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Farmers and Merchants Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MD FDIC cert 1895

Upperco, MD

9 branches across MD

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 17 in MD
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Farmers and Merchants Bank has 2 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 1.99% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.88% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Capital Constraint: Bottom 19.4% in tier
  • - ROA 0.32% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.46% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $863.2M
+5.6% YoY -1.1% QoQ
+$477.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.8B
+4.9% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Top 5.2% in tier
Total Loans ? $628.6M
+4.7% YoY -0.8% QoQ
+$372.9M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$1.3B
+7.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Top 5.0% in tier
Total Deposits ? $712.4M
-3.3% YoY -1.3% QoQ
+$384.4M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$1.6B
+7.4% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Top 6.1% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.95%
+59.3% YoY +26.9% QoQ
-0.32% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
0.90%
+4.7% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
34%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.47%
+20.1% YoY +9.7% QoQ
-0.46% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.69%
+5.2% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
29%
Efficiency Ratio ? 63.30%
-15.5% YoY -6.7% QoQ
-1.99% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
68.69%
-3.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
50%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.01%
-97.3% YoY
-0.88% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
1.00%
+1.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Top 14.1% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 88.25%
+8.3% YoY +0.5% QoQ
+11.61% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
87.36%
+2.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
28%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 17.97%
+21.9% YoY +6.0% QoQ
-4.05% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
20.21%
-0.6% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
36%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.20%
-56.3% YoY +5.5% QoQ
-0.44% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.86%
+7.2% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
59%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.98%
+3.8% YoY +2.8% QoQ
-3.85% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
16.27%
-0.9% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
35%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.06%
+11.3% YoY -74.7% QoQ
-0.22% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
-21.7% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
23%

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)

Capital Constraint

risk
#22 of 108 • Bottom 19.4% in tier

Strong balance sheet under pressure - deposits leaving while lending capacity maxed. Need funding solutions before hitting regulatory limits.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 88.25%
(Tier: 76.64%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 11.98%
(Tier: 15.83%, National: 17.06%)
worse than tier avg
108 of 108 Community banks match · 148 nationally
↑ Growing +19 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 (4 metrics)

135
Total Loans
size
Value: $628.64M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#135 of 2664 Top 5.0% in $100M-$1B
139
Total Assets
size
Value: $863.20M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#139 of 2664 Top 5.2% in $100M-$1B
163
Total Deposits
size
Value: $712.36M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#163 of 2664 Top 6.1% in $100M-$1B
376
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.01%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#376 of 2654 Top 14.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (1 metrics)

2057
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2057 of 2664 Bottom 22.8% in $100M-$1B
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