TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Southern Bank of Tennessee vs First Freedom Bank

Bank

Southern Bank of Tennessee

Mount Juliet, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

68of 100
Moderate

Bank

First Freedom Bank

Lebanon, Tennessee · $100 million – $1 billion

85of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureSouthern Bank of TennesseeFirst Freedom Bank
TellerScore6885 (stronger)
Capital cushion4075 (stronger)
Loan quality98100 (stronger)
Earnings71100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity5253 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage99 (stronger)94
Peer percentile37th88th
Total assets$533.4M$817.8M
Deposits / shares$469.4M$710.0M
Capital ratio9.01%12.45% (stronger)
Problem loans0.05%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.28%0.13% (stronger)
Return on assets1.27%1.99% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits83.3% (stronger)95.8%
Uninsured deposits37.0%25.0% (stronger)
Offices56
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)3.4%2.5%

First Freedom Bank has the higher TellerScore (85 vs 68). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Southern Bank of Tennessee 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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