FDIC Cert #13887 · Lafayette, Alabama · Est. 1934

Farmers and Merchants Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at Farmers and Merchants Bank's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$305M
Total assets
B
Health grade · Good
1.03%
Return on assets
10.6%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Farmers and Merchants Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of B (76/100), with well-capitalized at 10.59% Tier 1, profitable at 1.03% ROA, efficient (58% cost ratio).

#2,468
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
43rd
percentile by asset size, nationally
10.59%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
45th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

This grade is PlainBankData's own interpretation of the bank's Call Report, not an FDIC rating, deposits here stay federally insured to $250,000 per depositor, per category, regardless of grade.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 13887 · AL B · 76/100

GRADE-B · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-PAR · SIZE-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-B B (76/100)
  • MID-PACK #2488/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH The Farmers State Bank · KS
  • TIER1-WELL 10.6% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 5.8% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 1.03% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Alabama: The Farmers State Bank, KS (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around Farmers and Merchants Bank

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside Alabama, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Bank of Hartington · NE · ne…76/100Farmers and Merchant… · AL ·…76/100Field & Main Bank · KY · near76/100Kentland Bank · IN · near76/100The Farmers State Bank · KS …76/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Farmers and Merchants Bank · July 2026

What Farmers and Merchants Bank's Call Report plate shows

Farmers and Merchants Bank (FDIC Cert #13887) carries a PlainBankData health grade of B at 76/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #2,488 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 10.59%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 5.81%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.03%. Balance-sheet scale is $305M, 2,468th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is The Farmers State Bank (KS), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around Farmers and Merchants Bank

7 FAILURE resolutions in Alabama since 2000 (7 since 2008)

Farmers and Merchants Bank's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (7; 7 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; Farmers and Merchants Bank remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • ALABAMA TRUST BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SYLACAUGA, AL 2012 → SOUTHERN STATES BANK
  • SUPERIOR BANK BIRMINGHAM, AL 2011 → SUPERIOR BANK, N.A.
  • NEXITY BANK BIRMINGHAM, AL 2011 → ALOSTAR BANK OF COMMERCE

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and Alabama banks.

How Farmers and Merchants Bank's 76/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10076/100
Farmers and Merchants Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (10.59%) 28/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.03%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (5.81%) 16/20
Efficiency Ratio (57.74%) 12/15

76 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$305M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$276M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$121M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$3M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 9.19% 10.59% 11.99%
Basel III capital ratios - Farmers and Merchants Bank

Where Farmers and Merchants Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Farmers and Merchants Bank's score of 76/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Farmers and Merchants Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

76 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). Below this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Above this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. Farmers and Merchants Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

Farmers and Merchants Bank's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). Farmers and Merchants Bank's $305M falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for Farmers and Merchants Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

10.59% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
10.59%
Texas Ratio
5.81%
Equity Capital
$21M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Farmers and Merchants Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
45th percentile nationally
1.03%
Return on Equity (ROE)
16.85%
Efficiency Ratio
57.74%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Farmers and Merchants Bank

$14M
Interest Income
$1M
Non-Interest Income
$6M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Farmers and Merchants Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 5.81% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

5.81% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Farmers and Merchants Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Alabama by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Alabama
  1. 1
    Regions Bank $157.4B

    Birmingham, AL · Grade A

  2. 2
    ServisFirst Bank $17.7B

    Birmingham, AL · Grade A

  3. 3
    River Bank & Trust $3.8B

    Prattville, AL · Grade A

  4. 4
    Bank Independent $3.0B

    Sheffield, AL · Grade B

  5. 5
    Bryant Bank $2.9B

    Tuscaloosa, AL · Grade A

Top 5 banks in Alabama ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($305M here), outside Alabama so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Farmers and Merchants Bank $305M · IN Carthage Savings and Loan $304M · NY First Whitney Bank and Trust $304M · IA St. Johns Bank and Trust Company $305M · MO

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Farmers and Merchants Bank (FDIC Cert #13887) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

Farmers and Merchants Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Alabama FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Alabama

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Regions BankBirmingham $157.4B A 1.43%
ServisFirst BankBirmingham $17.7B A 1.58%
River Bank & TrustPrattville $3.8B A 1.18%
Bank IndependentSheffield $3.0B B 1.01%
Bryant BankTuscaloosa $2.9B A 1.69%
CB&S Bank, Inc.Russellville $2.9B C 0.85%
Oakworth Capital BankBirmingham $2.0B B 1.17%
Troy Bank & Trust CompanyTroy $1.6B A 1.34%