TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs The Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Scotland, South Dakota · Under $100 million in assets

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankThe Farmers and Merchants State Bank
TellerScore91 (stronger)83
Capital cushion100 (stronger)69
Loan quality8997 (stronger)
Earnings96 (stronger)70
Funding & liquidity6792 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9799 (stronger)
Peer percentile96th73rd
Total assets$219.6M$36.0M
Deposits / shares$180.7M$32.4M
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)11.89%
Problem loans0.32%0.08% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01%-0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets1.90% (stronger)1.25%
Loans ÷ deposits81.1%41.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.8%22.8% (stronger)
Offices41
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

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 3 and The Farmers and Merchants State Bank on 4. 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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