TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California vs Merco Credit Union

Bank

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California

Lodi, California · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Credit union

Merco Credit Union

Merced, California · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers & Merchants Bank of Central CaliforniaMerco Credit Union
TellerScore79 (stronger)70
Capital cushion6776 (stronger)
Loan quality96 (stronger)55
Earnings89 (stronger)53
Funding & liquidity4993 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)85
Peer percentile88th51st
Total assets$5.8B$207.3M
Deposits / shares$5.1B$180.2M
Capital ratio11.65%12.56% (stronger)
Problem loans0.13% (stronger)1.34%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)2.75%
Return on assets1.74% (stronger)0.83%
Loans ÷ deposits71.2%66.8% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits51.4%4.7% (stronger)
Offices293
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)34.6%—

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California leads on 4 and Merco Credit Union on 3. 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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