TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Montana Bank, Inc. vs Ascent Bank

Bank

First Montana Bank, Inc.

Missoula, Montana · $100 million – $1 billion

73of 100
Strong

Bank

Ascent Bank

Helena, Montana · $100 million – $1 billion

46of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Montana Bank, Inc.Ascent Bank
TellerScore73 (stronger)46
Capital cushion52 (stronger)37
Loan quality96 (stronger)16
Earnings6370 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity7072 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage99 (stronger)61
Peer percentile53rd5th
Total assets$530.3M$104.1M
Deposits / shares$437.9M$92.4M
Capital ratio10.15% (stronger)8.69%
Problem loans0.13% (stronger)2.51%
Net charge-offs0.07% (stronger)0.47%
Return on assets1.07%1.24% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits72.7% (stronger)88.1%
Uninsured deposits31.2%14.1% (stronger)
Offices102
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)2.5%0.0%

First Montana Bank, Inc. has the higher TellerScore (73 vs 46). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Montana Bank, Inc. leads on 5 and Ascent Bank on 2. 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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