TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

BankStar Financial vs First Farmers & Merchants National Bank

Bank

BankStar Financial

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

71of 100
Strong

Bank

First Farmers & Merchants National Bank

Luverne, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureBankStar FinancialFirst Farmers & Merchants National Bank
TellerScore71 (stronger)70
Capital cushion4466 (stronger)
Loan quality95 (stronger)72
Earnings81 (stronger)71
Funding & liquidity5458 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)89
Peer percentile47th43rd
Total assets$363.5M$242.6M
Deposits / shares$302.1M$213.5M
Capital ratio9.42%11.62% (stronger)
Problem loans0.14% (stronger)0.85%
Net charge-offs0.00%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.53% (stronger)1.26%
Loans ÷ deposits93.2%85.7% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits27.3% (stronger)30.5%
Offices32
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

BankStar Financial has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), BankStar Financial leads on 4 and First Farmers & Merchants National Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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