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Farmers and Merchants Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial GA FDIC cert 5716

Designations: ✓ CDFI-certified

Lakeland, GA

6 branches across GA

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 96 in GA.
  • Deposits +12.8% year over year ($784.7M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.88%.
  • Return on assets 1.63%.
  • Efficiency ratio 48.07% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 78.14% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 96 in GA
View $100M-$1B leaderboard (GA) →

Farmers and Merchants 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

  • + ROA 0.31% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.81% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 16.40% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Delinquency Rate 0.96% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $862.0M
+13.3% YoY +7.7% QoQ
+$475.4M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$843.5M
+13.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Top 5.2% in tier
Total Loans ? $613.1M
+7.4% YoY +1.4% QoQ
+$354.8M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$581.6M
+14.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Top 5.4% in tier
Total Deposits ? $784.7M
+12.8% YoY +9.9% QoQ
+$458.0M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$711.6M
+12.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Top 2.9% in tier
Return on Assets ? 1.63%
+10.3% YoY +2.5% QoQ
+0.31% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.55%
+0.3% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
73%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.79%
-0.4% YoY +2.2% QoQ
+0.81% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.42%
+1.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Top 12.1% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 48.07%
-12.4% YoY -3.7% QoQ
-16.40% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
63.07%
+1.6% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 13.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.88%
-32.7% YoY -16.1% QoQ
+0.96% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.77%
+14.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
Bottom 13.9% in tier
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 78.14%
-4.8% YoY -7.8% QoQ
+0.18% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
78.13%
+10.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
53%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 15.57%
-8.4% YoY +3.5% QoQ
-6.46% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
26.00%
-3.3% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
27%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.54%
-30.2% YoY -19.5% QoQ
+0.87% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.54%
+11.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
Bottom 11.5% in tier
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 9.74%
+2.8% YoY -1.8% QoQ
-6.17% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
19.50%
+7.6% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
Bottom 7.6% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
+3.6% YoY +86.0% QoQ
-0.45% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.44%
+3.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
24%

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 (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 15.6%
-1.4pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-6.6pp 22.1% 26.2% 22.2% 26%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 7.5% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 11.9%
-4.6pp YoY
+0.4pp QoQ
+0.4pp 11.6% 9.7% 12.5% 63%
CRE 52.3%
+4.6pp YoY
-0.6pp QoQ
+12.7pp 39.5% 48.9% 41.4% 74%
1-4 Family 21.9%
+3.0pp YoY
+0.9pp QoQ
-10.7pp 32.6% 31.7% 31.3% 34%
Consumer 4.7%
-0.5pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
+0.6pp 4.1% 4.8% 5.0% 76%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 20.9% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 9.7%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
-2.4pp 12.2% 14.0% 12.6% 26%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 22.1% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 126
-3 (-2.3%) YoY
-4 (-3.1%) QoQ
+67 58 98 482 94%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.8M
+16.0% YoY
+11.1% QoQ
-$677K $7.5M $7.5M $8.8M 49%
Branch Count 6
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+1 4 6 18 66%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.4%
+0.3pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+0.1pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 79%
Nonaccrual 1.5%
-1.3pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+0.5pp 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 82%
Allowance Coverage 0.67x
+57.1% YoY
+26.7% QoQ
-23.49x 24.15x 38.10x 20.23x 16%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.2%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 86%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 18.6%
-0.1pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
+6.4pp 12.2% 13.6% 11.6% 84%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 2.0%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+0.3pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 72%
Net Income ($, YTD) $6.6M
+19.4% YoY
— QoQ
+$4.0M $2.6M $6.6M $40.4M 94%

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 (5 metrics)

77
Total Deposits
size
Value: $784.69M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#77 of 2643 Top 2.9% in $100M-$1B
139
Total Assets
size
Value: $861.96M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#139 of 2643 Top 5.2% in $100M-$1B
144
Total Loans
size
Value: $613.13M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#144 of 2643 Top 5.4% in $100M-$1B
322
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.79%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#322 of 2643 Top 12.1% in $100M-$1B
348
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 48.07%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#348 of 2643 Top 13.1% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (4 metrics)

2444
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 9.74%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#2444 of 2643 Bottom 7.6% in $100M-$1B
2340
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.54%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2340 of 2643 Bottom 11.5% in $100M-$1B
2267
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.88%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2267 of 2633 Bottom 13.9% in $100M-$1B
2016
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.12%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#2016 of 2643 Bottom 23.8% in $100M-$1B
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