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Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust

$100M-$1B Specialty: Other IA FDIC cert 13737

Designations: ✓ CDFI-certified

Burlington, IA

4 branches across IA

NEW · Q2 2026 RECAP

Your Quarter, Wrapped

A 35-second highlight reel of your Q2 — the wins worth celebrating and the one signal worth watching, pulled straight from your scorecard data.

Q2 2026 at a glance

  • 1 of 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 167 in IA.
  • Deposits -1.0% year over year ($187.0M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.69%.
  • Return on assets 0.91%.
  • Efficiency ratio 75.30% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 67.76% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 167 in IA
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Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust has 1 strength but faces 4 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

  • + Revenue Diversifier: Top 15.4% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 39.2% in tier
  • - ROA 0.41% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.35% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 10.82% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $208.2M
-2.2% YoY -1.2% QoQ
-$178.3M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$566.2M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
29%
Total Loans ? $126.7M
+4.3% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-$131.6M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$385.0M
+5.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
27%
Total Deposits ? $187.0M
-1.0% YoY -0.0% QoQ
-$139.7M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$472.4M
+6.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
31%
Return on Assets ? 0.91%
+76.0% YoY -7.6% QoQ
-0.41% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.58%
+39.1% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
29%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.64%
+14.0% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-0.35% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.58%
+9.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
34%
Efficiency Ratio ? 75.30%
-11.5% YoY +4.8% QoQ
+10.82% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
57.74%
-6.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
20%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.69%
+38.5% YoY -4.7% QoQ
+0.77% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.99%
+12.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
16%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 67.76%
+5.4% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-10.20% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
80.39%
+2.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
73%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 13.32%
+2.8% YoY +5.0% QoQ
-8.71% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
17.72%
+0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
18%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.03%
+47.7% YoY -1.0% QoQ
+0.36% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.63%
+7.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
20%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 17.22%
+3.5% YoY -1.0% QoQ
+1.31% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
14.69%
+3.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
78%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.97%
+15.0% YoY +103.4% QoQ
+0.41% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.24%
+5.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
Top 3.6% in tier

Additional Detail

Deposit mix, loan mix, capital, efficiency, asset quality & profitability · As of 2026-Q2

Deposit Composition

% of total deposits

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 13.3%
+0.4pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
-8.8pp 22.1% 17.8% 22.2% 18%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 6.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 7.5%
-0.2pp YoY
+0.2pp QoQ
-4.1pp 11.6% 12.8% 12.5% 36%
CRE 20.5%
+2.0pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-19.0pp 39.5% 28.3% 41.4% 19%
1-4 Family 47.2%
-2.4pp YoY
-1.5pp QoQ
+14.5pp 32.6% 23.0% 31.3% 79%
Consumer 2.4%
-0.4pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-1.8pp 4.1% 2.9% 5.0% 52%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 17.2%
+0.6pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-1.6pp 18.8% 15.4% 19.7% 65%
Leverage Ratio 10.7%
+0.9pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-1.4pp 12.2% 12.4% 12.6% 45%
Total Capital Ratio 18.5%
+0.6pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-1.5pp 19.9% 16.5% 20.8% 66%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 50
+1 (+2.0%) YoY
+2 (+4.2%) QoQ
-9 58 64 482 53%
Assets per Employee ($) $4.2M
-4.2% YoY
-5.1% QoQ
-$3.4M $7.5M $8.9M $8.8M 6%
Branch Count 4
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-1 4 5 18 42%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 1.7%
+0.9pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+0.8pp 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 84%
Allowance Coverage 0.91x
-22.2% YoY
+3.7% QoQ
-23.24x 24.15x 18.97x 20.23x 24%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 38%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 11.2%
+3.2pp YoY
-1.2pp QoQ
-0.9pp 12.2% 12.8% 11.6% 45%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 0.7%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.0pp 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 4%
Net Income ($, YTD) $963,000
+72.6% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.6M $2.6M $4.0M $40.4M 25%

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)

Revenue Diversifier

growth
#103 of 661 • Top 15.4% in tier

Top-quartile non-interest income relative to assets. Revenue less dependent on spread - more resilient to rate cycles.

Why this signature
Noninterest Income / Assets: 0.97%
(Tier: 0.57%, National: 0.66%)
better than tier avg
Return on Assets: 0.91%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
but worse than tier avg
661 of 661 Community banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable | QoQ rank declining

Concerns (1)

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#368 of 936 • Bottom 39.2% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

936 of 936 Community banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

96
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.97%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#96 of 2643 Top 3.6% in $100M-$1B
589
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 17.22%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#589 of 2643 Top 22.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2204
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.69%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2204 of 2633 Bottom 16.3% in $100M-$1B
2158
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 13.32%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#2158 of 2643 Bottom 18.4% in $100M-$1B
2128
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.03%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2128 of 2643 Bottom 19.5% in $100M-$1B
2115
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 75.30%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#2115 of 2643 Bottom 20.0% in $100M-$1B
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