TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs Frontier Bank

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

Frontier Bank

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankFrontier Bank
TellerScore91 (stronger)67
Capital cushion100 (stronger)38
Loan quality89100 (stronger)
Earnings96 (stronger)39
Funding & liquidity6787 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage97100 (stronger)
Peer percentile96th34th
Total assets$219.6M$349.2M
Deposits / shares$180.7M$323.8M
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)8.76%
Problem loans0.32%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets1.90% (stronger)0.47%
Loans ÷ deposits81.1%73.7% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.8%14.4% (stronger)
Offices45
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—3.7%

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 3 and Frontier Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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