TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants State Bank vs Freedom Financial Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Winterset, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

78of 100
Strong

Bank

Freedom Financial Bank

West Des Moines, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

68of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants State BankFreedom Financial Bank
TellerScore78 (stronger)68
Capital cushion57 (stronger)43
Loan quality100100
Earnings6873 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)36
Problem-loan coverage100100
Peer percentile72nd37th
Total assets$271.7M$269.3M
Deposits / shares$241.1M$206.4M
Capital ratio10.68% (stronger)9.30%
Problem loans0.00%0.00%
Net charge-offs0.03%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.20%1.33% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits68.2% (stronger)107.8%
Uninsured deposits26.3% (stronger)29.6%
Offices42
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.5%—

Farmers and Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 68). On the 6 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants State Bank leads on 4 and Freedom Financial Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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