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The Farmers & Merchants Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial AR FDIC cert 16216

Designations: Community bank

Stuttgart, AR

21 branches across AR

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 19 in AR
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (AR) →

The Farmers & Merchants Bank has 2 strengths 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.14% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.35% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 33.9% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 36.9% in tier
  • - ROA 0.31% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 3.35% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (AR) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $2.0B
+7.5% YoY +1.9% QoQ
-$824.6M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$2.3B
+2.8% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
50%
Total Loans ? $1.4B
+6.1% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-$588.7M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$1.7B
+6.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
50%
Total Deposits ? $1.7B
+9.3% YoY +5.5% QoQ
-$636.5M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$1.9B
+3.0% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
51%
Return on Assets ? 1.05%
+13.0% YoY +3.5% QoQ
-0.31% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.34%
+14.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
37%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.96%
+8.6% YoY +4.5% QoQ
+0.14% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
4.08%
+8.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
69%
Efficiency Ratio ? 64.41%
-0.5% YoY +0.8% QoQ
+3.35% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
61.77%
-4.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
36%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.54%
+69.5% YoY +13.1% QoQ
-0.35% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
1.02%
+24.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
51%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 80.63%
-3.0% YoY -4.3% QoQ
-3.58% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
80.49%
+1.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
64%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 14.85%
-7.6% YoY +0.3% QoQ
-6.44% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
19.62%
+0.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
27%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.39%
+72.1% YoY +16.4% QoQ
-0.29% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.79%
+32.8% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
55%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.86%
+0.2% YoY +1.1% QoQ
-5.30% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
13.59%
+0.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 3.7% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.16%
-30.6% YoY -81.7% QoQ
-0.10% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.18%
-3.1% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
58%

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 (2)

Capital Thin

risk
#76 of 221 • Bottom 33.9% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 9.86%
(Tier: 15.16%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
221 of 221 Mid-Market banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#156 of 420 • Bottom 36.9% in tier

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

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (0 metrics)

No strength rankings available

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

852
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.86%
Peer Median: 15.16%
#852 of 884 Bottom 3.7% in $1B-$10B
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