TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Planters First Bank vs Ameris Bank

Bank

Planters First Bank

Cordele, Georgia · $100 million – $1 billion

68of 100
Moderate

Bank

Ameris Bank

Atlanta, Georgia · $10 billion – $100 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasurePlanters First BankAmeris Bank
TellerScore68 (stronger)67
Capital cushion5764 (stronger)
Loan quality5381 (stronger)
Earnings87 (stronger)69
Funding & liquidity78 (stronger)28
Problem-loan coverage8294 (stronger)
Peer percentile37th63rd
Total assets$485.7M$28.4B
Deposits / shares$439.8M$22.7B
Capital ratio10.71%11.41% (stronger)
Problem loans1.41%0.57% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.17% (stronger)0.20%
Return on assets1.68% (stronger)1.23%
Loans ÷ deposits69.3% (stronger)98.3%
Uninsured deposits26.1% (stronger)45.6%
Offices7164
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)—272
Complaints per $1B deposits—12.0
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)16.4%10.5%

Planters First Bank has the higher TellerScore (68 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Planters First Bank 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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