TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company vs b1BANK

Bank

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company

Leesville, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

b1BANK

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · $1 billion – $10 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Companyb1BANK
TellerScore70 (stronger)59
Capital cushion62 (stronger)59
Loan quality77 (stronger)58
Earnings5769 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity77 (stronger)34
Problem-loan coverage93 (stronger)81
Peer percentile43rd19th
Total assets$541.4M$8.9B
Deposits / shares$486.0M$7.3B
Capital ratio11.17% (stronger)10.91%
Problem loans0.70% (stronger)1.26%
Net charge-offs0.05% (stronger)0.12%
Return on assets0.92%1.23% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits55.1% (stronger)90.8%
Uninsured deposits36.0% (stronger)46.7%
Offices956
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)16.0%7.0%

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company has the higher TellerScore (70 vs 59). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company leads on 6 and b1BANK on 1. 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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