TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Exchange State Bank vs Central State Bank

Bank

Exchange State Bank

Ames, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Bank

Central State Bank

State Center, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

55of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureExchange State BankCentral State Bank
TellerScore71 (stronger)55
Capital cushion62 (stronger)54
Loan quality67 (stronger)53
Earnings99 (stronger)55
Funding & liquidity4648 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage85 (stronger)78
Peer percentile47th11th
Total assets$146.0M$557.8M
Deposits / shares$117.5M$465.9M
Capital ratio11.17% (stronger)10.43%
Problem loans1.00% (stronger)1.42%
Net charge-offs0.00%-0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.97% (stronger)0.88%
Loans ÷ deposits103.4%94.7% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits25.0% (stronger)31.0%
Offices33
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.8%14.1%

Exchange State Bank has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 55). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Exchange State Bank leads on 5 and Central State Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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