TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Citizens Bank vs First State Bank

Bank

First Citizens Bank

Mason City, Iowa · $1 billion – $10 billion

81of 100
Strong

Bank

First State Bank

Belmond, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Citizens BankFirst State Bank
TellerScore81 (stronger)67
Capital cushion70 (stronger)62
Loan quality95 (stronger)69
Earnings100 (stronger)48
Funding & liquidity4385 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)92
Peer percentile91st34th
Total assets$1.8B$141.7M
Deposits / shares$1.6B$117.8M
Capital ratio11.96% (stronger)11.23%
Problem loans0.16% (stronger)0.92%
Net charge-offs0.13%-0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets2.09% (stronger)0.71%
Loans ÷ deposits83.2%52.6% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits45.6%29.1% (stronger)
Offices61
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

First Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (81 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Citizens Bank leads on 4 and First State Bank on 3. 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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