TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

American Bank & Trust vs Merchants State Bank

Bank

American Bank & Trust

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

72of 100
Strong

Bank

Merchants State Bank

Freeman, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

91of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureAmerican Bank & TrustMerchants State Bank
TellerScore7291 (stronger)
Capital cushion63100 (stronger)
Loan quality8189 (stronger)
Earnings7496 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity5667 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9397 (stronger)
Peer percentile66th96th
Total assets$2.2B$219.6M
Deposits / shares$2.0B$180.7M
Capital ratio11.28%17.26% (stronger)
Problem loans0.57%0.32% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.34%1.90% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits80.7% (stronger)81.1%
Uninsured deposits36.8%25.8% (stronger)
Offices204
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)16.0%—

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 72). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), American Bank & Trust leads on 2 and Merchants State Bank on 5. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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