TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Choice Financial Group vs First State Bank

Bank

Choice Financial Group

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

73of 100
Strong

Bank

First State Bank

Buxton, North Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

75of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureChoice Financial GroupFirst State Bank
TellerScore7375 (stronger)
Capital cushion58 (stronger)48
Loan quality77100 (stronger)
Earnings72100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity86 (stronger)40
Problem-loan coverage94100 (stronger)
Peer percentile70th61st
Total assets$6.4B$424.2M
Deposits / shares$5.1B$371.9M
Capital ratio10.84% (stronger)9.83%
Problem loans0.68%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.31%0.14% (stronger)
Return on assets1.30%2.08% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits62.0% (stronger)104.4%
Uninsured deposits26.5% (stronger)28.8%
Offices185
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)5.6%0.0%

First State Bank has the higher TellerScore (75 vs 73). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Choice Financial Group leads on 3 and First State Bank on 4. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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