TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Dakota National Bank vs The Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Bank

First Dakota National Bank

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

72of 100
Strong

Bank

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Scotland, South Dakota · Under $100 million in assets

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Dakota National BankThe Farmers and Merchants State Bank
TellerScore7283 (stronger)
Capital cushion5469 (stronger)
Loan quality9097 (stronger)
Earnings87 (stronger)70
Funding & liquidity4592 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9399 (stronger)
Peer percentile66th73rd
Total assets$3.4B$36.0M
Deposits / shares$3.0B$32.4M
Capital ratio10.40%11.89% (stronger)
Problem loans0.30%0.08% (stronger)
Net charge-offs-0.00%-0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets1.68% (stronger)1.25%
Loans ÷ deposits95.9%41.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits32.8%22.8% (stronger)
Offices171
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.8%—

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 72). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Dakota National Bank leads on 1 and The Farmers and Merchants State Bank on 6. 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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