TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs The First National Bank in Sioux Falls

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

The First National Bank in Sioux Falls

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

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankThe First National Bank in Sioux Falls
TellerScore91 (stronger)67
Capital cushion100 (stronger)53
Loan quality89 (stronger)86
Earnings96 (stronger)66
Funding & liquidity67 (stronger)49
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)94
Peer percentile96th44th
Total assets$219.6M$2.1B
Deposits / shares$180.7M$1.8B
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)10.34%
Problem loans0.32% (stronger)0.41%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.08%
Return on assets1.90% (stronger)1.15%
Loans ÷ deposits81.1% (stronger)88.6%
Uninsured deposits25.8% (stronger)35.3%
Offices419
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—2.1%

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 7 and The First National Bank in Sioux Falls on 0. 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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