TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers & Merchants Bank vs LifeStore Bank

Bank

Farmers & Merchants Bank

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

90of 100
Very strong

Bank

LifeStore Bank

West Jefferson, North Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers & Merchants BankLifeStore Bank
TellerScore90 (stronger)71
Capital cushion100 (stronger)69
Loan quality74 (stronger)63
Earnings100 (stronger)66
Funding & liquidity83 (stronger)81
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)88
Peer percentile95th47th
Total assets$998.8M$491.3M
Deposits / shares$842.6M$429.7M
Capital ratio15.25% (stronger)11.92%
Problem loans0.79% (stronger)1.11%
Net charge-offs-0.28% (stronger)-0.02%
Return on assets2.55% (stronger)1.14%
Loans ÷ deposits63.0% (stronger)74.5%
Uninsured deposits27.7%18.8% (stronger)
Offices124
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)7.8%—

Farmers & Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (90 vs 71). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers & Merchants Bank leads on 6 and LifeStore Bank on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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