TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

West Plains Bank vs Farmers and Merchants Bank of Ashland

Bank

West Plains Bank

Ainsworth, Nebraska · $100 million – $1 billion

91of 100
Very strong

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank of Ashland

Ashland, Nebraska · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureWest Plains BankFarmers and Merchants Bank of Ashland
TellerScore91 (stronger)71
Capital cushion98 (stronger)50
Loan quality100 (stronger)86
Earnings74 (stronger)73
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)71
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)94
Peer percentile96th47th
Total assets$139.3M$152.2M
Deposits / shares$110.5M$128.0M
Capital ratio14.84% (stronger)10.00%
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.42%
Net charge-offs0.00%0.00%
Return on assets1.35% (stronger)1.33%
Loans ÷ deposits75.5% (stronger)89.4%
Uninsured deposits19.5%13.0% (stronger)
Offices21
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—6.3%

West Plains Bank has the higher TellerScore (91 vs 71). On the 6 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), West Plains Bank leads on 5 and Farmers and Merchants Bank of Ashland on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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