TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Farmers & Merchants Bank vs Valley Credit Union

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Waterloo, Alabama · Under $100 million in assets

75of 100
Strong

Credit union

Valley Credit Union

Tuscumbia, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

84of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Farmers & Merchants BankValley Credit Union
TellerScore7584 (stronger)
Capital cushion100 (stronger)90
Loan quality5693 (stronger)
Earnings43 (stronger)42
Funding & liquidity82100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9999
Peer percentile54th86th
Total assets$98.3M$112.9M
Deposits / shares$86.5M$98.2M
Capital ratio17.03% (stronger)13.96%
Problem loans1.33%0.20% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.04% (stronger)0.43%
Return on assets0.59% (stronger)0.55%
Loans ÷ deposits5.9% (stronger)39.1%
Uninsured deposits31.2%3.0% (stronger)
Offices24
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Valley Credit Union 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 Valley Credit Union on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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