TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Houghton State Bank vs Northwest Bank

Bank

Houghton State Bank

Red Oak, Iowa · $100 million – $1 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Bank

Northwest Bank

Spencer, Iowa · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureHoughton State BankNorthwest Bank
TellerScore6970 (stronger)
Capital cushion100 (stronger)51
Loan quality1492 (stronger)
Earnings83 (stronger)74
Funding & liquidity70 (stronger)51
Problem-loan coverage8096 (stronger)
Peer percentile40th58th
Total assets$204.8M$3.0B
Deposits / shares$169.2M$2.6B
Capital ratio15.39% (stronger)10.12%
Problem loans2.58%0.23% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.03% (stronger)0.04%
Return on assets1.56% (stronger)1.35%
Loans ÷ deposits85.7% (stronger)93.9%
Uninsured deposits19.4% (stronger)28.8%
Offices522
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)2.2%6.0%

Northwest Bank has the higher TellerScore (70 vs 69). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Houghton State Bank leads on 5 and Northwest 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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