TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs Explorers Federal Credit Union

Bank

Merchants State Bank

Freeman, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

91of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Explorers Federal Credit Union

Yankton, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

65of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankExplorers Federal Credit Union
TellerScore91 (stronger)65
Capital cushion100 (stronger)46
Loan quality89 (stronger)84
Earnings96 (stronger)37
Funding & liquidity6791 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)94
Peer percentile96th34th
Total assets$219.6M$111.5M
Deposits / shares$180.7M$100.0M
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)9.63%
Problem loans0.32% (stronger)0.49%
Net charge-offs0.01%-0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets1.90% (stronger)0.41%
Loans ÷ deposits81.1%69.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.8%1.3% (stronger)
Offices42
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 65). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 4 and Explorers Federal Credit Union on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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