TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First State Bank vs The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Bank

First State Bank

Lonoke, Arkansas · $100 million – $1 billion

77of 100
Strong

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stuttgart, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst State BankThe Farmers & Merchants Bank
TellerScore77 (stronger)67
Capital cushion62 (stronger)48
Loan quality100 (stronger)87
Earnings65 (stronger)63
Funding & liquidity68 (stronger)61
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)95
Peer percentile68th44th
Total assets$328.1M$2.0B
Deposits / shares$292.6M$1.7B
Capital ratio11.24% (stronger)9.79%
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.39%
Net charge-offs-0.00% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.12% (stronger)1.07%
Loans ÷ deposits80.9% (stronger)82.2%
Uninsured deposits25.5% (stronger)30.6%
Offices519
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.5%14.9%

First State Bank has the higher TellerScore (77 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First State Bank leads on 7 and The Farmers & Merchants Bank on 0. 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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