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Putnam 1st Mercantile Bank

$100M-$1B Specialty: Commercial TN FDIC cert 58079

Cookeville, TN

3 branches across TN

2664 banks in the $100M-$1B peer group nationally 72 in TN
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Putnam 1st Mercantile Bank has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

Key Strengths include matched growth signatures, metrics ranked in the top 10%, and values meaningfully above the tier average.
Key Concerns include matched risk or decline signatures, metrics ranked in the bottom 10%, and values meaningfully below the tier average.

Key Strengths

Areas where this bank excels compared to peers

  • + Profitability Leader: Top 30.2% in tier
  • + Net Interest Margin 0.15% above tier average
  • + Efficiency Ratio 15.61% below tier average
  • + Delinquency Rate 0.66% below tier average

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Credit Quality Pressure: Bottom 29.1% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2026-Q1

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (TN) National Avg Tier Percentile
Total Assets ? $176.7M
+13.7% YoY +3.3% QoQ
-$209.4M $386.1M
+0.5% YoY
$2.8B
+35.7% YoY
$6.2B
+9.1% YoY
21%
Total Loans ? $140.7M
+18.0% YoY +0.6% QoQ
-$115.0M $255.7M
+1.1% YoY
$2.0B
+36.6% YoY
$3.2B
+10.8% YoY
33%
Total Deposits ? $158.3M
+13.6% YoY +3.7% QoQ
-$169.6M $328.0M
+0.1% YoY
$2.4B
+35.2% YoY
$4.8B
+8.2% YoY
23%
Return on Assets ? 1.82%
+44.0% YoY +16.6% QoQ
+0.56% 1.27%
+12.9% YoY
1.12%
+20.1% YoY
1.23%
+13.4% YoY
82%
Net Interest Margin ? 4.08%
+13.6% YoY +5.2% QoQ
+0.15% 3.93%
+6.0% YoY
3.93%
+7.0% YoY
3.89%
+5.7% YoY
62%
Efficiency Ratio ? 49.68%
-16.2% YoY -9.0% QoQ
-15.61% 65.29%
-4.5% YoY
66.13%
-5.5% YoY
66.95%
-4.1% YoY
85%
Delinquency Rate ? 0.23%
+518.4% YoY +58.8% QoQ
-0.66% 0.89%
+18.8% YoY
0.68%
+13.4% YoY
0.95%
+18.8% YoY
62%
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio ? 88.85%
+3.9% YoY -3.0% QoQ
+12.22% 76.64%
+0.8% YoY
79.84%
+2.1% YoY
76.70%
+0.9% YoY
26%
Non-Interest-Bearing Deposit Share ? 19.30%
-1.6% YoY +6.6% QoQ
-2.72% 22.02%
-1.0% YoY
18.48%
-3.8% YoY
22.01%
-1.2% YoY
42%
Nonperforming Asset Ratio ? 0.18%
+541.5% YoY +54.5% QoQ
-0.46% 0.64%
+19.7% YoY
0.56%
+16.1% YoY
0.67%
+19.3% YoY
61%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio ? 11.68%
-3.2% YoY -1.7% QoQ
-4.15% 15.83%
+1.5% YoY
14.23%
-1.0% YoY
17.06%
+0.8% YoY
31%
Non-Interest Income / Assets ? 0.08%
-16.1% YoY -77.3% QoQ
-0.20% 0.28%
+9.3% YoY
0.17%
-1.0% YoY
0.32%
+4.1% YoY
41%

Signature Analysis

Composite behavioral patterns that combine multiple metrics to identify what stands out about this bank. Matched signatures only; metric-level callouts appear in the Key Strengths / Key Concerns summary above.

Strengths are growth signatures this bank matches (e.g. Revenue Diversifier, Profitability Leader).
Concerns are risk or decline signatures this bank matches (e.g. Margin Compression, Credit Quality Pressure).

Strengths (1)

Profitability Leader

growth
#202 of 666 • Top 30.2% in tier

Top-quartile profitability for peers of this size. Strong fundamentals and operational efficiency.

Why this signature
Return on Assets: 1.82%
(Tier: 1.27%, National: 1.23%)
better than tier avg
666 of 666 Community banks match · 926 nationally
→ Stable +3 banks QoQ | QoQ rank improving

Concerns (1)

Credit Quality Pressure

risk
#382 of 1308 • Bottom 29.1% in tier

Delinquencies rising year-over-year. Credit risk is building - underwriting tools or reserves may need attention.

Why this signature
Delinquency Rate: 0.23%
(Tier: 0.89%, National: 0.95%)
better than tier avg
1308 of 1308 Community banks match · 1899 nationally
→ Stable +2 banks QoQ

Metric Rankings

See how this bank ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths are metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher).
Concerns are metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower).
Comparing against 2664 peers in $100M-$1B

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

411
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 49.68%
Peer Median: 65.29%
#411 of 2664 Top 15.4% in $100M-$1B
470
Return on Assets
profitability
Value: 1.82%
Peer Median: 1.27%
#470 of 2664 Top 17.6% in $100M-$1B

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2108
Total Assets
size
Value: $176.70M
Peer Median: $386.08M
#2108 of 2664 Bottom 20.9% in $100M-$1B
2043
Total Deposits
size
Value: $158.35M
Peer Median: $327.97M
#2043 of 2664 Bottom 23.3% in $100M-$1B
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