TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Farmers & Merchants Bank vs First Metro Bank

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Waterloo, Alabama · Under $100 million in assets

75of 100
Strong

Bank

First Metro Bank

Muscle Shoals, Alabama · $1 billion – $10 billion

84of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Farmers & Merchants BankFirst Metro Bank
TellerScore7584 (stronger)
Capital cushion100 (stronger)80
Loan quality5696 (stronger)
Earnings4385 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity82 (stronger)63
Problem-loan coverage99 (stronger)98
Peer percentile54th95th
Total assets$98.3M$1.0B
Deposits / shares$86.5M$893.7M
Capital ratio17.03% (stronger)12.98%
Problem loans1.33%0.13% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.04% (stronger)0.22%
Return on assets0.59%1.62% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits5.9% (stronger)66.4%
Uninsured deposits31.2% (stronger)42.8%
Offices211
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—7.7%

First Metro Bank has the higher TellerScore (84 vs 75). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Farmers & Merchants Bank leads on 4 and First Metro Bank on 3. 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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