First Community Bank
Bluefield, Virginia · $3.61B in assets · beside the 11 other the Southeast banks between $3B and $10B (the state alone holds too few in the band to rank)
The filing
First Community Bank is the sixth largest of the 12 the Southeast banks nearest its size between $3B and $10B, with $3.61B in assets at 30 June 2026. Loans are 80.9% of deposits, 4th of 12 against a median of 88.1%, and equity is 14.2% of assets, the highest in the cohort. Loans grew +4.5% in the year, 10th of 12, and deposits grew 14.3%; the cohort's median loan growth is +12.1%.
Noncurrent loans are 0.70% of the book, 6th of 12 against a median of 0.73%; 0.46% is 30 to 89 days past due, and the allowance covers them 1.9 times. Net charge-offs are 0.17% of loans, 7th of 12. Commercial real estate is 31.6% of loans, 5th of 12 against a median of 37.2%, and 202% of capital, below the 300% screen, with construction at 19% against the 100% screen.
Return on assets is 1.97%, the highest in the cohort against a median of 1.31%, on an efficiency ratio of 54.2%, 4th of 12. Five years ago it was 1.79%. The question is what the capital is for: the balance sheet carries less risk than it could.
SBA 7(a), FY2008 to FY2026
First Community Bank is the 14th largest 7(a) lender into North Carolina of 326, with $198M across 641 loans, 1.6% of everything approved in the state (Live Oak Banking Company leads with $1.40B). 20 of its 68 markets have had no approvals since before FY2023: an absence in the record, not a stated withdrawal.
| County | Approved | Rank | Share | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surry, NC | $94M | 1st of 29 | 68.4% | -4.2 pts |
| Wilkes, NC | $21M | 1st of 27 | 30.5% | +10.9 pts |
| Iredell, NC | $16M | 4th of 88 | 5.3% | -0.7 pts |
| Mecklenburg, NC | $14M | 31st of 177 | 0.7% | thin |
| Forsyth, NC | $12M | 10th of 86 | 3.1% | quiet FY2018 |
| Stokes, NC | $9M | 1st of 17 | 42.6% | +0.2 pts |
| Yadkin, NC | $9M | 2nd of 15 | 23.8% | -6.5 pts |
| Patrick, VA | $7M | 1st of 6 | 92.5% | -2.6 pts |
| Washington, VA | $5M | 2nd of 19 | 11.4% | thin |
| Bland, VA | $5M | 1st of 4 | 58.7% | thin |
| Guilford, NC | $5M | 32nd of 125 | 0.8% | quiet FY2022 |
| Wake, NC | $4M | 56th of 181 | 0.3% | +0.9 pts |
| Burke, NC | $4M | 7th of 38 | 5.4% | thin |
| Industry | Loans | Approved | Share of book | Share of sector | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 118 | $46M | 18.0% | 0.11% | 158th of 2,246 |
| Retail trade | 122 | $31M | 12.4% | 0.05% | 245th of 2,589 |
| Accommodation & food services | 69 | $30M | 11.9% | 0.04% | 309th of 2,596 |
| Construction | 134 | $29M | 11.4% | 0.09% | 175th of 2,063 |
| Transportation & warehousing | 130 | $28M | 10.9% | 0.21% | 88th of 1,563 |
Commercial real estate against capital
| First Community Bank | Rank | Cohort median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total CRE against capital, the 300% screen | 202% | 4th of 12 | 252% |
| Construction against capital, the 100% screen | 19% | 2nd of 12 | 60% |
| Construction and land development, share of loans | 2.9% | 2nd of 12 | 9.0% |
| Non-owner-occupied nonfarm nonresidential, share of loans | 20.9% | 5th of 12 | 22.7% |
| Total CRE, the guidance definition, share of loans | 31.6% | 5th of 12 | 37.2% |
| CRE growth over 36 months, the third prong | -4.2% | 3rd of 12 | +26.9% |
Among its peers
| Institution | Assets | ROA | Efficiency | NPA / loans | Net charge-offs | Allowance / loans | Loans / deposits | Equity / assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4.44B | 1.6% | 60.0% | 1.40% | 0.20% | 1.1% | 103.6% | 13.2% | |
| $4.34B | 1.0% | 68.0% | 1.83% | 0.37% | 1.2% | 107.0% | 11.0% | |
| $4.28B | 1.8% | 40.0% | 0.28% | 0.22% | 1.3% | 95.2% | 9.9% | |
| $3.99B | 1.2% | 68.7% | 0.51% | 0.06% | 1.3% | 86.3% | 12.3% | |
| $3.61B | 1.1% | 65.0% | 0.76% | 0.28% | 0.9% | 82.7% | 11.2% | |
| $3.61B | 2.0% | 54.2% | 0.70% | 0.17% | 1.3% | 80.9% | 14.2% | |
| $3.50B | 1.4% | 64.3% | 1.18% | 0.23% | 1.1% | 79.5% | 9.5% | |
| $3.47B | 1.5% | 49.9% | 0.83% | 0.02% | 1.3% | 70.9% | 10.8% | |
| $3.41B | 0.8% | 76.7% | 0.81% | 0.00% | 0.8% | 95.6% | 13.4% | |
| $3.26B | 1.1% | 64.6% | 0.67% | 0.08% | 1.1% | 90.0% | 9.7% | |
| $3.02B | 1.2% | 58.0% | 0.29% | 0.03% | 1.3% | 76.7% | 9.8% | |
| $3.02B | 1.5% | 45.8% | 0.09% | 0.02% | 1.1% | 93.6% | 8.7% |
| First Community Bank | Cohort median | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2026 | Change | 2021 | 2026 | Change | |
| Loans | $2.15B | $2.46B | +14% | $1.28B | $2.54B | +99% |
| Deposits | $2.68B | $3.04B | +13% | $1.90B | $3.06B | +61% |
| NPA / loans | 1.13% | 0.70% | -0.44 pts | 0.40% | 0.73% | +0.33 pts |
| Efficiency | 56.1% | 54.2% | -1.9 pts | 62.8% | 62.2% | -0.6 pts |
| ROA | 1.79% | 1.97% | +0.18 pts | 1.12% | 1.31% | +0.19 pts |
This read was prepared for First Community Bank's board and management from the public record, and is one slice of what Lynx builds for any bank from its own filing: the peer cohort, the capital, liquidity and rate models with the assumptions the institution sets, and a summary report of twenty sections for the board.
The full pack on First Community Bank is prepared on request, and thirty days on the institution's own numbers are open to anyone at the bank.
Ask for the packPrepared 7 September 2026
Filing 30 June 2026
Cohort Southeast banks $3B to $10B
Institution www.firstcommunitybank.com
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