TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Bank Forward vs First Western Bank & Trust

Bank

Bank Forward

Fargo, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

First Western Bank & Trust

Minot, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

55of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureBank ForwardFirst Western Bank & Trust
TellerScore70 (stronger)55
Capital cushion52 (stronger)46
Loan quality78 (stronger)53
Earnings89 (stronger)59
Funding & liquidity5664 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage87 (stronger)70
Peer percentile58th13th
Total assets$1.1B$2.4B
Deposits / shares$935.4M$2.0B
Capital ratio10.17% (stronger)9.61%
Problem loans0.67% (stronger)1.42%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.23%
Return on assets1.72% (stronger)0.96%
Loans ÷ deposits95.6% (stronger)96.7%
Uninsured deposits23.2%6.1% (stronger)
Offices1219
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.3%5.4%

Bank Forward has the higher TellerScore (70 vs 55). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Bank Forward leads on 6 and First Western Bank & Trust on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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