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Farmers and Merchants State Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural SD FDIC cert 501

Plankinton, SD

2 branches across SD

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 24 in SD
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Farmers and Merchants State 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

  • + Return on Assets 1.34% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.95% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 25.19% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Delinquency Rate 0.25% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $172.9M
+3.6% YoY -4.9% QoQ
-$213.2M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$68.7B
+9.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
20%
Total Loans ? $137.1M
+11.1% YoY -3.7% QoQ
-$118.6M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$30.8B
+10.3% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
31%
Total Deposits ? $140.8M
+8.6% YoY -8.0% QoQ
-$187.2M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$54.8B
+8.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
18%
Return on Assets ? 2.60%
-3.2% YoY -1.9% QoQ
+1.34% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.41%
+1.8% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Top 3.8% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.88%
+2.5% YoY -1.5% QoQ
+0.95% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.19%
+0.4% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Top 9.2% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 40.10%
-3.4% YoY +1.2% QoQ
-25.19% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
64.00%
-0.6% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
Top 4.2% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.14%
+29.3% YoY +98.6% QoQ
+0.25% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.59%
+45.1% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
25%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 97.39%
+2.2% YoY +4.7% QoQ
+20.76% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.70%
+0.3% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Bottom 11.9% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 23.35%
-1.2% YoY +35.9% QoQ
+1.33% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
23.74%
-0.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
60%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.90%
+38.6% YoY +101.1% QoQ
+0.27% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.41%
+39.3% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
22%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.00%
-6.5% YoY +6.2% QoQ
-3.83% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
15.79%
+0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
35%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
+0.8% YoY -76.1% QoQ
-0.20% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.27%
+0.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
40%

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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

101
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.60%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#101 of 2664 Top 3.8% in $100M-$1B
112
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 40.10%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#112 of 2664 Top 4.2% in $100M-$1B
246
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.88%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#246 of 2664 Top 9.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2349
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 97.39%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#2349 of 2664 Bottom 11.9% in $100M-$1B
2176
Total Deposits
size
Value: $140.79M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2176 of 2664 Bottom 18.4% in $100M-$1B
2129
Total Assets
size
Value: $172.89M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2129 of 2664 Bottom 20.1% in $100M-$1B
2075
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 0.90%
Peer Median: 0.64%
#2075 of 2664 Bottom 22.1% in $100M-$1B
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