TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs Pathward, National Association

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

Pathward, National Association

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

50of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankPathward, National Association
TellerScore91 (stronger)50
Capital cushion100 (stronger)49
Loan quality89 (stronger)0
Earnings96100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity6775 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)45
Peer percentile96th7th
Total assets$219.6M$7.3B
Deposits / shares$180.7M$6.0B
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)9.91%
Problem loans0.32% (stronger)5.28%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.86%
Return on assets1.90%2.81% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits81.1% (stronger)85.6%
Uninsured deposits25.8%12.7% (stronger)
Offices41
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 50). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 5 and Pathward, National Association 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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