TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants Bank vs Cornerstone Bank

Bank

Merchants Bank

Rugby, North Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

65of 100
Moderate

Bank

Cornerstone Bank

Fargo, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

47of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants BankCornerstone Bank
TellerScore65 (stronger)47
Capital cushion56 (stronger)46
Loan quality58 (stronger)22
Earnings80 (stronger)70
Funding & liquidity65 (stronger)48
Problem-loan coverage83 (stronger)62
Peer percentile29th5th
Total assets$254.3M$1.9B
Deposits / shares$223.4M$1.6B
Capital ratio10.56% (stronger)9.63%
Problem loans1.25% (stronger)2.35%
Net charge-offs0.08% (stronger)0.13%
Return on assets1.50% (stronger)1.25%
Loans ÷ deposits84.3%81.7% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits24.9% (stronger)43.1%
Offices412
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—2.0%

Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (65 vs 47). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants Bank leads on 6 and Cornerstone Bank 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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