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Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Bloomfield, Nebraska

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural NE FDIC cert 13662

Bloomfield, NE

6 branches across NE · SD

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 82 in NE
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Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Bloomfield, Nebraska has 3 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + ROA 0.18% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 14.95% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.84% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 70.8% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.34% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (NE) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $225.1M
+9.5% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-$160.9M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$791.1M
+6.6% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
32%
Total Loans ? $133.9M
+0.6% YoY -7.4% QoQ
-$121.8M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$551.6M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
30%
Total Deposits ? $202.7M
+9.7% YoY +8.1% QoQ
-$125.3M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$661.1M
+6.6% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
35%
Return on Assets ? 1.45%
-8.3% YoY -14.4% QoQ
+0.18% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.36%
+20.0% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
65%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.59%
-6.6% YoY -11.1% QoQ
-0.34% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.79%
+6.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
35%
Efficiency Ratio ? 50.34%
+2.4% YoY +8.0% QoQ
-14.95% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
60.11%
-6.9% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
83%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.05%
-45.3% YoY +6.4% QoQ
-0.84% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.72%
+6.8% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
79%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 66.06%
-8.3% YoY -14.4% QoQ
-10.58% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
79.63%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
73%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 16.41%
-4.1% YoY -13.5% QoQ
-5.61% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
17.92%
-1.5% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
29%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.03%
-49.8% YoY -4.1% QoQ
-0.61% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.55%
+6.0% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
81%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 15.59%
+5.4% YoY +6.8% QoQ
-0.24% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.10%
+3.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
70%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
+4.1% YoY -66.4% QoQ
-0.20% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+3.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
36%

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 (0)

No matched strength signatures this quarter

Concerns (1)

Margin Compression

decline
#217 of 305 • Bottom 70.8% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.45%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
305 of 305 Community banks match · 407 nationally
↑ Growing +94 banks QoQ

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)

444
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 50.34%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#444 of 2664 Top 16.6% in $100M-$1B
498
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#498 of 2664 Top 18.7% in $100M-$1B
548
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#548 of 2654 Top 20.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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