TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Choice Financial Group vs Bell Bank

Bank

Choice Financial Group

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

73of 100
Strong

Bank

Bell Bank

Fargo, North Dakota · $10 billion – $100 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureChoice Financial GroupBell Bank
TellerScore73 (stronger)59
Capital cushion58 (stronger)50
Loan quality77 (stronger)70
Earnings72 (stronger)57
Funding & liquidity86 (stronger)43
Problem-loan coverage94 (stronger)85
Peer percentile70th25th
Total assets$6.4B$15.2B
Deposits / shares$5.1B$12.4B
Capital ratio10.84% (stronger)9.98%
Problem loans0.68% (stronger)0.90%
Net charge-offs0.31%0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets1.30% (stronger)0.93%
Loans ÷ deposits62.0% (stronger)105.9%
Uninsured deposits26.5%25.3% (stronger)
Offices1832
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)—54
Complaints per $1B deposits—4.4
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)5.6%7.1%

Choice Financial Group has the higher TellerScore (73 vs 59). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Choice Financial Group leads on 5 and Bell Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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