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US Banks with Highest Return on Assets (ROA) in Tennessee

Ranked among banks headquartered in Tennessee. Re-ranked 1-100 within the state from the same national ranking population.

#1 Return on Assets (ROA): PEOPLES BANK OF THE SOUTH — 3.14% . Return on Assets (ROA) measures net income divided by average total assets — the single most-watched US banking profitability metric.

Ranked: 111 banks with reported data Showing: Top 100 Source: FFIEC call reports (Q1 2026) What is this metric? See the US Banks with … glossary entry Go deeper: ROA vs. ROE for Banks: Profitability Ratios Explained
# Bank HQ US Banks with … Total Assets
1 Peoples Bank of the South Lafollette , TN 3.14% $231.4M
2 Bank of Cleveland Cleveland , TN 2.89% $381.2M
3 Bank of Milan, the Milan , TN 2.77% $104.5M
4 First Freedom Bank Lebanon , TN 2.46% $781.1M
5 Apex Bank Camden , TN 2.39% $1.41B
6 Coffee County Bank Manchester , TN 2.32% $430.4M
7 First National Bank of Tennessee Livingston , TN 2.12% $1.37B
8 One Bank of Tennessee Cookeville , TN 2.07% $1.67B
9 Builtwell Bank Chattanooga , TN 2.05% $2.30B
10 Citizens Bank Carthage , TN 1.97% $834.4M
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11 Truxton Trust Company Nashville , TN 1.95% $1.37B
12 Citizens National Bank Sevierville , TN 1.93% $1.96B
13 First National Bank Oneida , TN 1.87% $367.9M
14 Commercial Bank Harrogate , TN 1.85% $2.31B
15 First Commerce Bank Lewisburg , TN 1.85% $937.4M
16 Citizens Bank Elizabethton , TN 1.83% $1.40B
17 Wayne County Bank Waynesboro , TN 1.82% $582.8M
18 Citizens Tri-county Bank Dunlap , TN 1.82% $1.65B
19 Foundation Bank Mckenzie , TN 1.82% $218.1M
20 Southern Bank of Tennessee Mount Juliet , TN 1.81% $490.1M
21 Peoples Bank Clifton , TN 1.80% $428.9M
22 Bank of Lincoln County Fayetteville , TN 1.79% $232.2M
23 Putnam 1st Mercantile Bank Cookeville , TN 1.78% $176.7M
24 Citizens Community Bank Winchester , TN 1.75% $356.1M
25 Bank of Tennessee Kingsport , TN 1.68% $2.12B
26 Peoples Bank & Trust Company Manchester , TN 1.68% $170.4M
27 First Century Bank Tazewell , TN 1.68% $780.9M
28 Bank of Perry County Lobelville , TN 1.68% $249.8M
29 Farmers Bank, the Portland , TN 1.63% $950.9M
30 Security Bank and Trust Company Paris , TN 1.57% $1.60B
31 Security Federal Savings Bank of Mcminnville Mcminnville , TN 1.55% $378.5M
32 Heritage Bank & Trust Columbia , TN 1.53% $417.9M
33 Wilson Bank & Trust Lebanon , TN 1.51% $5.99B
34 First Federal Bank Dickson , TN 1.50% $1.10B
35 Firstbank Nashville , TN 1.46% $16.43B
36 Andrew Johnson Bank Greeneville , TN 1.45% $626.1M
37 Peoples Bank of East Tennessee Madisonville , TN 1.43% $456.1M
38 Bank of Crockett Bells , TN 1.41% $301.1M
39 First Horizon Bank Memphis , TN 1.40% $83.82B
40 CedarStone Bank Lebanon , TN 1.38% $369.2M
41 First National Bank of Pulaski Pulaski , TN 1.31% $1.51B
42 Independent Bank Memphis , TN 1.29% $1.68B
43 Centennial Bank Trezevant , TN 1.29% $1.06B
44 Wellworth Bank Lafayette , TN 1.29% $1.78B
