TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Vallant Bank vs Farmers and Merchants Bank

Bank

Vallant Bank

Elberton, Georgia · $1 billion – $10 billion

78of 100
Strong

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Sylvania, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

96of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureVallant BankFarmers and Merchants Bank
TellerScore7896 (stronger)
Capital cushion77100 (stronger)
Loan quality8393 (stronger)
Earnings73100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity6983 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9499 (stronger)
Peer percentile86th99th
Total assets$4.0B$170.7M
Deposits / shares$3.5B$145.6M
Capital ratio12.70%16.16% (stronger)
Problem loans0.51%0.21% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.08%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.33%2.05% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits85.2%40.1% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits20.6% (stronger)30.5%
Offices362
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Farmers and Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (96 vs 78). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Vallant Bank leads on 1 and Farmers and Merchants Bank on 6. 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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