TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs First Savings Bank

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

First Savings Bank

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

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankFirst Savings Bank
TellerScore91 (stronger)83
Capital cushion100100
Loan quality89 (stronger)70
Earnings96100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity67 (stronger)38
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)94
Peer percentile96th94th
Total assets$219.6M$1.6B
Deposits / shares$180.7M$1.3B
Capital ratio17.26%19.25% (stronger)
Problem loans0.32% (stronger)0.90%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)4.08%
Return on assets1.90%2.61% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits81.1% (stronger)89.6%
Uninsured deposits25.8% (stronger)44.2%
Offices424
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—16.1%

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 83). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 5 and First Savings 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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