (NIM)
profitability
Value: 3.97%
Peer Median: 3.37%
#38 of 306 Top 12.1% in 1B-3B tier

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

243
Total Delinquency Rate (60+ days)
risk
Value: 1.02%
Peer Median: 0.63%
#243 of 306 Bottom 20.9% in 1B-3B tier
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