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First Farmers & Merchants State Bank

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural MN FDIC cert 1600

Designations: Community bank

Brownsdale, MN

2 branches across MN

541 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 55 in MN
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First Farmers & Merchants State Bank 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 0.09% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.39% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 34.29% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Delinquency Rate 3.41% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 2.62% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $96.6M
+0.7% YoY +3.1% QoQ
+$34.4M $62.2M
-0.6% YoY
$512.9M
+5.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 4.3% in tier
Total Loans ? $68.8M
-6.0% YoY -4.6% QoQ
+$34.5M $34.2M
-1.4% YoY
$288.3M
+6.9% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 5.2% in tier
Total Deposits ? $86.7M
+3.1% YoY +6.4% QoQ
+$35.0M $51.7M
-0.7% YoY
$443.8M
+5.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 1.8% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.93%
+58.9% YoY +450.4% QoQ
+0.09% 0.84%
-2.3% YoY
1.13%
+10.7% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
49%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.25%
+9.0% YoY +4.6% QoQ
+0.39% 3.86%
+2.8% YoY
3.93%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
68%
Efficiency Ratio ? 54.05%
-15.7% YoY -10.8% QoQ
-34.29% 88.34%
+0.3% YoY
64.77%
-3.3% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 14.0% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 4.78%
+48.8% YoY +158.9% QoQ
+3.41% 1.37%
+33.8% YoY
1.04%
+28.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 6.3% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 79.31%
-8.8% YoY -10.3% QoQ
+15.09% 64.22%
-0.7% YoY
76.69%
-0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
29%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 18.54%
+6.0% YoY +1.4% QoQ
-5.17% 23.71%
+0.3% YoY
21.87%
-0.9% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
35%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 3.40%
+38.9% YoY +139.6% QoQ
+2.62% 0.79%
+28.2% YoY
0.77%
+27.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 4.4% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.19%
+9.0% YoY +5.3% QoQ
-13.50% 26.68%
+2.0% YoY
15.37%
+0.7% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
33%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
-0.7% YoY -76.5% QoQ
-0.60% 0.67%
+1.9% YoY
0.16%
+5.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
53%

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 (0)

No matched concern signatures this quarter

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 541 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (4 metrics)

11
Total Deposits
size
Value: $86.69M
Peer Median: $51.74M
#11 of 541 Top 1.8% in under $100M
24
Total Assets
size
Value: $96.58M
Peer Median: $62.16M
#24 of 541 Top 4.3% in under $100M
29
Total Loans
size
Value: $68.76M
Peer Median: $34.25M
#29 of 541 Top 5.2% in under $100M
77
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 54.05%
Peer Median: 88.34%
#77 of 541 Top 14.0% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

518
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 3.40%
Peer Median: 0.79%
#518 of 541 Bottom 4.4% in under $100M
489
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 4.78%
Peer Median: 1.37%
#489 of 521 Bottom 6.3% in under $100M
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