TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Western State Bank vs Choice Financial Group

Bank

Western State Bank

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

78of 100
Strong

Bank

Choice Financial Group

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

73of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureWestern State BankChoice Financial Group
TellerScore78 (stronger)73
Capital cushion82 (stronger)58
Loan quality7077 (stronger)
Earnings100 (stronger)72
Funding & liquidity4786 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8994 (stronger)
Peer percentile86th70th
Total assets$2.5B$6.4B
Deposits / shares$2.1B$5.1B
Capital ratio13.19% (stronger)10.84%
Problem loans0.90%0.68% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.28% (stronger)0.31%
Return on assets2.01% (stronger)1.30%
Loans ÷ deposits104.8%62.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits22.1% (stronger)26.5%
Offices1018
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)6.3%5.6%

Western State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 73). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Western State Bank leads on 5 and Choice Financial Group on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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