TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Security Trust & Savings Bank vs Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Bank

Security Trust & Savings Bank

Storm Lake, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Winterset, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureSecurity Trust & Savings BankFarmers and Merchants State Bank
TellerScore7078 (stronger)
Capital cushion5457 (stronger)
Loan quality74100 (stronger)
Earnings70 (stronger)68
Funding & liquidity7980 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage96100 (stronger)
Peer percentile43rd72nd
Total assets$266.4M$271.7M
Deposits / shares$239.4M$241.1M
Capital ratio10.41%10.68% (stronger)
Problem loans0.78%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.09%0.03% (stronger)
Return on assets1.24% (stronger)1.20%
Loans ÷ deposits32.7% (stronger)68.2%
Uninsured deposits34.1%26.3% (stronger)
Offices24
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—1.5%

Farmers and Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Security Trust & Savings Bank leads on 2 and Farmers and Merchants State Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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