TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants State Bank vs Journey Credit Union

Bank

Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Winterset, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

78of 100
Strong

Credit union

Journey Credit Union

Des Moines, Iowa · Under $100 million in assets

85of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants State BankJourney Credit Union
TellerScore7885 (stronger)
Capital cushion57100 (stronger)
Loan quality100 (stronger)63
Earnings6882 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity8090 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)92
Peer percentile72nd77th
Total assets$271.7M$97.6M
Deposits / shares$241.1M$80.4M
Capital ratio10.68%16.86% (stronger)
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)1.11%
Net charge-offs0.03% (stronger)0.64%
Return on assets1.20%1.56% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits68.2% (stronger)70.6%
Uninsured deposits26.3%9.0% (stronger)
Offices42
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.5%4.8%

Journey Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (85 vs 78). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants State Bank leads on 3 and Journey Credit Union on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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