TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First National Bank vs The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Bank

First National Bank

Paragould, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

71of 100
Strong

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stuttgart, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst National BankThe Farmers & Merchants Bank
TellerScore71 (stronger)67
Capital cushion61 (stronger)48
Loan quality94 (stronger)87
Earnings68 (stronger)63
Funding & liquidity3761 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)95
Peer percentile63rd44th
Total assets$2.6B$2.0B
Deposits / shares$2.1B$1.7B
Capital ratio11.12% (stronger)9.79%
Problem loans0.19% (stronger)0.39%
Net charge-offs-0.01% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.20% (stronger)1.07%
Loans ÷ deposits97.8%82.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits37.9%30.6% (stronger)
Offices2319
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)3.9%14.9%

First National Bank has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First National Bank leads on 5 and The Farmers & Merchants Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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