TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers and Merchants Bank vs Bank of Lincoln County

Bank

First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Columbia, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Bank

Bank of Lincoln County

Fayetteville, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

86of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers and Merchants BankBank of Lincoln County
TellerScore7986 (stronger)
Capital cushion6272 (stronger)
Loan quality96100 (stronger)
Earnings7198 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)63
Problem-loan coverage98100 (stronger)
Peer percentile88th90th
Total assets$1.8B$230.1M
Deposits / shares$1.6B$198.3M
Capital ratio11.19%12.23% (stronger)
Problem loans0.12%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.04%
Return on assets1.27%1.94% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits65.8% (stronger)86.6%
Uninsured deposits27.7%24.6% (stronger)
Offices203
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.9%—

Bank of Lincoln County has the higher TellerScore (86 vs 79). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 2 and Bank of Lincoln County on 5. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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