TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers and Merchants Bank vs Palmetto State Bank

Bank

Farmers and Merchants Bank

Sylvania, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

96of 100
Very strong

Bank

Palmetto State Bank

Hampton, South Carolina · $100 million – $1 billion

88of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers and Merchants BankPalmetto State Bank
TellerScore96 (stronger)88
Capital cushion100 (stronger)98
Loan quality9396 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)58
Funding & liquidity8386 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9999
Peer percentile99th92nd
Total assets$170.7M$597.5M
Deposits / shares$145.6M$493.7M
Capital ratio16.16% (stronger)14.85%
Problem loans0.21%0.12% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00%-0.03% (stronger)
Return on assets2.05% (stronger)0.96%
Loans ÷ deposits40.1% (stronger)46.5%
Uninsured deposits30.5%27.4% (stronger)
Offices27
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—9.1%

Farmers and Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (96 vs 88). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 4 and Palmetto State Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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