TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Paragon Bank vs First Freedom Bank

Bank

Paragon Bank

Memphis, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

62of 100
Moderate

Bank

First Freedom Bank

Lebanon, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

85of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureParagon BankFirst Freedom Bank
TellerScore6285 (stronger)
Capital cushion3775 (stronger)
Loan quality94100 (stronger)
Earnings56100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity4653 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9494
Peer percentile22nd88th
Total assets$908.1M$817.8M
Deposits / shares$765.3M$710.0M
Capital ratio8.67%12.45% (stronger)
Problem loans0.18%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.18%0.13% (stronger)
Return on assets0.90%1.99% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits106.1%95.8% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits22.7% (stronger)25.0%
Offices96
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.0%2.5%

First Freedom Bank has the higher TellerScore (85 vs 62). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Paragon Bank leads on 1 and First Freedom Bank on 6. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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