TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Western State Bank vs Border Bank

Bank

Western State Bank

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

78of 100
Strong

Bank

Border Bank

Fargo, North Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

57of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureWestern State BankBorder Bank
TellerScore78 (stronger)57
Capital cushion82 (stronger)41
Loan quality70 (stronger)64
Earnings100 (stronger)72
Funding & liquidity47 (stronger)45
Problem-loan coverage89 (stronger)80
Peer percentile86th16th
Total assets$2.5B$1.1B
Deposits / shares$2.1B$922.6M
Capital ratio13.19% (stronger)9.07%
Problem loans0.90% (stronger)1.07%
Net charge-offs0.28%0.11% (stronger)
Return on assets2.01% (stronger)1.31%
Loans ÷ deposits104.8%96.3% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits22.1% (stronger)32.1%
Offices1011
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)6.3%3.7%

Western State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 57). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Western State Bank leads on 5 and Border Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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