TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Connect Bank vs Merchants and Farmers Bank

Bank

Connect Bank

Star City, Arkansas · $100 million – $1 billion

89of 100
Very strong

Bank

Merchants and Farmers Bank

Dumas, Arkansas · $100 million – $1 billion

50of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureConnect BankMerchants and Farmers Bank
TellerScore89 (stronger)50
Capital cushion100 (stronger)57
Loan quality71 (stronger)20
Earnings100 (stronger)69
Funding & liquidity81 (stronger)50
Problem-loan coverage92 (stronger)65
Peer percentile94th7th
Total assets$123.9M$297.6M
Deposits / shares$107.2M$255.9M
Capital ratio15.92% (stronger)10.74%
Problem loans0.88% (stronger)2.40%
Net charge-offs0.02% (stronger)0.11%
Return on assets2.14% (stronger)1.22%
Loans ÷ deposits74.6% (stronger)90.3%
Uninsured deposits19.5% (stronger)32.5%
Offices53
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)24.2%13.9%

Connect Bank has the higher TellerScore (89 vs 50). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Connect Bank leads on 7 and Merchants and Farmers Bank on 0. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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