TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Citizens Bank vs First Freedom Bank

Bank

Citizens Bank

Carthage, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

92of 100
Very strong

Bank

First Freedom Bank

Lebanon, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

85of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureCitizens BankFirst Freedom Bank
TellerScore92 (stronger)85
Capital cushion100 (stronger)75
Loan quality79100 (stronger)
Earnings100100
Funding & liquidity82 (stronger)53
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)94
Peer percentile97th88th
Total assets$832.5M$817.8M
Deposits / shares$716.0M$710.0M
Capital ratio16.29% (stronger)12.45%
Problem loans0.62%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.13%
Return on assets2.05% (stronger)1.99%
Loans ÷ deposits64.4% (stronger)95.8%
Uninsured deposits27.2%25.0% (stronger)
Offices76
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—2.5%

Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (92 vs 85). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Citizens Bank leads on 5 and First Freedom Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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