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Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial LA FDIC cert 9319

Leesville, LA

9 branches across LA

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 73 in LA.
  • Deposits +1.6% year over year ($486.0M on the books).
  • Delinquency rate 0.71%.
  • Return on assets 0.92%.
  • Efficiency ratio 68.54% vs a 64.48% peer average.
  • Loan-to-deposit ratio 55.10% vs a 77.95% peer average.

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2643 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 73 in LA
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Merchants & Farmers Bank & Trust Company 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 0.21% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Risk Growth: Bottom 24.2% in tier
  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 28.1% in tier
  • - ROA 0.40% below tier average
  • - Net Interest Margin 0.26% below tier average
  • - Efficiency Ratio 4.06% above tier average

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q2

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $541.4M
+3.2% YoY +1.0% QoQ
+$154.9M $386.6M
+1.2% YoY
$799.3M
+7.8% YoY
$6.3B
+7.7% YoY
75%
Total Loans ? $267.8M
+7.2% YoY +0.3% QoQ
+$9.4M $258.3M
+1.7% YoY
$538.5M
+5.3% YoY
$3.2B
+9.4% YoY
62%
Total Deposits ? $486.0M
+1.6% YoY +0.6% QoQ
+$159.3M $326.7M
+0.7% YoY
$677.9M
+7.3% YoY
$4.9B
+7.3% YoY
78%
Return on Assets ? 0.92%
+20.2% YoY +0.7% QoQ
-0.40% 1.32%
+10.8% YoY
1.37%
+23.6% YoY
1.30%
+12.1% YoY
29%
Net Interest Margin ? 3.73%
+5.7% YoY +0.8% QoQ
-0.26% 3.99%
+5.0% YoY
4.15%
+0.0% YoY
3.95%
+4.9% YoY
38%
Efficiency Ratio ? 68.54%
-8.4% YoY -2.1% QoQ
+4.06% 64.48%
-3.2% YoY
69.40%
-0.9% YoY
70.05%
+2.5% YoY
33%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.71%
+3.0% YoY -9.3% QoQ
-0.21% 0.92%
+15.7% YoY
1.53%
+7.9% YoY
0.98%
+16.3% YoY
38%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 55.10%
+5.5% YoY -0.3% QoQ
-22.85% 77.95%
+1.0% YoY
77.15%
-1.0% YoY
79.03%
+2.3% YoY
Top 12.5% in tier
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 29.62%
+1.4% YoY +0.2% QoQ
+7.59% 22.03%
-0.6% YoY
24.65%
+0.5% YoY
21.98%
-0.6% YoY
81%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.37%
+3.0% YoY -10.9% QoQ
-0.29% 0.67%
+16.4% YoY
1.11%
+4.1% YoY
0.69%
+15.8% YoY
46%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.17%
+2.3% YoY +0.9% QoQ
-4.73% 15.91%
+1.4% YoY
17.35%
+5.4% YoY
17.09%
+0.8% YoY
25%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.22%
+3.4% YoY +97.5% QoQ
-0.34% 0.57%
+7.6% YoY
0.33%
+19.6% YoY
0.66%
+5.2% YoY
57%

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 (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Noninterest-Bearing 29.6%
+0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
+7.5pp 22.1% 24.6% 22.2% 81%
Brokered Deposits n/a n/a 7.9% 6.7% 8.5% n/a

Loan Composition

% of total loans & leases

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
C&I 9.7%
+1.8pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-1.8pp 11.6% 12.6% 12.5% 51%
CRE 44.5%
-0.6pp YoY
-1.0pp QoQ
+4.9pp 39.5% 44.9% 41.4% 61%
1-4 Family 43.0%
-1.7pp YoY
+1.0pp QoQ
+10.3pp 32.6% 34.2% 31.3% 74%
Consumer 1.4%
-0.1pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-2.7pp 4.1% 4.2% 5.0% 37%

Capital

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
CET1 Ratio n/a n/a 18.8% 22.5% 19.7% n/a
Leverage Ratio 11.2%
+0.3pp YoY
+0.1pp QoQ
-1.0pp 12.2% 13.4% 12.6% 53%
Total Capital Ratio n/a n/a 19.9% 23.6% 20.8% n/a

Efficiency & Staffing

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Full-Time Employees 78
-4 (-4.9%) YoY
+4 (+5.4%) QoQ
+19 58 114 482 76%
Assets per Employee ($) $6.9M
+8.4% YoY
-4.2% QoQ
-$577K $7.5M $6.8M $8.8M 51%
Branch Count 9
0 YoY
0 QoQ
+4 4 9 18 86%

Asset Quality

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
Past Due 90+ Days n/a n/a 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% n/a
Nonaccrual 0.7%
0.0pp YoY
-0.1pp QoQ
-0.2pp 0.9% 1.4% 1.0% 62%
Allowance Coverage 1.53x
+0.9% YoY
+17.0% QoQ
-22.62x 24.15x 27.36x 20.23x 40%
Net Charge-off Rate (YTD) 0.0%
0.0pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.1pp 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 66%

Profitability

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (LA) National Avg Tier Percentile
ROE 9.5%
+0.4pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-2.7pp 12.2% 12.5% 11.6% 34%
Cost of Funds (YTD) 1.0%
-0.1pp YoY
0.0pp QoQ
-0.7pp 1.7% 1.7% 1.7% 11%
Net Income ($, YTD) $2.5M
+25.4% YoY
— QoQ
-$85K $2.6M $5.1M $40.4M 61%

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 Risk Growth

risk
#228 of 936 • Bottom 24.2% in tier

Loan portfolio growing while delinquencies are rising. Expansion with deteriorating credit quality needs attention.

936 of 936 Community banks match · 1401 nationally
→ Stable -58 banks QoQ | QoQ rank declining

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#354 of 1256 • Bottom 28.1% in tier

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

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.71%
(Tier: 0.92%, National: 0.98%)
better than tier avg
1256 of 1256 Community banks match · 1820 nationally
→ Stable -71 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 (4 metrics)

332
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio
liquidity
Value: 55.10%
Peer Median: 77.95%
#332 of 2643 Top 12.5% in $100M-$1B
507
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share
funding
Value: 29.62%
Peer Median: 22.03%
#507 of 2643 Top 19.1% in $100M-$1B
575
Total Deposits
size
Value: $485.99M
Peer Median: $326.73M
#575 of 2643 Top 21.7% in $100M-$1B
651
Total Assets
size
Value: $541.45M
Peer Median: $386.57M
#651 of 2643 Top 24.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (0 metrics)

No weakness rankings available
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