TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Ascent Bank vs Freedom Bank

Bank

Ascent Bank

Helena, Montana · $100 million – $1 billion

46of 100
Below average

Bank

Freedom Bank

Columbia Falls, Montana · $100 million – $1 billion

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureAscent BankFreedom Bank
TellerScore4678 (stronger)
Capital cushion3772 (stronger)
Loan quality1682 (stronger)
Earnings7094 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity72 (stronger)51
Problem-loan coverage6192 (stronger)
Peer percentile5th72nd
Total assets$104.1M$157.3M
Deposits / shares$92.4M$138.8M
Capital ratio8.69%12.25% (stronger)
Problem loans2.51%0.54% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.47%-0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.24%1.84% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits88.1% (stronger)98.3%
Uninsured deposits14.1% (stronger)24.7%
Offices21
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)0.0%—

Freedom Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 46). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Ascent Bank leads on 2 and Freedom Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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