TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers and Merchants Bank vs First National Bank of Pulaski

Bank

First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Columbia, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Bank

First National Bank of Pulaski

Pulaski, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

77of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers and Merchants BankFirst National Bank of Pulaski
TellerScore79 (stronger)77
Capital cushion6263 (stronger)
Loan quality96 (stronger)92
Earnings7176 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)67
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)96
Peer percentile88th83rd
Total assets$1.8B$1.5B
Deposits / shares$1.6B$1.3B
Capital ratio11.19%11.32% (stronger)
Problem loans0.12% (stronger)0.24%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.27%1.40% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits65.8% (stronger)76.3%
Uninsured deposits27.7% (stronger)29.7%
Offices2013
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.9%5.6%

First Farmers and Merchants Bank has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 77). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 5 and First National Bank of Pulaski on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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