TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Option Bank vs The Western State Bank

Bank

First Option Bank

Osawatomie, Kansas · $100 million – $1 billion

68of 100
Moderate

Bank

The Western State Bank

Garden City, Kansas · $100 million – $1 billion

49of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Option BankThe Western State Bank
TellerScore68 (stronger)49
Capital cushion3257 (stronger)
Loan quality99 (stronger)0
Earnings7777
Funding & liquidity6066 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)66
Peer percentile37th6th
Total assets$817.6M$802.1M
Deposits / shares$722.1M$717.2M
Capital ratio8.18%10.69% (stronger)
Problem loans0.02% (stronger)3.04%
Net charge-offs0.53% (stronger)1.32%
Return on assets1.44% (stronger)1.43%
Loans ÷ deposits66.8% (stronger)72.4%
Uninsured deposits44.8%34.8% (stronger)
Offices107
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)9.6%—

First Option Bank has the higher TellerScore (68 vs 49). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Option Bank leads on 5 and The Western State Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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