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Farmers and Merchants State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural ND FDIC cert 21728

Langdon, ND

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 35 in ND
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Farmers and Merchants State Bank has 2 strengths but faces 5 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 0.14% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 12.96% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Flatlined Growth: Bottom 49.4% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 3.82% above tier average
  • - Nonperforming Asset Ratio 1.97% above tier average
  • - Non-Interest Income / Assets 0.25% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.58% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $140.1M
-1.1% YoY -6.8% QoQ
-$246.0M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.1B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 11.3% in tier
Total Loans ? $77.7M
+7.5% YoY -4.8% QoQ
-$178.1M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$779.7M
+5.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 10.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $109.5M
+0.5% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-$218.4M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$930.6M
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 8.5% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.41%
+65.6% YoY +16.7% QoQ
+0.14% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.38%
+15.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
63%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.35%
+20.3% YoY +9.7% QoQ
-0.58% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.69%
+5.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
24%
Efficiency Ratio ? 52.33%
-23.0% YoY -8.5% QoQ
-12.96% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
60.25%
-5.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
80%
Delinquency Rate ? 4.70%
+433.5% YoY +248.8% QoQ
+3.82% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+20.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
Bottom 2.4% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 70.90%
+6.9% YoY -6.0% QoQ
-5.74% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
69.27%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
65%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 18.82%
-7.8% YoY -21.3% QoQ
-3.20% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.07%
+2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
40%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 2.61%
+480.0% YoY +256.1% QoQ
+1.97% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+12.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
Bottom 4.2% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 14.79%
+3.9% YoY +0.5% QoQ
-1.04% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.00%
+1.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
64%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.03%
+50.1% YoY -69.0% QoQ
-0.25% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+7.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
Bottom 9.5% in tier

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)

Flatlined Growth

risk
#254 of 512 • Bottom 49.4% in tier

Asset growth stalled (-2% to +2% YoY) despite healthy profitability (>0.25% ROA). Suggests untapped opportunity or strategic drift worth investigating.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.41%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
512 of 512 Community banks match · 687 nationally
→ Stable +32 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 (1 metrics)

543
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 52.33%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#543 of 2664 Top 20.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

2590
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 4.70%
Peer Median: 0.89%
#2590 of 2654 Bottom 2.4% in $100M-$1B
2554
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 2.61%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2554 of 2664 Bottom 4.2% in $100M-$1B
2438
Total Deposits
size
Value: $109.54M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2438 of 2664 Bottom 8.5% in $100M-$1B
2413
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.03%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2413 of 2664 Bottom 9.5% in $100M-$1B
2397
Total Loans
size
Value: $77.66M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2397 of 2664 Bottom 10.1% in $100M-$1B
2365
Total Assets
size
Value: $140.08M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2365 of 2664 Bottom 11.3% in $100M-$1B
2025
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.35%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2025 of 2664 Bottom 24.0% in $100M-$1B
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