TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas vs The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Bank

First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas

Forrest City, Arkansas · $100 million – $1 billion

72of 100
Strong

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stuttgart, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst National Bank of Eastern ArkansasThe Farmers & Merchants Bank
TellerScore72 (stronger)67
Capital cushion60 (stronger)48
Loan quality7987 (stronger)
Earnings66 (stronger)63
Funding & liquidity81 (stronger)61
Problem-loan coverage9395 (stronger)
Peer percentile50th44th
Total assets$589.5M$2.0B
Deposits / shares$520.3M$1.7B
Capital ratio10.95% (stronger)9.79%
Problem loans0.64%0.39% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.17%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets1.16% (stronger)1.07%
Loans ÷ deposits71.3% (stronger)82.2%
Uninsured deposits21.9% (stronger)30.6%
Offices1519
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.0%14.9%

First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas has the higher TellerScore (72 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First National Bank of Eastern Arkansas 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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