TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers State Bank vs The Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Bank

Farmers State Bank

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

76of 100
Strong

Bank

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Scotland, South Dakota · Under $100 million in assets

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers State BankThe Farmers and Merchants State Bank
TellerScore7683 (stronger)
Capital cushion5069 (stronger)
Loan quality100 (stronger)97
Earnings5670 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity100 (stronger)92
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)99
Peer percentile64th73rd
Total assets$254.8M$36.0M
Deposits / shares$237.4M$32.4M
Capital ratio9.99%11.89% (stronger)
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.08%
Net charge-offs-0.00%-0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets0.89%1.25% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits58.6%41.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits13.8% (stronger)22.8%
Offices31
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 76). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers State Bank leads on 2 and The Farmers and Merchants State Bank on 5. 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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