TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers & Merchants Bank vs KS Bank, Inc.

Bank

Farmers & Merchants Bank

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

90of 100
Very strong

Bank

KS Bank, Inc.

Smithfield, North Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers & Merchants BankKS Bank, Inc.
TellerScore90 (stronger)69
Capital cushion100 (stronger)40
Loan quality7496 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)73
Funding & liquidity83 (stronger)56
Problem-loan coverage9597 (stronger)
Peer percentile95th40th
Total assets$998.8M$874.5M
Deposits / shares$842.6M$785.2M
Capital ratio15.25% (stronger)9.01%
Problem loans0.79%0.12% (stronger)
Net charge-offs-0.28% (stronger)0.04%
Return on assets2.55% (stronger)1.33%
Loans ÷ deposits63.0% (stronger)91.0%
Uninsured deposits27.7%27.3% (stronger)
Offices1213
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)7.8%5.3%

Farmers & Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (90 vs 69). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers & Merchants Bank leads on 5 and KS Bank, Inc. on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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