TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants Bank vs First United Bank

Bank

Merchants Bank

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

65of 100
Moderate

Bank

First United Bank

Park River, North Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants BankFirst United Bank
TellerScore6578 (stronger)
Capital cushion56 (stronger)51
Loan quality58100 (stronger)
Earnings8087 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity6571 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8398 (stronger)
Peer percentile29th72nd
Total assets$254.3M$810.8M
Deposits / shares$223.4M$702.1M
Capital ratio10.56% (stronger)10.13%
Problem loans1.25%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.08%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets1.50%1.66% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits84.3%81.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits24.9%21.6% (stronger)
Offices419
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—3.2%

First United Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 65). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants Bank leads on 1 and First United Bank on 6. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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