TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company vs Gulf Coast Bank

Bank

Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company

Leesville, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

Gulf Coast Bank

Abbeville, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

86of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants & Farmers Bank & Trust CompanyGulf Coast Bank
TellerScore7086 (stronger)
Capital cushion6297 (stronger)
Loan quality7779 (stronger)
Earnings5770 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity7790 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9395 (stronger)
Peer percentile43rd90th
Total assets$541.4M$513.7M
Deposits / shares$486.0M$444.1M
Capital ratio11.17%14.75% (stronger)
Problem loans0.70%0.63% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.05% (stronger)0.13%
Return on assets0.92%1.25% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits55.1% (stronger)65.5%
Uninsured deposits36.0%19.5% (stronger)
Offices99
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)16.0%17.2%

Gulf Coast Bank has the higher TellerScore (86 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company leads on 2 and Gulf Coast Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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