TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Choice Bank vs Farmers and Merchants Bank

Bank

First Choice Bank

Pontotoc, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

61of 100
Moderate

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Baldwyn, Mississippi · $100 million – $1 billion

77of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Choice BankFarmers and Merchants Bank
TellerScore6177 (stronger)
Capital cushion4592 (stronger)
Loan quality90 (stronger)44
Earnings3591 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity5678 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage92 (stronger)85
Peer percentile20th68th
Total assets$561.0M$565.8M
Deposits / shares$510.0M$481.2M
Capital ratio9.52%14.19% (stronger)
Problem loans0.31% (stronger)1.69%
Net charge-offs0.09% (stronger)0.17%
Return on assets0.38%1.78% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits78.9%71.8% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits37.7%24.6% (stronger)
Offices611
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Farmers and Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (77 vs 61). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Choice Bank leads on 2 and Farmers and Merchants Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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