TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Farmers & Merchants Bank vs Nova Bank

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Waterloo, Alabama · Under $100 million in assets

75of 100
Strong

Bank

Nova Bank

Huntsville, Alabama · Under $100 million in assets

82of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Farmers & Merchants BankNova Bank
TellerScore7582 (stronger)
Capital cushion100100
Loan quality56100 (stronger)
Earnings4348 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity82 (stronger)52
Problem-loan coverage99100 (stronger)
Peer percentile54th70th
Total assets$98.3M$91.2M
Deposits / shares$86.5M$66.1M
Capital ratio17.03%28.11% (stronger)
Problem loans1.33%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.04%-0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets0.59%0.69% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits5.9% (stronger)106.4%
Uninsured deposits31.2%16.6% (stronger)
Offices21
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Nova Bank has the higher TellerScore (82 vs 75). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Farmers & Merchants Bank leads on 1 and Nova Bank on 6. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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