TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company vs First Federal Bank of Louisiana

Bank

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company

Leesville, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

First Federal Bank of Louisiana

Lake Charles, Louisiana · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants & Farmers Bank & Trust CompanyFirst Federal Bank of Louisiana
TellerScore7070
Capital cushion6270 (stronger)
Loan quality7794 (stronger)
Earnings57 (stronger)33
Funding & liquidity7777
Problem-loan coverage93 (stronger)74
Peer percentile43rd58th
Total assets$541.4M$1.1B
Deposits / shares$486.0M$991.6M
Capital ratio11.17%11.95% (stronger)
Problem loans0.70%0.17% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.05% (stronger)0.43%
Return on assets0.92% (stronger)0.32%
Loans ÷ deposits55.1% (stronger)64.0%
Uninsured deposits36.0%32.2% (stronger)
Offices916
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)16.0%16.3%

Both have the same TellerScore. On the 6 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company leads on 3 and First Federal Bank of Louisiana on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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