FDIC Cert #1487 · Columbia, Tennessee · Est. 1909

First Farmers and Merchants Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at First Farmers and Merchants Bank's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$1.8B
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.08%
Return on assets
17.5%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First Farmers and Merchants Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (88/100), with well-capitalized at 17.49% Tier 1, profitable at 1.08% ROA, 65% efficiency ratio.

#652
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
85th
percentile by asset size, nationally
17.49%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
49th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

The grade above reflects PlainBankData's own read of the bank's regulatory filings, not an FDIC judgment, deposit coverage stays at $250,000 per depositor, per category, unaffected by it.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 1487 · TN A · 88/100

GRADE-A · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-PAR · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (88/100)
  • UPPER-Q #881/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Focus Bank · MO
  • TIER1-WELL 17.5% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 0.9% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 1.08% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Tennessee: Focus Bank, MO (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside Tennessee, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100First Farmers and Me… · TN ·…88/100Focus Bank · MO · near88/100Security Bank USA · MN · near88/100The Bank of Missouri · MO · …88/100The Bank of Old Monroe · MO …88/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First Farmers and Merchants Bank · July 2026

What First Farmers and Merchants Bank's Call Report plate shows

First Farmers and Merchants Bank (FDIC Cert #1487) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 88/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #881 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 17.49%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 0.87%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.08%. Balance-sheet scale is $1.8B, 652nd of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Focus Bank (MO), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around First Farmers and Merchants Bank

7 FAILURE resolutions in Tennessee since 2000 (6 since 2008)

First Farmers and Merchants Bank's home state sits in the middle band of post-2000 FAILURE counts (7; 6 since the 2008 crisis window). Recent named resolutions below are Failed Bank List rows for this state only; First Farmers and Merchants Bank remains an active FDIC-insured reporter.

  • TRUST COMPANY BANK MEMPHIS, TN 2016 → THE BANK OF FAYETTE COUNTY
  • COMMUNITY SOUTH BANK PARSONS, TN 2013 → CB&S BANK, INC.
  • MOUNTAIN NATIONAL BANK SEVIERVILLE, TN 2013 → FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and Tennessee banks.

How First Farmers and Merchants Bank's 88/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10088/100
First Farmers and Merchants Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (17.49%) 40/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.08%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (0.87%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (65.15%) 8/15

88 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$1.8B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$1.6B

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$999M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$19M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% 21% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 16.09% 17.49% 18.89%
Basel III capital ratios - First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Where First Farmers and Merchants Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First Farmers and Merchants Bank's score of 88/100 falls in the highlighted band.

First Farmers and Merchants Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

88 Top 20% higher than 80% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). Below this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Below this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). This entry sits in this band. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. First Farmers and Merchants Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

First Farmers and Merchants Bank's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). First Farmers and Merchants Bank's $1.8B falls in the highlighted band.

Safety ratios for First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

17.49% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
17.49%
Texas Ratio
0.87%
Equity Capital
$172M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at First Farmers and Merchants Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
49th percentile nationally
1.08%
Return on Equity (ROE)
12.17%
Efficiency Ratio
65.15%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First Farmers and Merchants Bank

$68M
Interest Income
$14M
Non-Interest Income
$44M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First Farmers and Merchants Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 0.87% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

0.87% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View First Farmers and Merchants Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Tennessee by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Tennessee
  1. 1
    First Horizon Bank $83.6B

    Memphis, TN · Grade B

  2. 2
    Pinnacle Bank $57.6B

    Nashville, TN · Grade A

  3. 3
    FirstBank $16.3B

    Nashville, TN · Grade B

  4. 4
    Wilson Bank and Trust $5.9B

    Lebanon, TN · Grade A

  5. 5
    SmartBank $5.9B

    Pigeon Forge, TN · Grade B

Top 5 banks in Tennessee ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($1.8B here), outside Tennessee so the neighborhood is not state containment.

The Adirondack Trust Company $1.8B · NY Cornerstone Bank $1.8B · ND First State Bank of Uvalde $1.8B · TX Bank of Bird-in-Hand $1.8B · PA

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First Farmers and Merchants Bank (FDIC Cert #1487) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

First Farmers and Merchants Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Tennessee FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Tennessee

All Tennessee banks →
BankAssetsGradeROA
First Horizon BankMemphis $83.6B B 1.35%
Pinnacle BankNashville $57.6B A 1.25%
FirstBankNashville $16.3B B 0.89%
Wilson Bank and TrustLebanon $5.9B A 1.38%
SmartBankPigeon Forge $5.9B B 1.00%
SouthEast BankFarragut $3.5B C 0.68%
Home Federal Bank of TennesseeKnoxville $2.7B C 0.21%
Builtwell BankChattanooga $2.3B A 2.07%