TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Signature Bank of Arkansas vs The Merchants & Planters Bank

Bank

Signature Bank of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Bank

The Merchants & Planters Bank

Clarendon, Arkansas · Under $100 million in assets

72of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureSignature Bank of ArkansasThe Merchants & Planters Bank
TellerScore6772 (stronger)
Capital cushion4663 (stronger)
Loan quality99 (stronger)93
Earnings64 (stronger)36
Funding & liquidity4085 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage99 (stronger)95
Peer percentile44th45th
Total assets$1.6B$51.3M
Deposits / shares$1.4B$46.9M
Capital ratio9.57%11.30% (stronger)
Problem loans0.04% (stronger)0.21%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.03%
Return on assets1.09% (stronger)0.40%
Loans ÷ deposits93.3%44.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits38.9%29.1% (stronger)
Offices101
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.0%—

The Merchants & Planters Bank has the higher TellerScore (72 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Signature Bank of Arkansas leads on 3 and The Merchants & Planters 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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