FDIC Cert #28396 · Camden, South Carolina · Est. 1904

First Palmetto Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

$1.1B
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.07%
Return on assets
13.0%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First Palmetto Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (83/100), with well-capitalized at 13.00% Tier 1, profitable at 1.07% ROA, 62% efficiency ratio.

#995
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
77th
percentile by asset size, nationally
13.00%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
48th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

This grade is PlainBankData's own interpretation of the bank's Call Report, not an FDIC rating, deposits here stay federally insured to $250,000 per depositor, per category, regardless of grade.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 28396 · SC A · 83/100

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

  • GRADE-A A (83/100)
  • MID-PACK #1570/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Southern Bank · MO
  • TIER1-WELL 13.0% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 1.2% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 1.07% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside South Carolina: Southern 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 Palmetto Bank

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Banner Bank · WA · near83/100First Palmetto Bank · SC · t…83/100Heritage Bank · WA · near83/100Home Bank, National… · LA · …83/100Southern Bank · MO · near83/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First Palmetto Bank · July 2026

Call Report read for First Palmetto Bank in a high-failure state

First Palmetto Bank (FDIC Cert #28396) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 83/100, 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 #1,570 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 13.00%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 1.21%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.07%. Balance-sheet scale is $1.1B, 995th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Southern 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 Palmetto Bank

10 FAILURE resolutions in South Carolina since 2000, heavy vs the state corpus

First Palmetto Bank sits in one of the heavier post-2000 FAILURE states (10 resolutions; latest year 2014). The list below is state history from the Failed Bank List, not a claim about First Palmetto Bank's current Call Report.

  • ALLENDALE COUNTY BANK FAIRFAX, SC 2014 → PALMETTO STATE BANK
  • CAROLINA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK CHARLESTON, SC 2012 → BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA
  • PLANTATION FEDERAL BANK PAWLEYS ISLAND, SC 2012 → FIRST FEDERAL BANK

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

How First Palmetto Bank's 83/100 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 avg77/10083/100
First Palmetto Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (13.00%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.07%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (1.21%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (62.42%) 8/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$1.1B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$956M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$767M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$11M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 11.6% 13% 14.4%
Basel III capital ratios - First Palmetto Bank

Where First Palmetto Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First Palmetto Bank's score of 83/100 falls in the highlighted band.

First Palmetto Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

83 Top 36% higher than 64% 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 Palmetto Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

First Palmetto 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 Palmetto Bank's $1.1B falls in the highlighted band.

Capital & credit buffers at First Palmetto Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

13.00% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
13.00%
Texas Ratio
1.21%
Equity Capital
$95M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at First Palmetto Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
48th percentile nationally
1.07%
Return on Equity (ROE)
11.76%
Efficiency Ratio
62.42%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First Palmetto Bank

$52M
Interest Income
$5M
Non-Interest Income
$24M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First Palmetto Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 1.21% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

1.21% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View First Palmetto Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in South Carolina by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in South Carolina
  1. 1

    Greenville, SC · Grade A

  2. 2

    Greenville, SC · Grade B

  3. 3

    Hilton Head Island, SC · Grade A

  4. 4

    Mullins, SC · Grade A

  5. 5

    Lexington, SC · Grade A

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($1.1B here), outside South Carolina so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First Palmetto Bank (FDIC Cert #28396) - 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 Palmetto Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · South Carolina FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

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United Community BankGreenville $27.9B A 1.19%
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Coastal States BankHilton Head Island $2.3B A 1.17%
Anderson Brothers BankMullins $2.2B A 1.38%
First Community BankLexington $2.1B A 1.07%
The Conway National BankConway $1.9B A 1.23%
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