TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Western State Bank vs Bell Bank

Bank

Western State Bank

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

78of 100
Strong

Bank

Bell Bank

Fargo, North Dakota · $10 billion – $100 billion

59of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureWestern State BankBell Bank
TellerScore78 (stronger)59
Capital cushion82 (stronger)50
Loan quality7070
Earnings100 (stronger)57
Funding & liquidity47 (stronger)43
Problem-loan coverage89 (stronger)85
Peer percentile86th25th
Total assets$2.5B$15.2B
Deposits / shares$2.1B$12.4B
Capital ratio13.19% (stronger)9.98%
Problem loans0.90%0.90% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.28%0.02% (stronger)
Return on assets2.01% (stronger)0.93%
Loans ÷ deposits104.8% (stronger)105.9%
Uninsured deposits22.1% (stronger)25.3%
Offices1032
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)—54
Complaints per $1B deposits—4.4
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)6.3%7.1%

Western State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 59). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Western State Bank leads on 5 and Bell Bank on 2. 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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