TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants Bank vs First Peoples Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Lafayette, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

First Peoples Bank

Pine Mountain, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

77of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants BankFirst Peoples Bank
TellerScore7077 (stronger)
Capital cushion6678 (stronger)
Loan quality6796 (stronger)
Earnings63 (stronger)62
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)51
Problem-loan coverage8999 (stronger)
Peer percentile43rd68th
Total assets$307.6M$449.4M
Deposits / shares$276.9M$379.2M
Capital ratio11.56%12.84% (stronger)
Problem loans0.98%0.12% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.14%0.06% (stronger)
Return on assets1.08% (stronger)1.04%
Loans ÷ deposits45.6% (stronger)92.6%
Uninsured deposits33.3%29.8% (stronger)
Offices39
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—7.8%

First Peoples Bank has the higher TellerScore (77 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 2 and First Peoples Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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