TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Cherokee State Bank vs Freedom Financial Bank

Bank

Cherokee State Bank

Cherokee, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

83of 100
Strong

Bank

Freedom Financial Bank

West Des Moines, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

68of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureCherokee State BankFreedom Financial Bank
TellerScore83 (stronger)68
Capital cushion80 (stronger)43
Loan quality100100
Earnings6173 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity78 (stronger)36
Problem-loan coverage100100
Peer percentile84th37th
Total assets$271.1M$269.3M
Deposits / shares$218.9M$206.4M
Capital ratio13.03% (stronger)9.30%
Problem loans0.00%0.00%
Net charge-offs-0.11% (stronger)0.00%
Return on assets1.03%1.33% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits82.5% (stronger)107.8%
Uninsured deposits15.1% (stronger)29.6%
Offices22
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

Cherokee State Bank has the higher TellerScore (83 vs 68). On the 6 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Cherokee State Bank leads on 5 and Freedom Financial Bank on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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