TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants State Bank vs First State Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Winterset, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

78of 100
Strong

Bank

First State Bank

Stuart, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

82of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants State BankFirst State Bank
TellerScore7882 (stronger)
Capital cushion5769 (stronger)
Loan quality100 (stronger)99
Earnings68 (stronger)66
Funding & liquidity8092 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage100100
Peer percentile72nd82nd
Total assets$271.7M$129.7M
Deposits / shares$241.1M$114.0M
Capital ratio10.68%11.95% (stronger)
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.03%
Net charge-offs0.03%-0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets1.20% (stronger)1.15%
Loans ÷ deposits68.2%47.5% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits26.3%22.6% (stronger)
Offices43
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.5%—

First State Bank has the higher TellerScore (82 vs 78). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants State Bank leads on 2 and First State Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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