TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Merchants & Planters Bank vs Bank of Bearden

Bank

The Merchants & Planters Bank

Clarendon, Arkansas · Under $100 million in assets

72of 100
Strong

Bank

Bank of Bearden

Bearden, Arkansas · Under $100 million in assets

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Merchants & Planters BankBank of Bearden
TellerScore7283 (stronger)
Capital cushion6363
Loan quality93100 (stronger)
Earnings36100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity85 (stronger)58
Problem-loan coverage95100 (stronger)
Peer percentile45th73rd
Total assets$51.3M$67.4M
Deposits / shares$46.9M$60.8M
Capital ratio11.30% (stronger)11.29%
Problem loans0.21%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.03%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets0.40%2.01% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits44.2% (stronger)50.5%
Uninsured deposits29.1% (stronger)53.1%
Offices11
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Bank of Bearden has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 72). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Merchants & Planters Bank leads on 3 and Bank of Bearden on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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