Skip to main content

BlastPoint's Banking Scorecard

The Farmers & Merchants State Bank

$1B-$10B Specialty: Commercial OH FDIC cert 5969

Archbold, OH

41 branches across OH · IN · MI

884 banks in the $1B-$10B peer group nationally 28 in OH
View $1B-$10B leaderboard (OH) →

The Farmers & Merchants State Bank has 2 strengths but faces 4 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

  • + Efficiency Ratio 3.44% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.47% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Liquidity Strain: Bottom 22.8% in tier
  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 24.0% in tier
  • - ROA 0.21% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.35% below tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (OH) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $3.5B
+2.9% YoY +1.5% QoQ
+$663.6M $2.8B
-0.1% YoY
$35.8B
+10.6% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
76%
Total Loans ? $2.7B
+4.0% YoY -1.1% QoQ
+$694.9M $2.0B
+0.6% YoY
$15.7B
+12.8% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
78%
Total Deposits ? $2.8B
+4.2% YoY +2.9% QoQ
+$472.5M $2.3B
-0.3% YoY
$25.9B
+8.5% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
75%
Return on Assets ? 1.15%
+31.8% YoY +11.6% QoQ
-0.21% 1.37%
+19.6% YoY
1.12%
+9.9% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
44%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.47%
+11.4% YoY +2.7% QoQ
-0.35% 3.82%
+6.9% YoY
3.58%
+7.5% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
39%
Efficiency Ratio ? 57.62%
-9.3% YoY -3.7% QoQ
-3.44% 61.06%
-4.6% YoY
72.65%
-4.0% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
57%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.42%
+136.9% YoY -0.5% QoQ
-0.47% 0.89%
+14.1% YoY
0.65%
+14.5% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
60%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 94.46%
-0.2% YoY -4.0% QoQ
+10.25% 84.20%
+0.3% YoY
79.14%
+0.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
26%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 18.70%
+0.1% YoY -3.8% QoQ
-2.59% 21.29%
-2.5% YoY
18.08%
-0.4% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
45%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.33%
+146.2% YoY -0.4% QoQ
-0.35% 0.67%
+15.6% YoY
0.44%
+14.5% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
60%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.74%
+3.3% YoY +2.1% QoQ
-3.42% 15.16%
+2.0% YoY
19.44%
+3.1% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
28%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+16.1% YoY -69.7% QoQ
-0.12% 0.26%
+1.6% YoY
0.57%
-2.4% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
48%

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 (2)

Liquidity Strain

risk
#77 of 334 • Bottom 22.8% in tier

Loan-to-deposit ratio above 90% - loan demand outpacing deposits. Bumping against liquidity limits, funding solutions needed.

Why this signature
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio: 94.46%
(Tier: 84.20%, National: 76.70%)
worse than tier avg
334 of 334 Mid-Market banks match · 1013 nationally
→ Stable -50 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Credit Risk Growth

risk
#102 of 420 • Bottom 24.0% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

420 of 420 Mid-Market banks match · 1464 nationally
→ Stable -10 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

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 884 peers in $1B-$10B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

193
Total Loans
size
Value: $2.66B
Peer Median: $1.96B
#193 of 884 Top 21.7% in $1B-$10B
211
Total Assets
size
Value: $3.48B
Peer Median: $2.82B
#211 of 884 Top 23.8% in $1B-$10B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
Powered by BlastPoint © 2026