TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust vs Houghton State Bank

Bank

Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust

Burlington, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

60of 100
Moderate

Bank

Houghton State Bank

Red Oak, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers & Merchants Bank & TrustHoughton State Bank
TellerScore6069 (stronger)
Capital cushion57100 (stronger)
Loan quality45 (stronger)14
Earnings5783 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity82 (stronger)70
Problem-loan coverage7880 (stronger)
Peer percentile19th40th
Total assets$208.2M$204.8M
Deposits / shares$187.0M$169.2M
Capital ratio10.73%15.39% (stronger)
Problem loans1.66% (stronger)2.58%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.03%
Return on assets0.91%1.56% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits67.8% (stronger)85.7%
Uninsured deposits24.2%19.4% (stronger)
Offices25
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—2.2%

Houghton State Bank has the higher TellerScore (69 vs 60). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust leads on 3 and Houghton State Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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