TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Farmers & Merchants Bank vs First Financial Bank

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stuttgart, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Bank

First Financial Bank

El Dorado, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

50of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Farmers & Merchants BankFirst Financial Bank
TellerScore67 (stronger)50
Capital cushion4862 (stronger)
Loan quality87 (stronger)0
Earnings63100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity61 (stronger)44
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)47
Peer percentile44th7th
Total assets$2.0B$2.0B
Deposits / shares$1.7B$1.7B
Capital ratio9.79%11.15% (stronger)
Problem loans0.39% (stronger)3.64%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.21%
Return on assets1.07%2.18% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits82.2% (stronger)102.1%
Uninsured deposits30.6%28.2% (stronger)
Offices1916
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)14.9%7.5%

The Farmers & Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (67 vs 50). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Farmers & Merchants Bank leads on 4 and First Financial Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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