TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Merchants State Bank vs Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Bank

Merchants State Bank

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

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Over $100 billion

58of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureMerchants State BankWells Fargo Bank, National Association
TellerScore91 (stronger)58
Capital cushion100 (stronger)30
Loan quality89 (stronger)65
Earnings96 (stronger)75
Funding & liquidity67 (stronger)58
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)88
Peer percentile96th21st
Total assets$219.6M$1.9T
Deposits / shares$180.7M$1.6T
Capital ratio17.26% (stronger)8.02%
Problem loans0.32% (stronger)1.04%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.40%
Return on assets1.90% (stronger)1.38%
Loans ÷ deposits81.1%62.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.8% (stronger)50.3%
Offices44,086
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)—55,423
Complaints per $1B deposits—35.4
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—22.2%

Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 58). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Merchants State Bank leads on 6 and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association on 1. 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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