TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Mechanics & Farmers Bank vs LifeStore Bank

Bank

Mechanics & Farmers Bank

Durham, North Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

64of 100
Moderate

Bank

LifeStore Bank

West Jefferson, North Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMechanics & Farmers BankLifeStore Bank
TellerScore6471 (stronger)
Capital cushion100 (stronger)69
Loan quality2063 (stronger)
Earnings4766 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity7681 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8288 (stronger)
Peer percentile26th47th
Total assets$476.0M$491.3M
Deposits / shares$402.2M$429.7M
Capital ratio15.10% (stronger)11.92%
Problem loans2.39%1.11% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.75%-0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets0.68%1.14% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits67.7% (stronger)74.5%
Uninsured deposits30.2%18.8% (stronger)
Offices74
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

LifeStore Bank has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 64). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Mechanics & Farmers Bank leads on 2 and LifeStore Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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