TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The First National Bank of Fort Smith vs The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Bank

The First National Bank of Fort Smith

Fort Smith, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

78of 100
Strong

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stuttgart, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureThe First National Bank of Fort SmithThe Farmers & Merchants Bank
TellerScore78 (stronger)67
Capital cushion61 (stronger)48
Loan quality8587 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)63
Funding & liquidity6061 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9595
Peer percentile86th44th
Total assets$2.3B$2.0B
Deposits / shares$2.0B$1.7B
Capital ratio11.08% (stronger)9.79%
Problem loans0.44%0.39% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.03%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets2.04% (stronger)1.07%
Loans ÷ deposits77.4% (stronger)82.2%
Uninsured deposits35.6%30.6% (stronger)
Offices2419
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)7.2%14.9%

The First National Bank of Fort Smith has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The First National Bank of Fort Smith leads on 4 and The Farmers & Merchants Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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