FB Financial Corp (FBK) presents a recovery posture typical of a well-capitalized community/regional bank holding company: book equity of approximately $1.97 billion against total assets of $16.47 billion, with the liquidation lens producing a negative equity recovery once standard haircuts are applied to the asset side while liabilities remain at face value. The dominant asset classes under liquidation scrutiny are: (1) loans HFI net of ACL at $12.32 billion, which at a 60-70% liquidation recovery rate on a distressed portfolio sale would recover $7.4-8.6 billion against a book of $12.32 billion; (2) AFS debt securities at fair value of $1.50 billion, which already reflects mark-to-market and carries $53.2 million of gross unrealized losses, making the liquidation haircut modest relative to amortized cost of $1.55 billion; (3) cash and equivalents of $1.16 billion recovering at 100%; and (4) goodwill of $350 million and finite-lived intangibles of $29 million both zeroed under the lens. Total deposits of $14.08 billion and subordinated debt net of $84.0 million (principal $92.5 million less unamortized fair value marks of $8.5 million) plus other liabilities remain at face value. Estimated uninsured and uncollateralized deposits total $4.06 billion, a material run-risk liability that in a liquidation would rank pari passu with other unsecured depositors and subordinate claimants. The ACL on loans HFI was $186.3 million (1.49% of loans HFI) and the ACL on unfunded commitments was $15.4 million; total loan-level credit reserves are $201.7 million against a gross loan book of $12.50 billion. Nonperforming loans HFI were 0.96% of total loans HFI as of March 31, 2026. The AFS portfolio carries $51.5 million of net unrealized losses driven by rate-level mismatches on bonds purchased at lower yield environments; this represents a pre-tax drag on tangible book already reflected in AOCI of negative $35.3 million. Operating lease commitments total $72.8 million undiscounted with a $59.1 million present value liability that would not extinguish on wind-up. Relative to the December 31, 2025 prior period, total deposits increased by $167 million, the loan book grew modestly, and the AFS unrealized loss position widened by approximately $3.6 million. Goodwill is stable at $350 million QoQ. The subordinated debt stack is entirely the $92.5 million principal assumed in the July 2025 Southern States merger, with no additional issuances this quarter. Capital ratios are comfortably above well-capitalized thresholds (CET1 11.5%, Total RBC 13.4%) but these are going-concern metrics and do not translate to equity recovery in a liquidation scenario given the standard haircut asymmetry. The filing discusses the ACL methodology change implemented in the year ended December 31, 2025 in MD&A but does not separately tag a distinct XBRL element for that estimation technique change.
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