First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc.

First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for American Commercial Bank & Trust, National Association that provides a range of banking and financial services to individual and corporate customers in LaSalle, Grundy, Cook, and surrounding counties in Illinois. The company offers personal banking services, including checking and savings accounts; interest bearing and noninterest bearing demand deposits; time deposits; certificates of deposit and individual retirement accounts; mortgage loans; consumer loans; trust and estate services; personal and fiduciary services; safe deposit boxes; ATM and credit cards; and online banking, bill payment, and mobile banking services. It also provides business banking services, such as e-business checking accounts; commercial checking accounts; commercial checking now accounts; deposit sweep and cash management balance accounts; commercial savings accounts; commercial money market accounts; non-profit now accounts; cash management; commercial lines of credit, commercial loans, commercial construction and development loans, real estate loans, and letters of credit; and agriculture loans and farm management services. In addition, the company offers home equity loans and residential loans. First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1865 and is based in Ottawa, Illinois.

First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc. trades as FOTB on OTC. The company is classified in Financial Services / Banks - Regional and reports in USD.

The current profile places the business in Banks - Regional. This section is intended to summarize the operating segments, products, geographies, and main revenue lines from official filings.

Latest available fiscal data shows $124.94M of revenue and $24.96M of net income.

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First Ottawa Bancshares, Inc. can be compared against peers such as BankGuam Holding Company, Bank of Utica, Benchmark Bankshares, Inc., Community Bancorp, CNB Bank Shares, Inc., ENB Financial Corp.

A complete thesis should compare growth, margins, balance-sheet risk, valuation multiples, and market position against direct competitors.

Current signals to investigate include market capitalization of $211.29M, beta of 0.16, and return on equity of +18.6%.

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FOTB currently shows total debt of $137.95M and beta of 0.16. Missing data should be treated as a research gap, not as low risk.

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Company website: https://www.firstottawa.com

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