TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs Rivers Edge Bank

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

Rivers Edge Bank

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

68of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankRivers Edge Bank
TellerScore91 (stronger)68
Capital cushion100 (stronger)33
Loan quality8995 (stronger)
Earnings96 (stronger)79
Funding & liquidity67 (stronger)59
Problem-loan coverage9798 (stronger)
Peer percentile96th37th
Total assets$219.6M$357.1M
Deposits / shares$180.7M$295.9M
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)8.30%
Problem loans0.32%0.16% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.06%
Return on assets1.90% (stronger)1.47%
Loans ÷ deposits81.1% (stronger)91.3%
Uninsured deposits25.8%24.1% (stronger)
Offices45
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—4.3%

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 68). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 5 and Rivers Edge Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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