TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs Farmers State Bank

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

Farmers State Bank

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

76of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankFarmers State Bank
TellerScore91 (stronger)76
Capital cushion100 (stronger)50
Loan quality89100 (stronger)
Earnings96 (stronger)56
Funding & liquidity67100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage97100 (stronger)
Peer percentile96th64th
Total assets$219.6M$254.8M
Deposits / shares$180.7M$237.4M
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)9.99%
Problem loans0.32%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01%-0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.90% (stronger)0.89%
Loans ÷ deposits81.1%58.6% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.8%13.8% (stronger)
Offices43
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 76). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 3 and Farmers State Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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