Farmers & Merchants Bank

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Farmers & Merchants Bank Ratio Analysis

The following ratios and data are available to help you better understand the financial condition of Farmers & Merchants Bank. The data is provided by the FDIC. All banks listed on BestCashCow.com are FDIC-insured. No depositor has ever lost deposits that have been within the FDIC insurance limits.

Texas Ratio

The Texas Ratio compares the bank’s non performing assets (non-performing loans and real estate owned) with its tangible common equity and its loan loss reserves. A lower Texas ratio indicates better coverage of problem loans. The closer the Texas Ratio is to 1-to-1 or 100%, the less capital and reserves a bank has to absorb its loan losses.

As of December 31, 2025, Farmers & Merchants Bank had $5,977,000 in non-current loans and $155,000 in owned real estate. To cover these potential losses it had $41,353,000 in equity and $3,306,000 in loans loss reserves. That gives it a Texas Ratio of 13.73%.

Return on Equity

Farmers & Merchants Bank has a Return on Equity of 13.08% versus the BestCashCow average of 10.69%. Return on equity measures how efficiently a bank is making money from its capital. A bank with a consistently high ROE can be considered well run. A bank with a consistently low ROE can be considered poorly run.

Capitalization

Farmers & Merchants Bank has a Capitalization of 8.68% versus the BestCashCow average of 11.75. Capitalization measures how much equity capital a bank has to underpin loans and other assets on its balance sheet. The higher the capitalization number the more secure a bank is considered.

As of September 30, 2018, Farmers & Merchants Bank had assets of $477,124,000, loans of $331,608,000, and deposits of $428,089,000. Long-term increases in deposits shows a bank's ability to raise funds to grow its loans and assets. Loan and asset growth may rise or fall depending on a bank's strategy for growth. Sharp rises and falls in assets, deposits, and loans can be problematic, indicating a loosening of lending standards, or financial distress leading to reduced lending. A big change in these figured can also be from a bank acquisition or merger.