TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Merchants & Planters Bank vs The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Bank

The Merchants & Planters Bank

Clarendon, Arkansas · Under $100 million in assets

72of 100
Strong

Bank

The Farmers & Merchants Bank

Stuttgart, Arkansas · $1 billion – $10 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Merchants & Planters BankThe Farmers & Merchants Bank
TellerScore72 (stronger)67
Capital cushion63 (stronger)48
Loan quality93 (stronger)87
Earnings3663 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity85 (stronger)61
Problem-loan coverage9595
Peer percentile45th44th
Total assets$51.3M$2.0B
Deposits / shares$46.9M$1.7B
Capital ratio11.30% (stronger)9.79%
Problem loans0.21% (stronger)0.39%
Net charge-offs0.03%0.01% (stronger)
Return on assets0.40%1.07% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits44.2% (stronger)82.2%
Uninsured deposits29.1% (stronger)30.6%
Offices119
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—14.9%

The Merchants & Planters Bank has the higher TellerScore (72 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Merchants & Planters Bank leads on 5 and The Farmers & Merchants Bank on 2. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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