TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Peoples Bank vs Farmers and Merchants Bank

Bank

The Peoples Bank

Brownstown, Indiana · $100 million – $1 billion

64of 100
Moderate

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Laotto, Indiana · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Peoples BankFarmers and Merchants Bank
TellerScore6471 (stronger)
Capital cushion43 (stronger)40
Loan quality73100 (stronger)
Earnings7380 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity62 (stronger)52
Problem-loan coverage90100 (stronger)
Peer percentile26th47th
Total assets$323.8M$306.1M
Deposits / shares$298.6M$279.5M
Capital ratio9.32% (stronger)9.05%
Problem loans0.81%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.32%1.51% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits51.1% (stronger)72.9%
Uninsured deposits49.8%46.7% (stronger)
Offices44
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—5.3%

Farmers and Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 64). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Peoples Bank leads on 3 and Farmers and Merchants Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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