TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants Bank vs Peoples State Bank of Velva

Bank

Merchants Bank

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

65of 100
Moderate

Bank

Peoples State Bank of Velva

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

73of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants BankPeoples State Bank of Velva
TellerScore6573 (stronger)
Capital cushion56 (stronger)43
Loan quality5897 (stronger)
Earnings8083 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity6565
Problem-loan coverage8398 (stronger)
Peer percentile29th53rd
Total assets$254.3M$210.0M
Deposits / shares$223.4M$184.4M
Capital ratio10.56% (stronger)9.31%
Problem loans1.25%0.10% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.08%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets1.50%1.58% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits84.3%81.8% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits24.9% (stronger)27.2%
Offices42
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Peoples State Bank of Velva has the higher TellerScore (73 vs 65). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants Bank leads on 2 and Peoples State Bank of Velva on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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