TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Alpha vs First National Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Alpha

Alpha, Minnesota · Under $100 million in assets

46of 100
Below average

Bank

First National Bank

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

77of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants State Bank of AlphaFirst National Bank
TellerScore4677 (stronger)
Capital cushion61100 (stronger)
Loan quality033 (stronger)
Earnings45100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity87 (stronger)68
Problem-loan coverage5585 (stronger)
Peer percentile7th68th
Total assets$47.4M$477.8M
Deposits / shares$41.2M$380.1M
Capital ratio11.15%18.41% (stronger)
Problem loans4.15%2.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)4.62%
Return on assets0.62%2.18% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits73.2% (stronger)90.6%
Uninsured deposits10.6% (stronger)16.2%
Offices113
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—13.6%

First National Bank has the higher TellerScore (77 vs 46). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Alpha leads on 3 and First National Bank on 4. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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