TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Alpha vs The State Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Alpha

Alpha, Minnesota · Under $100 million in assets

46of 100
Below average

Bank

The State Bank

Spirit Lake, Iowa · Under $100 million in assets

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants State Bank of AlphaThe State Bank
TellerScore4683 (stronger)
Capital cushion6167 (stronger)
Loan quality0100 (stronger)
Earnings4567 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity87100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage5590 (stronger)
Peer percentile7th73rd
Total assets$47.4M$88.4M
Deposits / shares$41.2M$80.3M
Capital ratio11.15%11.73% (stronger)
Problem loans4.15%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.06%
Return on assets0.62%1.18% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits73.2%52.1% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits10.6% (stronger)15.4%
Offices12
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

The State Bank has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 46). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Alpha leads on 2 and The State Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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