TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers State Bank & Trust Co. vs 1st Equity Bank

Bank

Farmers State Bank & Trust Co.

Mount Sterling, Illinois · $100 million – $1 billion

73of 100
Strong

Bank

1st Equity Bank

Skokie, Illinois · $100 million – $1 billion

85of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers State Bank & Trust Co.1st Equity Bank
TellerScore7385 (stronger)
Capital cushion44100 (stronger)
Loan quality89100 (stronger)
Earnings76 (stronger)75
Funding & liquidity84 (stronger)33
Problem-loan coverage95100 (stronger)
Peer percentile53rd88th
Total assets$130.2M$130.0M
Deposits / shares$117.9M$87.7M
Capital ratio9.37%16.46% (stronger)
Problem loans0.33%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.41% (stronger)1.39%
Loans ÷ deposits76.0% (stronger)110.4%
Uninsured deposits14.5% (stronger)30.7%
Offices21
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

1st Equity Bank has the higher TellerScore (85 vs 73). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers State Bank & Trust Co. leads on 3 and 1st Equity Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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