TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank vs Explorers Federal Credit Union

Bank

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank

Scotland, South Dakota · Under $100 million in assets

83of 100
Strong

Credit union

Explorers Federal Credit Union

Yankton, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

65of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Farmers and Merchants State BankExplorers Federal Credit Union
TellerScore83 (stronger)65
Capital cushion69 (stronger)46
Loan quality97 (stronger)84
Earnings70 (stronger)37
Funding & liquidity92 (stronger)91
Problem-loan coverage99 (stronger)94
Peer percentile73rd34th
Total assets$36.0M$111.5M
Deposits / shares$32.4M$100.0M
Capital ratio11.89% (stronger)9.63%
Problem loans0.08% (stronger)0.49%
Net charge-offs-0.02% (stronger)-0.01%
Return on assets1.25% (stronger)0.41%
Loans ÷ deposits41.0% (stronger)69.2%
Uninsured deposits22.8%1.3% (stronger)
Offices12
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

The Farmers and Merchants State Bank has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 65). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Farmers and Merchants State Bank leads on 6 and Explorers Federal Credit Union on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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