TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs First Dakota National Bank

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

First Dakota National Bank

Yankton, South Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

72of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankFirst Dakota National Bank
TellerScore91 (stronger)72
Capital cushion100 (stronger)54
Loan quality8990 (stronger)
Earnings96 (stronger)87
Funding & liquidity67 (stronger)45
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)93
Peer percentile96th66th
Total assets$219.6M$3.4B
Deposits / shares$180.7M$3.0B
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)10.40%
Problem loans0.32%0.30% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01%-0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.90% (stronger)1.68%
Loans ÷ deposits81.1% (stronger)95.9%
Uninsured deposits25.8% (stronger)32.8%
Offices417
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—4.8%

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 72). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 5 and First Dakota National Bank on 2. 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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