Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data
Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina vs The Peoples Bank
Bank
Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina
Holly Hill, South Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion
Metric by metric
| Measure | Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina | The Peoples Bank |
|---|---|---|
| TellerScore | 88 | 89 (stronger) |
| Capital cushion | 100 (stronger) | 79 |
| Loan quality | 75 | 100 (stronger) |
| Earnings | 92 (stronger) | 86 |
| Funding & liquidity | 76 | 86 (stronger) |
| Problem-loan coverage | 97 | 100 (stronger) |
| Peer percentile | 92nd | 94th |
| Total assets | $413.6M | $446.7M |
| Deposits / shares | $350.8M | $393.5M |
| Capital ratio | 16.56% (stronger) | 12.92% |
| Problem loans | 0.74% | 0.00% (stronger) |
| Net charge-offs | 0.11% | -0.00% (stronger) |
| Return on assets | 1.80% (stronger) | 1.65% |
| Loans ÷ deposits | 34.7% (stronger) | 69.7% |
| Uninsured deposits | 37.1% | 19.5% (stronger) |
| Offices | 8 | 8 |
| CFPB complaints (3 yrs) | — | — |
| Complaints per $1B deposits | — | — |
| Mortgage denial rate (HMDA) | — | 1.9% |
The Peoples Bank has the higher TellerScore (89 vs 88). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants Bank of South Carolina leads on 3 and The Peoples Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.