TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers and Merchants Bank vs First Federal Bank

Bank

First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Columbia, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Bank

First Federal Bank

Dickson, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers and Merchants BankFirst Federal Bank
TellerScore79 (stronger)71
Capital cushion62 (stronger)55
Loan quality96 (stronger)83
Earnings7184 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)53
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)94
Peer percentile88th63rd
Total assets$1.8B$1.1B
Deposits / shares$1.6B$978.6M
Capital ratio11.19% (stronger)10.48%
Problem loans0.12% (stronger)0.52%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.27%1.61% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits65.8% (stronger)68.8%
Uninsured deposits27.7% (stronger)49.5%
Offices2017
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.9%10.0%

First Farmers and Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 71). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 6 and First Federal Bank on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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