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The Farmers and Merchants Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other OH FDIC cert 10280

Caldwell, OH

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 98 in OH
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The Farmers and Merchants Bank has 3 strengths but faces 3 concerns

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Deposit Franchise: Top 62.1% in tier
  • + ROA 0.31% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 10.91% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 46.6% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 3.15% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.76% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (OH) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $134.9M
-0.4% YoY +1.0% QoQ
-$251.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$35.8B
+10.6% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 9.6% in tier
Total Loans ? $78.7M
+2.0% YoY -0.8% QoQ
-$177.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$15.7B
+12.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 10.7% in tier
Total Deposits ? $115.1M
-1.6% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-$212.9M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$25.9B
+8.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 10.4% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.58%
+76.8% YoY +43.3% QoQ
+0.31% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.12%
+9.9% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
71%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.99%
+23.4% YoY +10.9% QoQ
+1.06% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.58%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 7.4% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 54.37%
-16.9% YoY -14.3% QoQ
-10.91% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
72.65%
-4.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
75%
Delinquency Rate ? 4.04%
-16.0% YoY -4.0% QoQ
+3.15% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.65%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 3.3% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 68.39%
+3.7% YoY -1.5% QoQ
-8.25% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
79.14%
+0.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
70%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 30.49%
-2.3% YoY +3.0% QoQ
+8.47% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
18.08%
-0.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
83%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.39%
-12.4% YoY -5.7% QoQ
+1.76% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.44%
+14.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 4.7% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.03%
+6.0% YoY +3.2% QoQ
-0.80% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
19.44%
+3.1% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
66%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.05%
-6.3% YoY -74.1% QoQ
-0.23% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.57%
-2.4% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
20%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (1)

Deposit Franchise

growth
#170 of 272 • Top 62.1% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest-bearing deposits AND top-quartile NIM. A premium deposit franchise translating into above-peer spread.

Why this signature
Noninterest-Bearing Deposit Share: 30.49%
(Tier: 22.02%, National: 22.01%)
better than tier avg
Net Interest Margin: 4.99%
(Tier: 3.93%, National: 3.89%)
better than tier avg
272 of 272 Community banks match · 369 nationally
→ Stable -14 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Deposit Outflow

decline
#237 of 506 • Bottom 46.6% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

506 of 506 Community banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

198
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.99%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#198 of 2664 Top 7.4% in $100M-$1B
452
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 30.49%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#452 of 2664 Top 16.9% in $100M-$1B
662
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 54.37%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#662 of 2664 Top 24.8% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

2567
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 4.04%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2567 of 2654 Bottom 3.3% in $100M-$1B
2539
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.39%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2539 of 2664 Bottom 4.7% in $100M-$1B
2409
Total Assets
size
Value: $134.93M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2409 of 2664 Bottom 9.6% in $100M-$1B
2387
Total Deposits
size
Value: $115.05M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2387 of 2664 Bottom 10.4% in $100M-$1B
2380
Total Loans
size
Value: $78.69M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2380 of 2664 Bottom 10.7% in $100M-$1B
2123
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2123 of 2664 Bottom 20.3% in $100M-$1B
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