TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First State Bank vs Farmers and Merchants Bank

Bank

First State Bank

Farnam, Nebraska · $100 million – $1 billion

79of 100
Strong

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Milligan, Nebraska · $100 million – $1 billion

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst State BankFarmers and Merchants Bank
TellerScore79 (stronger)78
Capital cushion69 (stronger)61
Loan quality8994 (stronger)
Earnings8591 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity64 (stronger)53
Problem-loan coverage9797
Peer percentile75th72nd
Total assets$199.5M$215.4M
Deposits / shares$121.3M$165.1M
Capital ratio11.94% (stronger)11.08%
Problem loans0.33%0.19% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.00%
Return on assets1.63%1.78% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits79.9% (stronger)107.1%
Uninsured deposits29.9%12.4% (stronger)
Offices52
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

First State Bank has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 78). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First State Bank leads on 4 and Farmers and Merchants Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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