TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants Bank vs FirstState Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Piedmont, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

75of 100
Strong

Bank

FirstState Bank

Lineville, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants BankFirstState Bank
TellerScore75 (stronger)70
Capital cushion77 (stronger)61
Loan quality7476 (stronger)
Earnings54 (stronger)51
Funding & liquidity8995 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage93 (stronger)87
Peer percentile61st43rd
Total assets$308.7M$349.4M
Deposits / shares$268.6M$323.9M
Capital ratio12.73% (stronger)11.14%
Problem loans0.78%0.72% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.10% (stronger)0.16%
Return on assets0.85% (stronger)0.77%
Loans ÷ deposits56.3%46.6% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.6%19.7% (stronger)
Offices53
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)0.0%—

Farmers and Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (75 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 4 and FirstState Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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