TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

BankStar Financial vs First Independent Bank

Bank

BankStar Financial

Elkton, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Bank

First Independent Bank

Russell, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

76of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureBankStar FinancialFirst Independent Bank
TellerScore7176 (stronger)
Capital cushion4449 (stronger)
Loan quality9595
Earnings8182 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity5476 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9898
Peer percentile47th64th
Total assets$363.5M$632.3M
Deposits / shares$302.1M$533.0M
Capital ratio9.42%9.87% (stronger)
Problem loans0.14% (stronger)0.14%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.02%
Return on assets1.53%1.55% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits93.2%82.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits27.3%16.8% (stronger)
Offices311
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

First Independent Bank has the higher TellerScore (76 vs 71). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), BankStar Financial leads on 2 and First Independent Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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