TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers & Merchants National Bank vs Peoples Bank

Bank

First Farmers & Merchants National Bank

Luverne, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

Peoples Bank

Rock Valley, Iowa · $1 billion – $10 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers & Merchants National BankPeoples Bank
TellerScore70 (stronger)69
Capital cushion66 (stronger)57
Loan quality7272
Earnings71100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity58 (stronger)34
Problem-loan coverage89 (stronger)88
Peer percentile43rd53rd
Total assets$242.6M$1.3B
Deposits / shares$213.5M$1.0B
Capital ratio11.62% (stronger)10.73%
Problem loans0.85% (stronger)0.85%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.26%2.10% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits85.7% (stronger)102.0%
Uninsured deposits30.5% (stronger)37.1%
Offices210
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—11.1%

First Farmers & Merchants National Bank has the higher TellerScore (70 vs 69). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers & Merchants National Bank leads on 6 and Peoples Bank on 1. 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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