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Farmers & Merchants Bank of North Dakota

$100M-$1B Specialty: Agricultural ND FDIC cert 8640

Tolna, ND

3 branches across ND

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 35 in ND
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Farmers & Merchants Bank of North Dakota has 1 strength but faces 3 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

  • + Delinquency Rate 0.28% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.64% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.79% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 12.55% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $124.0M
+4.7% YoY +4.3% QoQ
-$262.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$1.1B
+4.5% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
Bottom 7.1% in tier
Total Loans ? $44.3M
-13.0% YoY -17.3% QoQ
-$211.4M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$779.7M
+5.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
Bottom 2.1% in tier
Total Deposits ? $111.4M
+3.8% YoY +5.2% QoQ
-$216.5M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$930.6M
+2.8% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
Bottom 9.2% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.63%
-3.4% YoY -30.0% QoQ
-0.64% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.38%
+15.2% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
17%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.14%
-2.1% YoY -9.4% QoQ
-0.79% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.69%
+5.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
16%
Efficiency Ratio ? 77.84%
-2.1% YoY +7.9% QoQ
+12.55% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
60.25%
-5.8% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
18%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.61%
-69.3% YoY +22.3% QoQ
-0.28% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.92%
+20.6% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
40%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 39.78%
-16.1% YoY -21.4% QoQ
-36.86% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
69.27%
+0.4% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 4.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.41%
-3.1% YoY +1.9% QoQ
+2.39% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
22.07%
+2.0% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
64%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.22%
-74.4% YoY -3.0% QoQ
-0.42% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+12.7% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
58%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 19.17%
+9.0% YoY +1.8% QoQ
+3.34% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
13.00%
+1.5% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
85%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.04%
-60.2% YoY -78.2% QoQ
-0.24% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.12%
+7.9% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

118
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 39.78%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#118 of 2664 Top 4.4% in $100M-$1B
407
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 19.17%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#407 of 2664 Top 15.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (7 metrics)

2609
Total Loans
size
Value: $44.33M
Peer Median: $255.72M
#2609 of 2664 Bottom 2.1% in $100M-$1B
2475
Total Assets
size
Value: $123.99M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2475 of 2664 Bottom 7.1% in $100M-$1B
2420
Total Deposits
size
Value: $111.44M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2420 of 2664 Bottom 9.2% in $100M-$1B
2242
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.14%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2242 of 2664 Bottom 15.9% in $100M-$1B
2220
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.04%
Peer Median: 0.28%
#2220 of 2664 Bottom 16.7% in $100M-$1B
2207
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.63%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2207 of 2664 Bottom 17.2% in $100M-$1B
2178
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 77.84%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2178 of 2664 Bottom 18.3% in $100M-$1B
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