TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Northwestern Bank vs Independence State Bank

Bank

Northwestern Bank

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin · $100 million – $1 billion

80of 100
Strong

Bank

Independence State Bank

Independence, Wisconsin · Under $100 million in assets

75of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureNorthwestern BankIndependence State Bank
TellerScore80 (stronger)75
Capital cushion62 (stronger)54
Loan quality99100 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)68
Funding & liquidity4471 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage100100
Peer percentile77th54th
Total assets$725.6M$84.2M
Deposits / shares$575.2M$72.2M
Capital ratio11.22% (stronger)10.38%
Problem loans0.03%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs-0.02% (stronger)-0.00%
Return on assets2.40% (stronger)1.20%
Loans ÷ deposits102.1%89.7% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits27.7%14.9% (stronger)
Offices63
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)10.6%—

Northwestern Bank has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 75). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Northwestern Bank leads on 4 and Independence State Bank on 3. 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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