45 Tennessee State Bank Pigeon Forge , TN 1.23% $956.1M
46 First Farmers and Merchants Bank Columbia , TN 1.23% $1.79B
47 Hardin County Bank, the Savannah , TN 1.21% $677.8M
48 Commercial Bank & Trust Company Paris , TN 1.20% $1.10B
49 Lawrence Bank Nashville , TN 1.19% $3.07B
50 Ubank Knoxville , TN 1.18% $180.1M
51 Elizabethton Federal Savings Bank Elizabethton , TN 1.18% $324.2M
52 People's Bank and Trust Company of Pickett County Byrdstown , TN 1.14% $318.6M
53 Macon Bank and Trust Company Lafayette , TN 1.12% $825.4M
54 Citizens Bank and Trust Company of Grainger County Rutledge , TN 1.12% $274.6M
55 Peoples Bank of Middle Tennessee Shelbyville , TN 1.11% $188.8M
56 Tower Community Bank Jasper , TN 1.11% $385.2M
57 First Peoples Bank of Tennessee Jefferson City , TN 1.10% $223.4M
58 Banktennessee Collierville , TN 1.07% $615.7M
59 Smartbank Pigeon Forge , TN 1.06% $5.90B
60 First National Bank of Middle Tennessee Mcminnville , TN 1.06% $940.5M
61 Legends Bank Clarksville , TN 1.06% $939.5M
62 Financial Federal Bank Memphis , TN 1.04% $1.12B
63 Cbbc Bank Maryville , TN 1.00% $556.4M
64 Central Bank Savannah , TN 0.99% $164.3M
65 Bank of Gleason Gleason , TN 0.97% $134.3M
66 Bank of Halls Halls , TN 0.96% $134.9M
67 First Vision Bank of Tennessee Tullahoma , TN 0.96% $423.7M
68 Bank of Fayette County, the Piperton , TN 0.95% $1.12B
69 Decatur County Bank Decaturville , TN 0.95% $321.2M
70 Paragon Bank Memphis , TN 0.90% $892.3M
71 Volunteer Federal Savings Bank Madisonville , TN 0.90% $396.2M
72 Insbank Nashville , TN 0.89% $1.08B
73 Traditions First Bank Erin , TN 0.87% $339.4M
74 Greeneville Federal Bank, F.S.B. Greeneville , TN 0.87% $205.6M
75 Greenfield Banking Company Greenfield , TN 0.87% $149.3M
76 First Citizens National Bank Dyersburg , TN 0.86% $2.65B
77 Homeland Community Bank Mcminnville , TN 0.83% $236.6M
78 Tristar Bank Dickson , TN 0.82% $555.2M
79 Insouth Bank Brownsville , TN 0.81% $568.4M
80 Newport Federal Bank Newport , TN 0.79% $280.2M
81 Bank of Dickson Dickson , TN 0.78% $284.7M
82 First Farmers and Commercial Bank Pikeville , TN 0.77% $223.8M
83 Carroll Bank and Trust Huntingdon , TN 0.77% $658.1M
84 Pinnacle Bank Nashville , TN 0.76% $122.63B
85 Farmers State Bank Mountain City , TN 0.76% $229.9M
86 Community Bank, Lexington, Tennessee Lexington , TN 0.75% $361.4M
87 F&M Bank Clarksville , TN 0.72% $1.55B
88 Heritage Community Bank Greeneville , TN 0.72% $180.8M
89 Security Bank Newbern , TN 0.67% $233.2M
90 Tnbank Oak Ridge , TN 0.67% $310.9M
91 Millennium Bank Ooltewah , TN 0.61% $789.1M
92 Southeast Bank Farragut , TN 0.61% $3.58B
93 Home Banking Company Selmer , TN 0.60% $129.6M
94 Thread Bank Rogersville , TN 0.60% $1.04B
95 Studio Bank Nashville , TN 0.58% $1.36B
96 Bank of Bartlett Bartlett , TN 0.57% $557.5M
97 Mountain Valley Bank Dunlap , TN 0.55% $256.4M
98 Peoples Bank, the Sardis , TN 0.53% $112.5M
99 Bank of Frankewing Frankewing , TN 0.50% $434.0M
100 Rockpointbank, N.A. Chattanooga , TN 0.47% $349.3M

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