TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Northwest Bank vs Principal Bank

Bank

Northwest Bank

Spencer, Iowa · $1 billion – $10 billion

70of 100
Strong

Bank

Principal Bank

Des Moines, Iowa · $1 billion – $10 billion

64of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureNorthwest BankPrincipal Bank
TellerScore70 (stronger)64
Capital cushion51 (stronger)21
Loan quality92 (stronger)85
Earnings7487 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity5166 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage96 (stronger)95
Peer percentile58th33rd
Total assets$3.0B$9.8B
Deposits / shares$2.6B$9.3B
Capital ratio10.12% (stronger)7.13%
Problem loans0.23% (stronger)0.44%
Net charge-offs0.04%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.35%1.68% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits93.9%32.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits28.8% (stronger)45.6%
Offices221
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)6.0%—

Northwest Bank has the higher TellerScore (70 vs 64). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Northwest Bank leads on 4 and Principal Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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