TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants State Bank vs Iowa State Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Winterset, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

78of 100
Strong

Bank

Iowa State Bank

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

95of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants State BankIowa State Bank
TellerScore7895 (stronger)
Capital cushion57100 (stronger)
Loan quality100100
Earnings6890 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)77
Problem-loan coverage100100
Peer percentile72nd99th
Total assets$271.7M$480.5M
Deposits / shares$241.1M$392.0M
Capital ratio10.68%15.92% (stronger)
Problem loans0.00%0.00%
Net charge-offs0.03%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.20%1.76% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits68.2% (stronger)70.0%
Uninsured deposits26.3% (stronger)27.0%
Offices45
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.5%3.4%

Iowa State Bank has the higher TellerScore (95 vs 78). On the 6 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants State Bank leads on 2 and Iowa State Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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