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Farmers and Merchants State Bank

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

Plankinton, SD

2 branches across SD

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 24 in SD.
  • Deposits +9.4% year over year ($137.3M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.77%.
  • Return on assets 2.46%.
  • Efficiency ratio 38.77% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 106.46% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 24 in SD
View $100M-$1B leaderboard (SD) →

Farmers and Merchants State Bank has 4 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 1.13% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.95% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 25.71% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.14% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 28.51% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $180.4M
+13.5% YoY +4.4% QoQ
-$206.1M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$70.4B
+8.4% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
21%
Total Loans ? $146.1M
+17.6% YoY +6.6% QoQ
-$112.2M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$31.5B
+10.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
34%
Total Deposits ? $137.3M
+9.4% YoY -2.5% QoQ
-$189.5M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$56.5B
+10.5% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
18%
Return on Assets ? 2.46%
-11.2% YoY -5.7% QoQ
+1.13% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.40%
+6.8% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Top 5.1% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 4.94%
-0.0% YoY +1.2% QoQ
+0.95% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.26%
+1.1% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Top 8.9% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 38.77%
-2.7% YoY -3.3% QoQ
-25.71% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
60.99%
-4.4% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 3.0% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 0.77%
-7.8% YoY -32.1% QoQ
-0.14% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.78%
+47.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
35%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 106.46%
+7.5% YoY +9.3% QoQ
+28.51% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
73.26%
-0.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Bottom 5.1% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.40%
-7.7% YoY -16.9% QoQ
-2.63% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
23.46%
+3.2% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
43%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.63%
-4.5% YoY -30.7% QoQ
-0.04% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.54%
+39.8% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
33%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.73%
-11.4% YoY -2.2% QoQ
-4.18% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
15.80%
+1.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
32%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.17%
-7.4% YoY +109.3% QoQ
-0.40% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.54%
-0.1% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
41%

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 (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 19.4%
-1.6pp YoY
-4.0pp QoQ
-2.7pp 22.1% 23.5% 22.2% 42%
Brokered Deposits 9.8%
-3.4pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+1.9pp 7.9% 8.7% 8.5% 74%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 13.8%
+2.4pp YoY
+2.3pp QoQ
+2.2pp 11.6% 14.1% 12.5% 71%
CRE n/a n/a 39.5% 31.5% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 10.7%
+1.2pp YoY
+0.9pp QoQ
-22.0pp 32.6% 14.9% 31.3% 12%
Consumer 4.0%
-1.3pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
-0.1pp 4.1% 8.5% 5.0% 70%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 11.7%
-1.5pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-7.1pp 18.8% 17.6% 19.7% 14%
Leverage Ratio 11.0%
-0.5pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
-1.2pp 12.2% 11.9% 12.6% 51%
Total Capital Ratio 13.0%
-1.5pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-7.0pp 19.9% 18.8% 20.8% 15%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 16
-4 (-20.0%) YoY
0 QoQ
-43 58 6,279 482 5%
Assets per Employee ($) $11.3M
+41.9% YoY
+4.4% QoQ
+$3.8M $7.5M $8.1M $8.8M 91%
Branch Count 2
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-3 4 92 18 11%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.5%
+0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.2pp 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 84%
Nonaccrual 0.2%
-0.3pp YoY
-0.4pp QoQ
-0.7pp 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 33%
Allowance Coverage 1.74x
+5.2% YoY
+48.9% QoQ
-22.41x 24.15x 96.54x 20.23x 43%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.1%
0.0pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.7% 0.2% 73%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (SD) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 24.3%
-3.3pp YoY
-1.8pp QoQ
+12.1pp 12.2% 12.4% 11.6% 95%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.2%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+0.5pp 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 81%
Net Income ($, YTD) $2.2M
-2.3% YoY
— QoQ
-$365K $2.6M $418.8M $40.4M 56%

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 (3 metrics)

81
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 38.77%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#81 of 2643 Top 3.0% in $100M-$1B
136
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 2.46%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#136 of 2643 Top 5.1% in $100M-$1B
237
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.94%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#237 of 2643 Top 8.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2509
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 106.46%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#2509 of 2643 Bottom 5.1% in $100M-$1B
2180
Total Deposits
size
Value: $137.27M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#2180 of 2643 Bottom 17.6% in $100M-$1B
2079
Total Assets
size
Value: $180.44M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#2079 of 2643 Bottom 21.4% in $100M-$1B
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