TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank vs South Story Bank & Trust

Bank

Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank

Manchester, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

61of 100
Moderate

Bank

South Story Bank & Trust

Slater, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

57of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers & Merchants Savings BankSouth Story Bank & Trust
TellerScore61 (stronger)57
Capital cushion74 (stronger)59
Loan quality4374 (stronger)
Earnings66 (stronger)46
Funding & liquidity46 (stronger)19
Problem-loan coverage8286 (stronger)
Peer percentile20th14th
Total assets$616.8M$623.9M
Deposits / shares$516.0M$491.3M
Capital ratio12.41% (stronger)10.93%
Problem loans1.70%0.78% (stronger)
Net charge-offs-0.01% (stronger)0.05%
Return on assets1.14% (stronger)0.65%
Loans ÷ deposits87.5% (stronger)115.1%
Uninsured deposits39.1% (stronger)43.3%
Offices75
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)5.3%1.8%

Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank has the higher TellerScore (61 vs 57). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank leads on 6 and South Story Bank & Trust on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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