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First Farmers & Merchants National Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial MN FDIC cert 33131

Fairmont, MN

2 branches across MN

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 151 in MN.
  • Deposits +4.0% year over year ($115.4M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.06%.
  • Return on assets 1.02%.
  • Efficiency ratio 62.89% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 99.81% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 151 in MN
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First Farmers & Merchants National Bank has 3 strengths but faces 1 concern

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 0.19% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 1.59% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.85% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.30% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $140.4M
+7.2% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-$246.1M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$524.5M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Bottom 11.5% in tier
Total Loans ? $115.1M
+7.4% YoY -1.6% QoQ
-$143.2M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$300.2M
+7.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
24%
Total Deposits ? $115.4M
+4.0% YoY -3.4% QoQ
-$211.4M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$452.1M
+5.5% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Bottom 10.4% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.02%
+42.9% YoY +7.3% QoQ
-0.30% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.26%
+17.2% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
35%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.17%
+8.8% YoY +3.5% QoQ
+0.19% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.00%
+6.8% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
64%
Efficiency Ratio ? 62.89%
-9.2% YoY -0.1% QoQ
-1.59% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
63.00%
-3.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
49%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.06%
-73.1% YoY -81.2% QoQ
-0.85% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.01%
+19.3% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
78%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 99.81%
+3.3% YoY +1.9% QoQ
+21.86% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
78.29%
-0.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Bottom 10.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 14.97%
+10.2% YoY +5.0% QoQ
-7.06% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
21.79%
+0.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
24%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.05%
-73.0% YoY -81.4% QoQ
-0.62% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.76%
+16.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
78%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.91%
-2.2% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-4.00% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
15.35%
-0.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
35%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
+11.3% YoY +152.0% QoQ
-0.44% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.31%
+3.9% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
26%

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 (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 15.0%
+1.4pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-7.2pp 22.1% 21.9% 22.2% 24%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 8.3% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 15.0%
+0.9pp YoY
+1.3pp QoQ
+3.4pp 11.6% 14.6% 12.5% 76%
CRE 29.3%
-0.3pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-10.2pp 39.5% 36.5% 41.4% 33%
1-4 Family 27.5%
-2.4pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
-5.1pp 32.6% 29.4% 31.3% 46%
Consumer 3.4%
+0.7pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-0.7pp 4.1% 4.5% 5.0% 65%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 11.9%
-0.3pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-6.9pp 18.8% 16.5% 19.7% 16%
Leverage Ratio 10.6%
-0.4pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-1.6pp 12.2% 11.0% 12.6% 43%
Total Capital Ratio 13.0%
-0.4pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
-6.9pp 19.9% 17.6% 20.8% 16%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 16
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-43 58 55 482 5%
Assets per Employee ($) $8.8M
+7.2% YoY
-0.5% QoQ
+$1.3M $7.5M $8.6M $8.8M 77%
Branch Count 2
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-3 4 4 18 11%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.1%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.9pp 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 14%
Allowance Coverage 18.74x
+238.1% YoY
+446.5% QoQ
-5.41x 24.15x 20.41x 20.23x 88%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
+0.2pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+0.1pp 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 86%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 10.6%
+3.2pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
-1.6pp 12.2% 13.1% 11.6% 40%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.0%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.3pp 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 69%
Net Income ($, YTD) $726,000
+52.8% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.8M $2.6M $4.5M $40.4M 17%

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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

580
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.05%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#580 of 2643 Top 21.9% in $100M-$1B
593
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 0.06%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#593 of 2633 Top 22.5% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (5 metrics)

2370
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 99.81%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#2370 of 2643 Bottom 10.4% in $100M-$1B
2370
Total Deposits
size
Value: $115.36M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#2370 of 2643 Bottom 10.4% in $100M-$1B
2340
Total Assets
size
Value: $140.44M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#2340 of 2643 Bottom 11.5% in $100M-$1B
2013
Total Loans
size
Value: $115.14M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#2013 of 2643 Bottom 23.9% in $100M-$1B
2002
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 14.97%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#2002 of 2643 Bottom 24.3% in $100M-$1B
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