TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Citizens State Bank vs ESB Financial

Bank

The Citizens State Bank

Gridley, Kansas · $100 million – $1 billion

81of 100
Strong

Bank

ESB Financial

Emporia, Kansas · $100 million – $1 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Citizens State BankESB Financial
TellerScore81 (stronger)59
Capital cushion71 (stronger)41
Loan quality81 (stronger)47
Earnings93 (stronger)88
Funding & liquidity76 (stronger)67
Problem-loan coverage94 (stronger)75
Peer percentile80th17th
Total assets$336.2M$381.3M
Deposits / shares$294.5M$335.9M
Capital ratio12.08% (stronger)9.07%
Problem loans0.58% (stronger)1.58%
Net charge-offs-0.00% (stronger)0.02%
Return on assets1.81% (stronger)1.69%
Loans ÷ deposits75.3% (stronger)80.2%
Uninsured deposits22.9% (stronger)26.7%
Offices103
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.4%1.5%

The Citizens State Bank has the higher TellerScore (81 vs 59). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Citizens State Bank leads on 7 and ESB Financial on 0. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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