TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Alerus Financial, National Association vs First State Bank

Bank

Alerus Financial, National Association

Grand Forks, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

First State Bank

Buxton, North Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

75of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureAlerus Financial, National AssociationFirst State Bank
TellerScore7075 (stronger)
Capital cushion4348 (stronger)
Loan quality91100 (stronger)
Earnings91100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity43 (stronger)40
Problem-loan coverage94100 (stronger)
Peer percentile58th61st
Total assets$5.3B$424.2M
Deposits / shares$4.2B$371.9M
Capital ratio9.26%9.83% (stronger)
Problem loans0.26%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.47%0.14% (stronger)
Return on assets1.78%2.08% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits94.7% (stronger)104.4%
Uninsured deposits35.1%28.8% (stronger)
Offices245
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)10.1%0.0%

First State Bank has the higher TellerScore (75 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Alerus Financial, National Association leads on 1 and First State Bank on 6. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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