- CEO
- Chris H. Triplett
- Full Time Employees
- 30
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Address
- 170 West Broadway Newport TN United States of America 37821-2325
- IPO Date
- Jan 9, 1998
- Business
- United Tennessee Bankshares, Inc. (UNTN) serves as the holding company for Newport Federal Bank, a community-focused federal savings bank that provides retail banking services to individuals and businesses primarily in Cocke County, Tennessee. Newport Federal Bank offers deposit products including checking accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit; lending products encompassing one-to-four family residential mortgages, commercial real estate loans, consumer loans, home improvement loans, construction loans, and lines of credit; and additional services such as internet banking, debit cards, wire transfers, safe deposit boxes, and cash management. The bank maintains a portfolio of investment securities comprising U.S. government agency securities, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed securities, and corporate debt obligations.
Founded in 1934 as Newport Federal Savings and Loan Association and converted to a stock institution in 1998 under United Tennessee Bankshares, Inc., the company is headquartered at 170 West Broadway in Newport, Tennessee, and operates three full-service branches in the local market area. It targets retail customers, small businesses, and local municipalities within its primary geographic footprint in eastern Tennessee.
In recent developments, the company reported total assets of $251 million and deposits of $234 million as of December 31, 2022, with net income of $2.1 million; it increased its annual dividend to $0.60 per share in February 2023. Shareholders' equity stood at $15.0 million at year-end 2022 following unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities amid rising interest rates, though the bank remains well-capitalized under regulatory standards. No major acquisitions, partnerships, funding rounds, or strategic expansions have been announced in the last two years.