TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Bank Forward vs Western State Bank

Bank

Bank Forward

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

70of 100
Strong

Bank

Western State Bank

Devils Lake, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureBank ForwardWestern State Bank
TellerScore7078 (stronger)
Capital cushion5282 (stronger)
Loan quality78 (stronger)70
Earnings89100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity56 (stronger)47
Problem-loan coverage8789 (stronger)
Peer percentile58th86th
Total assets$1.1B$2.5B
Deposits / shares$935.4M$2.1B
Capital ratio10.17%13.19% (stronger)
Problem loans0.67% (stronger)0.90%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.28%
Return on assets1.72%2.01% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits95.6% (stronger)104.8%
Uninsured deposits23.2%22.1% (stronger)
Offices1210
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.3%6.3%

Western State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Bank Forward leads on 3 and Western State Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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