# MERCHANTS&FARMERS BANK
DUMAS, AR · FDIC certificate 8735 · asset band <$300M · latest filing 2026-06 · live

**Verdict on the desk:** this could be *ordinary*. Composite score 2 (one point per flag, capital below 5% counted twice; 7 or more is where departures cluster).

## What the filing shows (filed dollars, derived ratios; band percentiles in parentheses)

| Measure | Value | Band median |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | $297.6M | |
| Deposits | $255.9M | |
| Loans and leases | $233.9M | |
| Total equity | $29.3M | |
| Loans / deposits | 90.26% (p80 of band) | 73.59% |
| Liquid assets / assets | 16.53% (p14 of band) | |
| Uninsured deposits / deposits | 32.50% (p86 of band) | 19.81% |
| Brokered deposits | 0.73% | |
| Wholesale funding | 4.13% (p69 of band) | |
| FHLB advances / assets | 3.40% | |
| Tier 1 leverage | 10.74% (p36 of band) | 11.76% |
| Unrealized securities loss / equity | -2.97% (p66 of band) | -6.57% |
| AOCI / equity | -0.50% (p45 of band) | |
| ROA (annualized) | 1.22% (p53 of band) | 1.17% |
| Net interest margin | 4.71% (p83 of band) | 3.93% |
| Efficiency ratio | 65.32% (p49 of band) | |
| Noncurrent loans | 2.40% (p89 of band) | 0.36% |
| Net charge-offs (annualized) | 0.09% (p86 of band) | |
| Reserve coverage of noncurrent | 53.03% | |
| Real estate % of loans | 69% | |
| Construction % of loans | 194.37% (p100 of band) | |
| Auto loans | $609,000 (0.26% of loans; DQ 0.00%, NCO 0.00%) | |
| Loans to nondepository financials | $0 (0% of equity) (p48 of band) | |
| Deposits YoY | 10.4% | |
| Employees | 45 | |

## Flags firing in the latest filing

- **reserve under noncurrent** (`aq_reserve`)
- **construction >100% equity** (`conc_construction`)

## Warning timeline

| Quarter | Score | Flags that first fired | Flags that cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-03 | 0 |  |  |
| 2011-06 | 1 | reserve under noncurrent |  |
| 2011-09 | 0 |  | reserve under noncurrent |
| 2011-12 | 0 |  |  |
| 2012-03 | 0 |  |  |
| 2012-06 | 0 |  |  |
| 2012-09 | 0 |  |  |
| 2012-12 | 0 |  |  |
| 2013-03 | 1 | capital falling |  |
| 2013-06 | 0 |  | capital falling |
| 2013-09 | 0 |  |  |
| 2013-12 | 0 |  |  |
| 2014-03 | 0 |  |  |
| 2014-06 | 0 |  |  |
| 2014-09 | 0 |  |  |
| 2014-12 | 0 |  |  |
| 2015-03 | 0 |  |  |
| 2015-06 | 0 |  |  |
| 2015-09 | 1 | capital falling |  |
| 2015-12 | 0 |  | capital falling |
| 2016-03 | 0 |  |  |
| 2016-06 | 0 |  |  |
| 2016-09 | 1 | capital falling |  |
| 2016-12 | 1 |  |  |
| 2017-03 | 2 | charge-offs p90, reserve under noncurrent | capital falling |
| 2017-06 | 0 |  | charge-offs p90, reserve under noncurrent |
| 2017-09 | 0 |  |  |
| 2017-12 | 2 | capital falling, construction >100% equity |  |
| 2018-03 | 1 |  | capital falling |
| 2018-06 | 0 |  | construction >100% equity |
| 2018-09 | 2 | loans exceed deposits, construction >100% equity |  |
| 2018-12 | 2 | capital falling | loans exceed deposits |
| 2019-03 | 2 | reserve under noncurrent | capital falling |
| 2019-06 | 1 |  | reserve under noncurrent |
| 2019-09 | 2 | capital falling |  |
| 2019-12 | 0 |  | construction >100% equity, capital falling |
| 2020-03 | 1 | reserve under noncurrent |  |
| 2020-06 | 0 |  | reserve under noncurrent |
| 2020-09 | 0 |  |  |
| 2020-12 | 0 |  |  |
| 2021-03 | 0 |  |  |
| 2021-06 | 1 | charge-offs p90 |  |
| 2021-09 | 3 | reserve under noncurrent, construction >100% equity |  |
| 2021-12 | 3 |  |  |
| 2022-03 | 3 | capital falling | charge-offs p90 |
| 2022-06 | 1 |  | reserve under noncurrent, capital falling |
| 2022-09 | 1 |  |  |
| 2022-12 | 1 |  |  |
| 2023-03 | 1 |  |  |
| 2023-06 | 1 |  |  |
| 2023-09 | 1 |  |  |
| 2023-12 | 2 | charge-offs p90 |  |
| 2024-03 | 1 |  | charge-offs p90 |
| 2024-06 | 1 |  |  |
| 2024-09 | 1 |  |  |
| 2024-12 | 1 |  |  |
| 2025-03 | 1 |  |  |
| 2025-06 | 1 |  |  |
| 2025-09 | 1 |  |  |
| 2025-12 | 3 | capital falling, reserve under noncurrent |  |
| 2026-03 | 3 | noncurrent p90 | capital falling |
| 2026-06 | 2 |  | noncurrent p90 |

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## How to verify

- Page: https://getbookiq.com/bank-desk/#bank=8735 (click any number for its formula and FFIEC field codes)
- Latest row, JSON: https://getbookiq.com/bank-desk/data/summary.json · history: https://getbookiq.com/bank-desk/data/h/31.json (key "8735", columns cycle, ASSET, DEP, LNLSGR, EQTOT, ltd, liquid_pct, unins_pct, lev, aoci_pct_eq, sec_loss_eq, roa, nim, eff, nc_pct, nco_pct, LNAUTO, auto_dq, auto_nco, LNNDEPD, ndfi_eq, wholesale_pct, dep_yoy, score, flags)
- Field definitions: https://getbookiq.com/dictionary/#bank-LNNDEPD and the rest of the bank dictionary
- Source: FDIC call report via BankFind, dollars in thousands as filed. Departed means stopped filing, which is usually a merger; FAILED is the FDIC's own list.

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