TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Putnam 1st Mercantile Bank vs Ascend Federal Credit Union

Bank

Putnam 1st Mercantile Bank

Cookeville, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

82of 100
Strong

Credit union

Ascend Federal Credit Union

Tullahoma, Tennessee · $1 billion – $10 billion

83of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasurePutnam 1st Mercantile BankAscend Federal Credit Union
TellerScore8283 (stronger)
Capital cushion6796 (stronger)
Loan quality96 (stronger)84
Earnings97 (stronger)68
Funding & liquidity5770 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)94
Peer percentile82nd92nd
Total assets$178.9M$4.8B
Deposits / shares$159.8M$3.9B
Capital ratio11.72%14.55% (stronger)
Problem loans0.13% (stronger)0.49%
Net charge-offs0.05% (stronger)0.44%
Return on assets1.93% (stronger)1.20%
Loans ÷ deposits91.8%90.5% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits24.7%10.1% (stronger)
Offices327
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—22.1%

Ascend Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 82). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Putnam 1st Mercantile Bank leads on 3 and Ascend Federal Credit Union on 4. 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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