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Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Appleton

under $100M Specialty: Agricultural MN FDIC cert 8845

Designations: ✓ Community bank

Appleton, MN

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 536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationwide — 1 of 52 in MN.
  • Deposits +4.7% year over year ($53.8M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.94%.
  • Return on assets 3.27%.
  • Efficiency ratio 33.42% vs a 119.40% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 92.86% vs a 74.21% peer average.

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536 banks in the under $100M peer group nationally 52 in MN
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Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Appleton 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

  • + Return on Assets 2.27% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 1.21% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 85.97% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Delinquency Rate 0.46% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $62.0M
+4.4% YoY +1.3% QoQ
-$466K $62.4M
-0.0% YoY
$524.5M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
48%
Total Loans ? $50.0M
-1.0% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+$15.1M $34.9M
-0.6% YoY
$300.2M
+7.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
76%
Total Deposits ? $53.8M
+4.7% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+$2.2M $51.6M
-0.2% YoY
$452.1M
+5.5% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
51%
Return on Assets ? 3.27%
+18.0% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+2.27% 1.00%
+3.5% YoY
1.26%
+17.2% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Top 2.8% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 5.12%
-0.3% YoY -0.7% QoQ
+1.21% 3.91%
+2.3% YoY
4.00%
+6.8% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Top 9.7% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 33.42%
-16.8% YoY -2.1% QoQ
-85.97% 119.40%
+49.6% YoY
63.00%
-3.5% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
Top 1.3% in tier
Delinquency Rate ? 1.94%
+20.6% YoY +3.1% QoQ
+0.46% 1.48%
+31.8% YoY
1.01%
+19.3% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
22%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 92.86%
-5.5% YoY +2.7% QoQ
+18.65% 74.21%
+12.6% YoY
78.29%
-0.6% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Bottom 14.6% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 35.59%
+5.0% YoY +0.9% QoQ
+12.10% 23.49%
+0.6% YoY
21.79%
+0.9% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 13.2% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.56%
-25.3% YoY +5.4% QoQ
+0.73% 0.84%
+23.0% YoY
0.76%
+16.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
15%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 12.99%
+2.1% YoY +2.6% QoQ
-14.13% 27.13%
+3.0% YoY
15.35%
-0.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
32%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.11%
-2.7% YoY +106.6% QoQ
-1.27% 1.38%
+6.3% YoY
0.31%
+3.9% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
43%

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 (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 35.6%
+1.7pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+10.9pp 24.6% 21.9% 22.2% 86%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 9.8% 8.3% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 8.2%
-1.0pp YoY
-0.9pp QoQ
-5.2pp 13.4% 14.6% 12.5% 41%
CRE n/a n/a 25.2% 36.5% 41.4% n/a
1-4 Family 3.1%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.6pp QoQ
-31.9pp 35.0% 29.4% 31.3% 10%
Consumer 3.6%
+0.7pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-4.1pp 7.7% 4.5% 5.0% 37%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 38.7% 16.5% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 13.0%
+0.3pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-4.7pp 17.7% 11.0% 12.6% 52%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 39.7% 17.6% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 8
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-4 12 55 482 29%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.7M
+4.4% YoY
+1.3% QoQ
+$1.6M $6.2M $8.6M $8.8M 76%
Branch Count 1
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-1 1 4 18 0%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.6%
+0.6pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.4pp 1.0% 0.4% 0.4% 57%
Nonaccrual 1.3%
-0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.4pp 1.7% 1.0% 1.0% 64%
Allowance Coverage 1.23x
-14.1% YoY
-6.0% QoQ
-5.18x 6.41x 20.41x 20.23x 48%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
+0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 53%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MN) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 25.1%
+2.4pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
+18.7pp 6.4% 13.1% 11.6% 98%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.3%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 1.4% 1.7% 1.7% 44%
Net Income ($, YTD) $1.0M
+19.5% YoY
— QoQ
+$682K $317,817 $4.5M $40.4M 96%

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 536 peers in under $100M

Top Strengths (5 metrics)

8
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 33.42%
Peer Median: 119.40%
#8 of 536 Top 1.3% in under $100M
16
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 3.27%
Peer Median: 1.00%
#16 of 536 Top 2.8% in under $100M
53
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 5.12%
Peer Median: 3.91%
#53 of 536 Top 9.7% in under $100M
72
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 35.59%
Peer Median: 23.49%
#72 of 536 Top 13.2% in under $100M
131
Total Loans
size
Value: $49.97M
Peer Median: $34.89M
#131 of 536 Top 24.3% in under $100M

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

459
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 92.86%
Peer Median: 74.21%
#459 of 536 Bottom 14.6% in under $100M
456
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.56%
Peer Median: 0.84%
#456 of 536 Bottom 15.1% in under $100M
405
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.94%
Peer Median: 1.48%
#405 of 517 Bottom 21.9% in under $100M
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