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Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial IA FDIC cert 9298

Manchester, IA

7 branches across IA · 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 2,643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationwide — 1 of 167 in IA.
  • Deposits +0.4% year over year ($516.0M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 1.73%.
  • Return on assets 1.14%.
  • Efficiency ratio 53.62% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 87.50% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 167 in IA
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Farmers & Merchants Savings Bank has 2 strengths but faces 2 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

  • + Net Interest Margin 0.49% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 10.86% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Margin Compression: Bottom 41.7% in tier
  • - Delinquency Rate 0.81% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $616.8M
+3.8% YoY +3.6% QoQ
+$230.3M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$566.2M
+5.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
82%
Total Loans ? $451.6M
+14.1% YoY +5.3% QoQ
+$193.2M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$385.0M
+5.4% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
84%
Total Deposits ? $516.0M
+0.4% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+$189.3M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$472.4M
+6.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
81%
Return on Assets ? 1.14%
-11.9% YoY +4.1% QoQ
-0.18% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.58%
+39.1% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
43%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.47%
+15.7% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+0.49% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
3.58%
+9.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
79%
Efficiency Ratio ? 53.62%
-17.9% YoY -9.9% QoQ
-10.86% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
57.74%
-6.0% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
75%
Delinquency Rate ? 1.73%
-21.7% YoY +3.5% QoQ
+0.81% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
0.99%
+12.8% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
16%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 87.50%
+13.7% YoY +5.1% QoQ
+9.55% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
80.39%
+2.7% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
32%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 26.49%
+0.8% YoY +4.9% QoQ
+4.46% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
17.72%
+0.8% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
72%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 1.27%
-13.9% YoY +5.2% QoQ
+0.60% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
0.63%
+7.9% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
15%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 13.66%
-14.1% YoY -12.0% QoQ
-2.24% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
14.69%
+3.0% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
55%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.12%
-1.5% YoY +89.9% QoQ
-0.45% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.24%
+5.5% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
25%

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 (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 26.5%
+0.2pp YoY
+1.2pp QoQ
+4.3pp 22.1% 17.8% 22.2% 71%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 6.0% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 44.2%
+2.9pp YoY
+1.6pp QoQ
+32.7pp 11.6% 12.8% 12.5% 99%
CRE 30.4%
+0.8pp YoY
+0.7pp QoQ
-9.1pp 39.5% 28.3% 41.4% 35%
1-4 Family 10.4%
-1.7pp YoY
-0.5pp QoQ
-22.3pp 32.6% 23.0% 31.3% 12%
Consumer 0.4%
-0.2pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-3.7pp 4.1% 2.9% 5.0% 14%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio 13.7%
-2.2pp YoY
-1.9pp QoQ
-5.2pp 18.8% 15.4% 19.7% 36%
Leverage Ratio 12.4%
-0.7pp YoY
-0.8pp QoQ
+0.2pp 12.2% 12.4% 12.6% 69%
Total Capital Ratio 14.9%
-2.2pp YoY
-1.9pp QoQ
-5.0pp 19.9% 16.5% 20.8% 37%

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 85
-4 (-4.5%) YoY
-5 (-5.6%) QoQ
+26 58 64 482 80%
Assets per Employee ($) $7.3M
+8.6% YoY
+9.7% QoQ
-$261K $7.5M $8.9M $8.8M 56%
Branch Count 7
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+2 4 5 18 75%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days 0.1%
-0.3pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.3pp 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 43%
Nonaccrual 1.7%
-0.2pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
+0.7pp 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 84%
Allowance Coverage 1.23x
+39.5% YoY
+12.7% QoQ
-22.92x 24.15x 18.97x 20.23x 33%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) -0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 14%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (IA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 9.0%
-1.4pp YoY
+0.5pp QoQ
-3.2pp 12.2% 12.8% 11.6% 31%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.4%
-0.3pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-0.3pp 1.7% 1.8% 1.7% 31%
Net Income ($, YTD) $3.4M
-11.6% YoY
— QoQ
+$882K $2.6M $4.0M $40.4M 75%

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)

Margin Compression

decline
#129 of 307 • Bottom 41.7% in tier

Profitability above 0.75% ROA but margins eroding by at least 0.10pp YoY. Something changed - rising costs or falling yields need addressing.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.14%
(Tier: 1.32%, National: 1.30%)
worse than tier avg
307 of 307 Community banks match · 413 nationally
→ Stable +8 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

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 (5 metrics)

419
Total Loans
size
Value: $451.55M
Peer Median: $258.35M
#419 of 2643 Top 15.8% in $100M-$1B
488
Total Assets
size
Value: $616.83M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#488 of 2643 Top 18.4% in $100M-$1B
490
Total Deposits
size
Value: $516.04M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#490 of 2643 Top 18.5% in $100M-$1B
564
Net Interest Margin
profitability
Value: 4.47%
Peer Median: 3.99%
#564 of 2643 Top 21.3% in $100M-$1B
658
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 53.62%
Peer Median: 64.48%
#658 of 2643 Top 24.9% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2238
Nonperforming Asset Ratio
credit_quality
Value: 1.27%
Peer Median: 0.67%
#2238 of 2643 Bottom 15.4% in $100M-$1B
2217
Delinquency Rate
credit_quality
Value: 1.73%
Peer Median: 0.92%
#2217 of 2633 Bottom 15.8% in $100M-$1B
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