FDIC Cert #34719 · Colby, Kansas · Est. 1998

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$640M
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.40%
Return on assets
11.0%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (83/100), with well-capitalized at 11.01% Tier 1, profitable at 1.40% ROA, efficient (43% cost ratio).

#1,487
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
66th
percentile by asset size, nationally
11.01%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
69th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

PlainBankData assigns this grade from public Call Report data; it isn't an official FDIC rating, and your deposits remain insured to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category no matter the score.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 34719 · KS A · 83/100

GRADE-A · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-STRONG · SIZE-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (83/100)
  • MID-PACK #1608/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Town Bank, National… · WI
  • TIER1-WELL 11.0% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 4.1% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.40% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Kansas: Town Bank, National Association, WI (±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 & Merchants Bank of Colby

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Farmers & Merchants… · KS · …83/100Macatawa Bank, Natio… · MI ·…83/100People's Bank of Com… · OR ·…83/100Resource Bank · LA · near83/100Town Bank, National… · WI · …83/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby · July 2026

Call Report read for Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby in a high-failure state

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby (FDIC Cert #34719) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 83/100, 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 #1,608 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 11.01%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 4.13%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.40%. Balance-sheet scale is $640M, 1,487th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Town Bank, National Association (WI), 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 & Merchants Bank of Colby

12 FAILURE resolutions in Kansas since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (12 resolutions; latest year 2023). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby's current Call Report.

  • HEARTLAND TRI-STATE BANK ELKHART, KS 2023 → DREAM FIRST BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  • ALMENA STATE BANK ALMENA, KS 2020 → EQUITY BANK
  • THE FARMERS AND MERCHANTS STATE BANK OF ARGONIA ARGONIA, KS 2017 → CONWAY BANK

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

How Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby's 83/100 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 avg77/10083/100
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (11.01%) 28/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.40%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (4.13%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (43.41%) 15/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$640M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$504M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$455M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$8M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 9.61% 11.01% 12.41%
Basel III capital ratios - Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby

Where Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby's score of 83/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

83 Top 37% higher than 63% 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%). Below this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). This entry sits in this band. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby'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 & Merchants Bank of Colby's $640M falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

11.01% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
11.01%
Texas Ratio
4.13%
Equity Capital
$69M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby

Return on Assets (ROA)
69th percentile nationally
1.40%
Return on Equity (ROE)
12.83%
Efficiency Ratio
43.41%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby

$36M
Interest Income
$1M
Non-Interest Income
$10M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby reports a Texas Ratio of 4.13% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

4.13% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Kansas by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Kansas
  1. 1
    Capitol Federal Savings Bank $9.8B

    Topeka, KS · Grade C

  2. 2
    Intrust Bank $7.0B

    Wichita, KS · Grade B

  3. 3
    Equity Bank $6.3B

    Andover, KS · Grade B

  4. 4
    Security Bank of Kansas City $3.8B

    Kansas City, KS · Grade A

  5. 5
    Fidelity Bank $3.3B

    Wichita, KS · Grade B

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($640M here), outside Kansas so the neighborhood is not state containment.

MidAmerica National Bank $640M · IL Community State Bank $639M · WI Citizens State Bank $640M · NE Mt. McKinley Bank $641M · AK

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Farmers & Merchants Bank of Colby (FDIC Cert #34719) - 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 & Merchants Bank of Colby Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Kansas FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Kansas

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Capitol Federal Savings BankTopeka $9.8B C 0.76%
Intrust Bank, National AssociationWichita $7.0B B 1.20%
Equity BankAndover $6.3B B 0.55%
Security Bank of Kansas CityKansas City $3.8B A 1.37%
Fidelity Bank, National AssociationWichita $3.3B B 0.99%
Emprise BankWichita $2.8B B 1.32%
KS StateBankManhattan $2.6B A 1.69%
Community National Bank & TrustChanute $2.5B B 0.96%