TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers & Merchants Bank vs First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

Bank

Farmers & Merchants Bank

Granite Quarry, North Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

90of 100
Very strong

Bank

First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company

Raleigh, North Carolina · Over $100 billion

58of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers & Merchants BankFirst-Citizens Bank & Trust Company
TellerScore90 (stronger)58
Capital cushion100 (stronger)47
Loan quality74 (stronger)63
Earnings100 (stronger)61
Funding & liquidity83 (stronger)49
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)85
Peer percentile95th21st
Total assets$998.8M$236.3B
Deposits / shares$842.6M$174.0B
Capital ratio15.25% (stronger)9.75%
Problem loans0.79% (stronger)1.12%
Net charge-offs-0.28% (stronger)0.29%
Return on assets2.55% (stronger)1.03%
Loans ÷ deposits63.0% (stronger)86.0%
Uninsured deposits27.7% (stronger)37.4%
Offices12510
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)—632
Complaints per $1B deposits—3.6
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)7.8%22.5%

Farmers & Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (90 vs 58). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers & Merchants Bank leads on 7 and First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company on 0. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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