TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Western State Bank vs First Western Bank & Trust

Bank

Western State Bank

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

78of 100
Strong

Bank

First Western Bank & Trust

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

55of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureWestern State BankFirst Western Bank & Trust
TellerScore78 (stronger)55
Capital cushion82 (stronger)46
Loan quality70 (stronger)53
Earnings100 (stronger)59
Funding & liquidity4764 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage89 (stronger)70
Peer percentile86th13th
Total assets$2.5B$2.4B
Deposits / shares$2.1B$2.0B
Capital ratio13.19% (stronger)9.61%
Problem loans0.90% (stronger)1.42%
Net charge-offs0.28%0.23% (stronger)
Return on assets2.01% (stronger)0.96%
Loans ÷ deposits104.8%96.7% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits22.1%6.1% (stronger)
Offices1019
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)6.3%5.4%

Western State Bank has the higher TellerScore (78 vs 55). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Western State Bank leads on 4 and First Western Bank & Trust on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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