TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants State Bank vs Merchants State Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Plankinton, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

73of 100
Strong

Bank

Merchants State Bank

Freeman, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

91of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants State BankMerchants State Bank
TellerScore7391 (stronger)
Capital cushion60100 (stronger)
Loan quality7589 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)96
Funding & liquidity4767 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8997 (stronger)
Peer percentile53rd96th
Total assets$180.4M$219.6M
Deposits / shares$137.3M$180.7M
Capital ratio11.02%17.26% (stronger)
Problem loans0.76%0.32% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.08%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets2.46% (stronger)1.90%
Loans ÷ deposits106.5%81.1% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits21.4% (stronger)25.8%
Offices24
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 73). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants State Bank leads on 2 and Merchants State Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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