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Q2 2026 · read from the 30 June 2026 Call Report · United States · South Central · Tennessee, the state note

Farmers Bank

Portland, Tennessee · $943M in assets · beside the 11 other Tennessee banks between $300M and $1B

The filing

13.8%
Equity / assets
1st of 12
+5.3%
Loans, year over year
12th of 12, largest first
155.2%
CRE / capital
2nd of 12

Farmers Bank is the fourth largest of the 12 Tennessee banks nearest its size between $300M and $1B, with $943M in assets at 30 June 2026. Loans are 78.6% of deposits, 3rd of 12 against a median of 86.3%, and equity is 13.8% of assets, the highest in the cohort. Loans grew +5.3% in the year, the slowest in the cohort, and deposits grew 5.3%; the cohort's median loan growth is +9.4%.

Noncurrent loans are 0.53% of the book, 9th of 12 against a median of 0.15%; 0.61% is 30 to 89 days past due, and the allowance covers them 2.3 times. Net charge-offs are 0.10% of loans, 7th of 12. Commercial real estate is 38.3% of loans, 7th of 12 against a median of 37.3%, and 155% of capital, below the 300% screen, with construction at 90% against the 100% screen.

Return on assets is 1.61%, 5th of 12 against a median of 1.15%, on an efficiency ratio of 56.3%, 5th of 12. Five years ago it was 1.41%. The question is what the capital is for: the balance sheet carries less risk than it could.

Equity as a share of assetsTN banks $300M to $1B · 30 June 2026 · higher is stronger, listed first
median 9.5% FB Farmers Bank 13.8% CB Citizens Bank 13.4% FF First Freedom Bank 12.2% FC First Commerce Bank 10.5% FN First National Bank of Middle Tennessee 9.8% LB Legends Bank 9.6% FC First Community Bank of Tennessee 9.4% FC First Century Bank 9.2% TS Tennessee State Bank 8.6% MB Millennium Bank 8.6% PB Paragon Bank 8.5% MB Macon Bank & Trust Co. 7.5%
Loans, year over yearTN banks $300M to $1B · 30 June 2026 · no better direction, largest first
median +9.4% MB Millennium Bank +47.9% MB Macon Bank & Trust Co. +16.9% FC First Community Bank of Tennessee +15.0% FF First Freedom Bank +11.5% FN First National Bank of Middle Tennessee +10.4% FC First Century Bank +9.8% PB Paragon Bank +9.0% FC First Commerce Bank +8.7% TS Tennessee State Bank +8.0% CB Citizens Bank +6.7% LB Legends Bank +6.5% FB Farmers Bank +5.3%

Commercial real estate against capital

Commercial real estate concentrationthe 2006 interagency screens against total risk-based capital; Tier 1 stands in for the 5 CBLR filers; owner-occupied excluded; bold marks a screen met
Farmers BankRankCohort median
Total CRE against capital, the 300% screen155%2nd of 12261%
Construction against capital, the 100% screen90%4th of 12105%
Construction and land development, share of loans22.1%12th of 1215.1%
Non-owner-occupied nonfarm nonresidential, share of loans14.2%6th of 1215.6%
Total CRE, the guidance definition, share of loans38.3%7th of 1237.3%
CRE growth over 36 months, the third prong-5.8%1st of 12+32.8%
Commercial real estate against capital, the 300% screenTN banks $300M to $1B · 30 June 2026 · lower is stronger, listed first
median 261% CB Citizens Bank 151% FB Farmers Bank 155% MB Macon Bank & Trust Co. 187% FC First Century Bank 237% FN First National Bank of Middle Tennessee 240% FC First Community Bank of Tennessee 251% FC First Commerce Bank 271% LB Legends Bank 275% PB Paragon Bank 321% FF First Freedom Bank 337% TS Tennessee State Bank 347% MB Millennium Bank 382%
CRE growth over 36 months, the guidance's third prongTN banks $300M to $1B · 30 June 2026 · lower is stronger, listed first
median +32.8% FB Farmers Bank -5.8% FN First National Bank of Middle Tennessee -2.9% FC First Century Bank +12.1% LB Legends Bank +13.1% TS Tennessee State Bank +15.6% CB Citizens Bank +29.3% MB Macon Bank & Trust Co. +36.3% FC First Community Bank of Tennessee +39.0% FF First Freedom Bank +40.9% MB Millennium Bank +53.2% PB Paragon Bank +55.6% FC First Commerce Bank +63.3%

Among its peers

Where it sits among its peersnavy: the stronger half of each column; amber: the weaker; darker at the ends
InstitutionAssetsROAEfficiencyNPA / loansNet charge-offsAllowance / loansLoans / depositsEquity / assets
Tennessee State Bank$991M1.2%70.1%0.11%0.04%1.1%81.1%8.6%
First National Bank of Middle Tennessee$952M1.0%66.1%0.22%0.24%1.0%95.6%9.8%
First Community Bank of Tennessee$944M0.7%92.1%0.75%0.20%0.5%100.8%9.4%
Farmers Bank$943M1.6%56.3%0.53%0.10%1.2%78.6%13.8%
First Commerce Bank$935M1.9%47.4%0.08%0.04%0.9%87.0%10.5%
Legends Bank$928M1.0%67.4%0.00%0.00%1.1%81.3%9.6%
Paragon Bank$908M0.9%71.6%0.18%0.18%0.9%107.1%8.5%
Citizens Bank$832M2.0%28.3%0.62%0.01%1.2%65.2%13.4%
Macon Bank & Trust Co.$821M1.1%56.5%0.08%0.02%0.9%68.4%7.5%
First Freedom Bank$818M2.0%42.6%0.01%0.13%1.1%96.9%12.2%
First Century Bank$810M1.7%47.7%0.07%0.01%1.1%97.9%9.2%
Millennium Bank$781M-0.6%81.4%0.68%1.86%1.2%85.7%8.6%
Five years, 2021 to 2026same quarter, five years apart; dollars as growth, ratios in points
Farmers BankCohort median
20212026Change20212026Change
Loans$475M$629M+32%$414M$698M+68%
Deposits$708M$800M+13%$503M$758M+51%
NPA / loans0.21%0.53%+0.32 pts0.32%0.15%-0.17 pts
Efficiency61.0%56.3%-4.6 pts63.2%61.3%-1.9 pts
ROA1.41%1.61%+0.20 pts1.37%1.15%-0.22 pts

This read was prepared for Farmers Bank's board and management from the public record, and is one slice of what Lynx builds for any bank from its own filing: the peer cohort, the capital, liquidity and rate models with the assumptions the institution sets, and a summary report of twenty sections for the board.

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Prepared 7 September 2026
Filing 30 June 2026
Cohort TN banks $300M to $1B
Institution www.thefarmersbank.net

Public record only: FFIEC Call Report, 30 June 2026; FDIC data; cohort by state and asset band. Computed from the institution's own Call Report and its peers' as published; no estimate, no adjustment; not a rating, not an audited statement and not a supervisory judgement.
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