FDIC Cert #9327 · Breaux Bridge, Louisiana · Est. 1932

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$467M
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.90%
Return on assets
14.0%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (92/100), with well-capitalized at 13.99% Tier 1, profitable at 1.90% ROA, efficient (59% cost ratio).

#1,890
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
56th
percentile by asset size, nationally
13.99%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
89th
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 9327 · LA A · 92/100

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

  • GRADE-A A (92/100)
  • UPPER-Q #614/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Bank of Maysville · KY
  • TIER1-WELL 14.0% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 2.5% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.90% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Louisiana: Bank of Maysville, KY (±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 & Trust Company

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Bank of Maysville · KY · near92/100Farmers-Merchants Ba… · LA ·…92/100Glennville Bank · GA · near92/100Grant County State B… · ND ·…92/100VALOR BANK · OK · near92/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company · July 2026

What Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company's Call Report plate shows

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company (FDIC Cert #9327) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 92/100, 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 #614 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 13.99%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 2.47%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.90%. Balance-sheet scale is $467M, 1,890th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Bank of Maysville (KY), 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 & Trust Company

4 FAILURE resolutions in Louisiana since 2000 (3 since 2008)

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (4; 3 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • FIRST NBC BANK NEW ORLEANS, LA 2017 → WHITNEY BANK
  • CENTRAL PROGRESSIVE BANK LACOMBE, LA 2011 → FIRST NBC BANK
  • STATEWIDE BANK COVINGTON, LA 2010 → HOME BANK

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

How Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company's 92/100 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 avg77/10092/100
Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (13.99%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.90%) 25/25
Texas Ratio (2.47%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (59.34%) 12/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$467M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$342M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$245M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$9M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 12.59% 13.99% 15.39%
Basel III capital ratios - Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company

Where Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company's score of 92/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

92 Top 14% higher than 86% 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%). Below this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). This entry sits in this band. Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company 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 & Trust Company'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 & Trust Company's $467M falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

13.99% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
13.99%
Texas Ratio
2.47%
Equity Capital
$61M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company

Return on Assets (ROA)
89th percentile nationally
1.90%
Return on Equity (ROE)
15.27%
Efficiency Ratio
59.34%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company

$24M
Interest Income
$3M
Non-Interest Income
$13M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company reports a Texas Ratio of 2.47% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

2.47% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Louisiana by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Louisiana
  1. 1
    Origin Bank $9.6B

    Choudrant, LA · Grade B

  2. 2
    b1BANK $8.2B

    Baton Rouge, LA · Grade A

  3. 3
    First Guaranty Bank $4.1B

    Hammond, LA · Grade C

  4. 4
    Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company $3.6B

    New Orleans, LA · Grade B

  5. 5
    Home Bank $3.5B

    Lafayette, LA · Grade A

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($467M here), outside Louisiana so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Ameristate Bank $467M · OK F & C Bank $467M · MO Iowa State Bank $467M · IA Maverick Bank $468M · TX

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company (FDIC Cert #9327) - 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 & Trust Company Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Louisiana FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Louisiana

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BankAssetsGradeROA
Origin BankChoudrant $9.6B B 0.76%
b1BANKBaton Rouge $8.2B A 1.23%
First Guaranty BankHammond $4.1B C -1.33%
Gulf Coast Bank and Trust CompanyNew Orleans $3.6B B 1.15%
Home Bank, National AssociationLafayette $3.5B A 1.41%
Red River BankAlexandria $3.3B A 1.36%
Investar Bank, National AssociationBaton Rouge $2.8B B 0.89%
Bonvenu Bank, National AssociationBossier City $1.6B B 0.54%