TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Citizens State Bank of La Crosse vs Sterling Bank

Bank

Citizens State Bank of La Crosse

La Crosse, Wisconsin · $100 million – $1 billion

76of 100
Strong

Bank

Sterling Bank

Barron, Wisconsin · $100 million – $1 billion

77of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureCitizens State Bank of La CrosseSterling Bank
TellerScore7677 (stronger)
Capital cushion84 (stronger)44
Loan quality6599 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)86
Funding & liquidity3977 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage86100 (stronger)
Peer percentile64th68th
Total assets$648.5M$352.4M
Deposits / shares$513.4M$314.5M
Capital ratio13.36% (stronger)9.37%
Problem loans1.06%0.02% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.03%
Return on assets2.94% (stronger)1.64%
Loans ÷ deposits105.0%81.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits29.4%17.5% (stronger)
Offices44
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.6%—

Sterling Bank has the higher TellerScore (77 vs 76). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Citizens State Bank of La Crosse leads on 3 and Sterling Bank on 4. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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