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Farmers & Merchants Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial GA FDIC cert 9069

Eatonton, GA

2 branches across GA

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 99 in GA
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Farmers & Merchants Bank has 1 strength 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

  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 13.62% above tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 43.3% in tier
  • - Return on Assets 0.90% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.25% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 13.89% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $299.0M
-9.7% YoY -4.2% QoQ
-$87.1M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$814.8M
+10.0% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
46%
Total Loans ? $120.0M
-13.0% YoY +2.0% QoQ
-$135.7M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$550.6M
+10.4% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
26%
Total Deposits ? $268.3M
-12.2% YoY -4.8% QoQ
-$59.7M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$689.3M
+8.9% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
49%
Return on Assets ? 0.37%
+29.5% YoY -41.2% QoQ
-0.90% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.50%
+0.6% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
Bottom 9.9% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.68%
+13.5% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-1.25% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
4.36%
+2.3% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
Bottom 5.3% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 79.18%
-4.3% YoY +19.0% QoQ
+13.89% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
62.13%
-1.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
16%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.86%
+161.0% YoY -20.3% QoQ
-0.03% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.81%
+32.9% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
32%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 44.73%
-0.9% YoY +7.1% QoQ
-31.90% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
71.10%
+2.8% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
Top 6.2% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 35.64%
+4.2% YoY +5.0% QoQ
+13.62% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
26.76%
-3.7% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
Top 9.0% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.34%
+151.4% YoY -15.2% QoQ
-0.29% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+24.4% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
47%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 20.10%
+16.3% YoY -1.2% QoQ
+4.27% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
17.30%
-0.8% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
Top 13.2% in tier
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.07%
+14.6% YoY -72.2% QoQ
-0.21% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.21%
+3.2% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
31%

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 (1)

Deposit Outflow

decline
#220 of 506 • Bottom 43.3% in tier

Deposits down 0.5%+ YoY. Funding base eroding - rate competition or franchise weakness.

506 of 506 Community banks match · 656 nationally
→ Stable -8 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 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

165
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 44.73%
Peer Median: 76.64%
#165 of 2664 Top 6.2% in $100M-$1B
242
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 35.64%
Peer Median: 22.02%
#242 of 2664 Top 9.0% in $100M-$1B
352
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 20.10%
Peer Median: 15.83%
#352 of 2664 Top 13.2% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2524
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.68%
Peer Median: 3.93%
#2524 of 2664 Bottom 5.3% in $100M-$1B
2401
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.37%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#2401 of 2664 Bottom 9.9% in $100M-$1B
2233
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 79.18%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#2233 of 2664 Bottom 16.2% in $100M-$1B
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