TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers & Merchants Bank vs Bank of the James

Bank

Farmers & Merchants Bank

Timberville, Virginia · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

Bank of the James

Lynchburg, Virginia · $1 billion – $10 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers & Merchants BankBank of the James
TellerScore70 (stronger)69
Capital cushion4144 (stronger)
Loan quality8695 (stronger)
Earnings70 (stronger)60
Funding & liquidity88 (stronger)69
Problem-loan coverage9498 (stronger)
Peer percentile58th53rd
Total assets$1.4B$1.0B
Deposits / shares$1.3B$938.1M
Capital ratio9.10%9.38% (stronger)
Problem loans0.43%0.16% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.07%0.05% (stronger)
Return on assets1.24% (stronger)1.01%
Loans ÷ deposits72.6% (stronger)73.7%
Uninsured deposits14.1% (stronger)30.6%
Offices1621
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)3.6%—

Farmers & Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (70 vs 69). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers & Merchants Bank leads on 4 and Bank of the James on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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