TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants Bank vs FirstState Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Lafayette, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

FirstState Bank

Lineville, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants BankFirstState Bank
TellerScore7070
Capital cushion66 (stronger)61
Loan quality6776 (stronger)
Earnings63 (stronger)51
Funding & liquidity8095 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage89 (stronger)87
Peer percentile43rd43rd
Total assets$307.6M$349.4M
Deposits / shares$276.9M$323.9M
Capital ratio11.56% (stronger)11.14%
Problem loans0.98%0.72% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.14% (stronger)0.16%
Return on assets1.08% (stronger)0.77%
Loans ÷ deposits45.6% (stronger)46.6%
Uninsured deposits33.3%19.7% (stronger)
Offices33
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Both have the same TellerScore. On the 6 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 4 and FirstState Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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