TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Western State Bank vs American Federal Bank

Bank

Western State Bank

Devils Lake, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

78of 100
Strong

Bank

American Federal Bank

Fargo, North Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

66of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureWestern State BankAmerican Federal Bank
TellerScore78 (stronger)66
Capital cushion82 (stronger)43
Loan quality70100 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)62
Funding & liquidity47 (stronger)40
Problem-loan coverage89100 (stronger)
Peer percentile86th31st
Total assets$2.5B$795.8M
Deposits / shares$2.1B$615.6M
Capital ratio13.19% (stronger)9.32%
Problem loans0.90%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.28%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets2.01% (stronger)1.06%
Loans ÷ deposits104.8% (stronger)110.2%
Uninsured deposits22.1% (stronger)23.9%
Offices1013
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)6.3%12.5%

Western State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 66). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Western State Bank leads on 5 and American Federal Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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