TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Choice Financial Group vs First International Bank & Trust

Bank

Choice Financial Group

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

73of 100
Strong

Bank

First International Bank & Trust

Watford City, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

52of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureChoice Financial GroupFirst International Bank & Trust
TellerScore73 (stronger)52
Capital cushion58 (stronger)41
Loan quality77 (stronger)49
Earnings72 (stronger)69
Funding & liquidity86 (stronger)43
Problem-loan coverage94 (stronger)68
Peer percentile70th9th
Total assets$6.4B$6.2B
Deposits / shares$5.1B$5.5B
Capital ratio10.84% (stronger)9.06%
Problem loans0.68% (stronger)1.54%
Net charge-offs0.31%0.20% (stronger)
Return on assets1.30% (stronger)1.22%
Loans ÷ deposits62.0% (stronger)90.4%
Uninsured deposits26.5% (stronger)38.9%
Offices1827
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)5.6%5.8%

Choice Financial Group has the higher TellerScore (73 vs 52). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Choice Financial Group leads on 6 and First International Bank & Trust on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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