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Farmers & Merchants Bank

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

Eatonton, GA

2 branches across GA

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 96 in GA.
  • Deposits -10.8% year over year ($258.6M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.76%.
  • Return on assets 0.55%.
  • Efficiency ratio 72.89% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 54.35% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 96 in GA
View $100M-$1B leaderboard (GA) →

Farmers & Merchants 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

  • + Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share 15.29% above tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.16% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Deposit Outflow: Bottom 35.7% in tier
  • - Net Interest Margin 1.12% below tier average
  • - ROA 0.77% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 8.41% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $289.6M
-8.4% YoY -3.1% QoQ
-$97.0M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$843.5M
+13.2% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
44%
Total Loans ? $140.5M
+14.7% YoY +17.1% QoQ
-$117.8M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$581.6M
+14.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
32%
Total Deposits ? $258.6M
-10.8% YoY -3.6% QoQ
-$68.2M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$711.6M
+12.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
46%
Return on Assets ? 0.55%
-8.7% YoY +47.6% QoQ
-0.77% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.55%
+0.3% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
Bottom 13.5% in tier
Net Interest Margin ? 2.86%
+10.6% YoY +6.7% QoQ
-1.12% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.42%
+1.2% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
Bottom 6.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio ? 72.89%
+3.3% YoY -7.9% QoQ
+8.41% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
63.07%
+1.6% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
24%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.76%
+328.2% YoY -11.9% QoQ
-0.16% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.77%
+14.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
36%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 54.35%
+28.5% YoY +21.5% QoQ
-23.60% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
78.13%
+10.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 12.0% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 37.32%
+4.0% YoY +4.7% QoQ
+15.29% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
26.00%
-3.3% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
Top 6.8% in tier
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.37%
+436.5% YoY +6.4% QoQ
-0.30% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.54%
+11.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
47%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 18.51%
-3.5% YoY -7.9% QoQ
+2.60% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
19.50%
+7.6% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
83%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.14%
+8.9% YoY +99.9% QoQ
-0.43% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.44%
+3.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
30%

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 (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 37.3%
+1.4pp YoY
+1.7pp QoQ
+15.2pp 22.1% 26.2% 22.2% 93%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 7.5% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 1.5%
-1.8pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
-10.1pp 11.6% 9.7% 12.5% 5%
CRE 81.9%
+3.4pp YoY
+1.9pp QoQ
+42.4pp 39.5% 48.9% 41.4% 98%
1-4 Family 12.0%
-0.5pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-20.7pp 32.6% 31.7% 31.3% 14%
Consumer 4.5%
-1.0pp YoY
-1.1pp QoQ
+0.4pp 4.1% 4.8% 5.0% 74%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 18.5%
-0.7pp YoY
-1.6pp QoQ
-0.3pp 18.8% 20.9% 19.7% 72%
Leverage Ratio 11.2%
+1.8pp YoY
+0.3pp QoQ
-1.0pp 12.2% 14.0% 12.6% 54%
Total Capital Ratio 19.8%
-0.7pp YoY
-1.6pp QoQ
-0.2pp 19.9% 22.1% 20.8% 73%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 34
+5 (+17.2%) YoY
+2 (+6.2%) QoQ
-25 58 98 482 33%
Assets per Employee ($) $8.5M
-21.9% YoY
-8.8% QoQ
+$1000K $7.5M $7.5M $8.8M 74%
Branch Count 2
0 YoY
0 QoQ
-3 4 6 18 11%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
-0.3pp 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 25%
Nonaccrual 0.7%
+0.6pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.9% 0.8% 1.0% 64%
Allowance Coverage 2.00x
-78.8% YoY
+0.5% QoQ
-22.15x 24.15x 38.10x 20.23x 47%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.1%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 2%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (GA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 5.8%
-2.6pp YoY
+1.8pp QoQ
-6.4pp 12.2% 13.6% 11.6% 16%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.6%
-0.5pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 1.7% 1.6% 1.7% 45%
Net Income ($, YTD) $824,000
-16.3% YoY
— QoQ
-$1.7M $2.6M $6.6M $40.4M 20%

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
#192 of 535 • Bottom 35.7% in tier

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

535 of 535 Community banks match · 686 nationally
→ Stable +31 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 2643 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (3 metrics)

181
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 37.32%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#181 of 2643 Top 6.8% in $100M-$1B
318
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 54.35%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#318 of 2643 Top 12.0% in $100M-$1B
458
Tier 1 Capital Ratio
capital
Value: 18.51%
Peer Median: 15.91%
#458 of 2643 Top 17.3% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (3 metrics)

2463
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 2.86%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#2463 of 2643 Bottom 6.8% in $100M-$1B
2286
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 0.55%
Peer Median: 1.32%
#2286 of 2643 Bottom 13.5% in $100M-$1B
2004
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 72.89%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#2004 of 2643 Bottom 24.2% in $100M-$1B
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