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First Financial Bankshares is a high-quality Texas community bank with a long record of consistent, profitable growth. FY2025 net income rose 13.5% to $254M and diluted EPS rose 13.5% to $1.77, with a 13.2% return on equity. The balance sheet grew impressively for a bank — total assets up 10.5% to $15.4B — while equity grew even faster (+19.3% to $1.92B), and cash rose 41.2% to $1.08B, reflecting both strong internal capital generation and a conservative, liquid posture. The bank operates in fast-growing Texas markets, which underpins its above-average deposit and loan growth.

The management discussion underscores a conservative, well-run institution focused on credit quality and capital strength — its critical accounting policies center on the allowance for credit losses, and the Board maintains a buyback authorization (5,000,000 shares through July 2026), though notably 'there have been no repurchases during 2024 or 2025,' so capital return has been via the growing dividend ($106M, up 3.0%) rather than buybacks. Leverage of 7.06x liabilities/equity is normal-to-conservative for a bank with this capital level.