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Farmers & Merchants Bank of North Dakota

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

Tolna, ND

3 branches across ND

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 34 in ND.
  • Deposits +1.8% year over year ($106.9M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.73%.
  • Return on assets 0.89%.
  • Efficiency ratio 71.97% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 43.63% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 34 in ND
View $100M-$1B leaderboard (ND) →

Farmers & Merchants Bank of North Dakota has 1 strength but faces 5 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 0.19% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 41.6% in tier
  • - Capital Thin: Bottom 43.4% in tier
  • - ROA 0.43% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.71% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 7.49% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $119.8M
+2.4% YoY -3.4% QoQ
-$266.7M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$1.1B
+6.9% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
Bottom 5.6% in tier
Total Loans ? $46.7M
-9.9% YoY +5.2% QoQ
-$211.7M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$805.2M
+6.2% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
Bottom 2.3% in tier
Total Deposits ? $106.9M
+1.8% YoY -4.0% QoQ
-$219.8M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$922.2M
+5.0% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
Bottom 7.8% in tier
Return on Assets ? 0.89%
+2.2% YoY +42.5% QoQ
-0.43% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.44%
+8.8% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
28%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.28%
-5.4% YoY +4.2% QoQ
-0.71% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.79%
+4.3% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
19%
Efficiency Ratio ? 71.97%
-2.5% YoY -7.5% QoQ
+7.49% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
59.23%
-3.7% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
26%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.73%
+33.6% YoY +19.9% QoQ
-0.19% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.86%
+16.6% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
36%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 43.63%
-11.5% YoY +9.7% QoQ
-34.33% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
73.82%
-0.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 5.4% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 24.20%
-1.3% YoY -0.9% QoQ
+2.17% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
21.56%
+2.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
63%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.29%
+17.6% YoY +30.6% QoQ
-0.38% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.54%
+8.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
53%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 10.99%
-39.8% YoY -42.7% QoQ
-4.92% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
12.90%
+0.7% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
23%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.10%
-41.6% YoY +118.2% QoQ
-0.47% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.22%
-1.4% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
17%

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 (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 24.2%
-0.3pp YoY
-0.2pp QoQ
+2.1pp 22.1% 21.6% 22.2% 63%
Brokered Deposits 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-7.8pp 7.9% 6.0% 8.5% 5%

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 10.7%
-6.3pp YoY
-2.0pp QoQ
-0.9pp 11.6% 12.9% 12.5% 56%
CRE n/a n/a 39.5% 29.0% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 5.8%
+1.1pp YoY
-0.3pp QoQ
-26.9pp 32.6% 12.3% 31.3% 6%
Consumer 5.6%
-0.3pp YoY
-1.2pp QoQ
+1.5pp 4.1% 4.5% 5.0% 80%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 15.3% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 11.0%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.2pp 12.2% 10.7% 12.6% 50%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 16.3% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 18
-2 (-10.0%) YoY
0 QoQ
-41 58 138 482 8%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.7M
+13.7% YoY
-3.4% QoQ
-$861K $7.5M $8.3M $8.8M 46%
Branch Count 3
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-2 4 7 18 26%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.2%
+0.2pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.3% 0.5% 0.4% 64%
Nonaccrual 0.5%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.4pp 0.9% 0.7% 1.0% 55%
Allowance Coverage 1.39x
-15.2% YoY
-21.1% QoQ
-22.76x 24.15x 73.79x 20.23x 37%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 20%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (ND) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 8.7%
-0.7pp YoY
+2.5pp QoQ
-3.5pp 12.2% 16.0% 11.6% 29%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.5%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 36%
Net Income ($, YTD) $539,000
+6.9% YoY
— QoQ
-$2.0M $2.6M $7.0M $40.4M 12%

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)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#524 of 1256 • Bottom 41.6% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.73%
(Tier: 0.92%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
1256 of 1256 Community banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 banks QoQ

Capital Thin

risk
#288 of 661 • Bottom 43.4% in tier

Tier 1 capital ratio in the bottom quartile of peers. Capital cushion thin relative to peers - regulator-watching cohort.

Why this signature
Tier 1 Capital Ratio: 10.99%
(Tier: 15.91%, National: 17.09%)
worse than tier avg
661 of 661 Community banks match · 923 nationally
→ Stable

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 (1 metrics)

144
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 43.63%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#144 of 2643 Top 5.4% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (6 metrics)

2583
Total Loans
size
Value: $46.65M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#2583 of 2643 Bottom 2.3% in $100M-$1B
2496
Total Assets
size
Value: $119.83M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#2496 of 2643 Bottom 5.6% in $100M-$1B
2439
Total Deposits
size
Value: $106.94M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#2439 of 2643 Bottom 7.8% in $100M-$1B
2184
Non-Interest Income / Assets
revenue_mix
Value: 0.10%
Peer Median: 0.57%
#2184 of 2643 Bottom 17.4% in $100M-$1B
2151
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 3.28%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2151 of 2643 Bottom 18.7% in $100M-$1B
2034
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 10.99%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#2034 of 2643 Bottom 23.1% in $100M-$1B
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