TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Farmers & Merchants Bank vs The Citizens Bank

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stuttgart, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Bank

The Citizens Bank

Batesville, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Farmers & Merchants BankThe Citizens Bank
TellerScore6770 (stronger)
Capital cushion48 (stronger)39
Loan quality8788 (stronger)
Earnings6382 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity6167 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)94
Peer percentile44th58th
Total assets$2.0B$1.6B
Deposits / shares$1.7B$1.5B
Capital ratio9.79% (stronger)8.87%
Problem loans0.39%0.37% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.08%
Return on assets1.07%1.55% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits82.2% (stronger)85.2%
Uninsured deposits30.6%22.8% (stronger)
Offices1916
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)14.9%13.3%

The Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (70 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Farmers & Merchants Bank leads on 3 and The Citizens Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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