TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First State Bank of Blakely vs Ameris Bank

Bank

First State Bank of Blakely

Blakely, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

65of 100
Moderate

Bank

Ameris Bank

Atlanta, Georgia · $10 billion – $100 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst State Bank of BlakelyAmeris Bank
TellerScore6567 (stronger)
Capital cushion100 (stronger)64
Loan quality081 (stronger)
Earnings92 (stronger)69
Funding & liquidity61 (stronger)28
Problem-loan coverage7694 (stronger)
Peer percentile29th63rd
Total assets$668.2M$28.4B
Deposits / shares$533.3M$22.7B
Capital ratio19.19% (stronger)11.41%
Problem loans3.36%0.57% (stronger)
Net charge-offs-0.00% (stronger)0.20%
Return on assets1.79% (stronger)1.23%
Loans ÷ deposits84.0% (stronger)98.3%
Uninsured deposits28.5% (stronger)45.6%
Offices8164
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)—272
Complaints per $1B deposits—12.0
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—10.5%

Ameris Bank has the higher TellerScore (67 vs 65). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First State Bank of Blakely leads on 5 and Ameris Bank on 2. 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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