TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Midwest Bank of Dexter vs Sterling Bank

Bank

First Midwest Bank of Dexter

Dexter, Missouri · $100 million – $1 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Bank

Sterling Bank

Poplar Bluff, Missouri · $1 billion – $10 billion

78of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Midwest Bank of DexterSterling Bank
TellerScore6978 (stronger)
Capital cushion6061 (stronger)
Loan quality7488 (stronger)
Earnings94 (stronger)85
Funding & liquidity3577 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8896 (stronger)
Peer percentile40th86th
Total assets$652.0M$1.6B
Deposits / shares$524.4M$1.4B
Capital ratio10.97%11.14% (stronger)
Problem loans0.79%0.35% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.02%
Return on assets1.86% (stronger)1.63%
Loans ÷ deposits106.7%77.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits32.0%21.0% (stronger)
Offices716
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)2.3%14.3%

Sterling Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 69). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Midwest Bank of Dexter leads on 2 and Sterling Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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