TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs The Security State Bank

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

The Security State Bank

Emery, South Dakota · Under $100 million in assets

99of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankThe Security State Bank
TellerScore9199 (stronger)
Capital cushion100100
Loan quality89100 (stronger)
Earnings96100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity6791 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage97100 (stronger)
Peer percentile96th99th
Total assets$219.6M$64.8M
Deposits / shares$180.7M$52.2M
Capital ratio17.26%19.51% (stronger)
Problem loans0.32%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.90%1.99% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits81.1%32.1% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.8%23.7% (stronger)
Offices42
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

The Security State Bank has the higher TellerScore (99 vs 91). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 0 and The Security State Bank on 7. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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