TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Bank OZK vs The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Bank

Bank OZK

Little Rock, Arkansas · $10 billion – $100 billion

76of 100
Strong

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stuttgart, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureBank OZKThe Farmers & Merchants Bank
TellerScore76 (stronger)67
Capital cushion90 (stronger)48
Loan quality6987 (stronger)
Earnings84 (stronger)63
Funding & liquidity4661 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8395 (stronger)
Peer percentile91st44th
Total assets$41.7B$2.0B
Deposits / shares$34.0B$1.7B
Capital ratio13.96% (stronger)9.79%
Problem loans0.92%0.39% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.62%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets1.60% (stronger)1.07%
Loans ÷ deposits94.4%82.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits32.5%30.6% (stronger)
Offices25519
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)153—
Complaints per $1B deposits4.5—
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)37.8%14.9%

Bank OZK has the higher TellerScore (76 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Bank OZK leads on 3 and The Farmers & Merchants Bank on 4. 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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