TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Bank & Trust vs First Farmers & Merchants National Bank

Bank

First Bank & Trust

Brookings, South Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

First Farmers & Merchants National Bank

Luverne, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Bank & TrustFirst Farmers & Merchants National Bank
TellerScore7070
Capital cushion5466 (stronger)
Loan quality86 (stronger)72
Earnings72 (stronger)71
Funding & liquidity5858
Problem-loan coverage93 (stronger)89
Peer percentile58th43rd
Total assets$4.8B$242.6M
Deposits / shares$4.2B$213.5M
Capital ratio10.37%11.62% (stronger)
Problem loans0.42% (stronger)0.85%
Net charge-offs0.02%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.31% (stronger)1.26%
Loans ÷ deposits84.6% (stronger)85.7%
Uninsured deposits31.1%30.5% (stronger)
Offices222
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)14.9%—

Both have the same TellerScore. On the 6 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Bank & Trust leads on 3 and First Farmers & Merchants National Bank on 3. 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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