TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers & Merchants National Bank vs Bankwest

Bank

First Farmers & Merchants National Bank

Luverne, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

Bankwest

Rockford, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

76of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers & Merchants National BankBankwest
TellerScore7076 (stronger)
Capital cushion66 (stronger)45
Loan quality7297 (stronger)
Earnings7173 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity5896 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8994 (stronger)
Peer percentile43rd64th
Total assets$242.6M$239.9M
Deposits / shares$213.5M$217.5M
Capital ratio11.62% (stronger)9.47%
Problem loans0.85%0.08% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00%-0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.26%1.32% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits85.7%62.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits30.5%16.9% (stronger)
Offices23
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—6.3%

Bankwest has the higher TellerScore (76 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers & Merchants National Bank leads on 1 and Bankwest on 6. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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