TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Farmers and Merchants Bank vs Wayne County Bank

Bank

First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Columbia, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Bank

Wayne County Bank

Waynesboro, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

84of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Farmers and Merchants BankWayne County Bank
TellerScore7984 (stronger)
Capital cushion6286 (stronger)
Loan quality96 (stronger)76
Earnings7193 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity80 (stronger)73
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)92
Peer percentile88th86th
Total assets$1.8B$595.1M
Deposits / shares$1.6B$507.1M
Capital ratio11.19%13.58% (stronger)
Problem loans0.12% (stronger)0.72%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.08%
Return on assets1.27%1.82% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits65.8% (stronger)82.2%
Uninsured deposits27.7%19.7% (stronger)
Offices208
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.9%—

Wayne County Bank has the higher TellerScore (84 vs 79). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Farmers and Merchants Bank leads on 3 and Wayne County Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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