TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Star Bank vs Sterling State Bank

Bank

Star Bank

Maple Lake, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

46of 100
Below average

Bank

Sterling State Bank

Austin, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureStar BankSterling State Bank
TellerScore4659 (stronger)
Capital cushion43 (stronger)35
Loan quality3184 (stronger)
Earnings4159 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity68 (stronger)41
Problem-loan coverage6792 (stronger)
Peer percentile5th17th
Total assets$445.8M$461.9M
Deposits / shares$384.6M$359.5M
Capital ratio9.29% (stronger)8.54%
Problem loans2.07%0.47% (stronger)
Net charge-offs1.78%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets0.52%0.98% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits91.9%84.8% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits10.9% (stronger)46.2%
Offices116
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)5.4%10.7%

Sterling State Bank has the higher TellerScore (59 vs 46). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Star Bank leads on 2 and Sterling State Bank on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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