FDIC Cert #20162 · Helena, Montana · Est. 1970

Ascent Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

A community-scale look at Ascent Bank's own numbers, pulled straight from its quarterly FDIC Call Report.

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$110M
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.33%
Return on assets
14.0%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Ascent Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (83/100), with well-capitalized at 13.96% Tier 1, profitable at 1.33% ROA, efficient (57% cost ratio).

#3,663
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
15th
percentile by asset size, nationally
13.96%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
65th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

This grade is PlainBankData's own interpretation of the bank's Call Report, not an FDIC rating, deposits here stay federally insured to $250,000 per depositor, per category, regardless of grade.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 20162 · MT A · 83/100

GRADE-A · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-STRONG · SIZE-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (83/100)
  • MID-PACK #1697/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fidelity Bank · AR
  • TIER1-WELL 14.0% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 11.7% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.33% ROA
  • SIZE-MID $100M–1B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside Montana: Fidelity Bank, AR (±0 health pts)

Instrument codes from this bank’s FDIC Call Report sheet: grade band, health peer rank, photo-finish gap, Tier 1, Texas Ratio, ROA, size band, and book completeness. Not an official FDIC rating.

Health-score neighbourhood around Ascent Bank

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest scored peers outside Montana, not a full FDIC corpus board reprint.

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100Ascent Bank · MT · this bank83/100Capital Bank · TX · near83/100Fidelity Bank · AR · near83/100Security National Ba… · NE ·…83/100Unison Bank · ND · near83/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Ascent Bank · July 2026

Plate reading for Ascent Bank where failures stay rare

Ascent Bank (FDIC Cert #20162) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 83/100, built only from this bank's own Call Report Tier 1 capital, ROA, Texas Ratio, and efficiency inputs. On the scored corpus it sits at health rank #1,697 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 13.96%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 11.71%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.33%. Balance-sheet scale is $110M, 3,663rd of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Fidelity Bank (AR), tied on the composite. These are instrument codes from the Call Report sheet, not an official FDIC CAMELS rating, and insured deposits stay protected to $250,000 per depositor per ownership category regardless of grade. Compare the plate stamps against the score breakdown and the health-score neighbourhood before treating any single ratio as decisive.

State failure history around Ascent Bank

Zero FAILURE resolutions in Montana since 2000

Ascent Bank is headquartered in a state where FDIC FAILURE resolutions have been rare or absent since 2000 (0 of 578 nationwide). That is a historical count of closed institutions, not a forecast for this Call Report sheet.

  • Q BANK FORT BENTON, MT 1998 → HERITAGE STATE BANK
  • FIRST SECURITY BANK OF ANACONDA ANACONDA, MT 1992 → BANK OF MONTANA ANACONDA
  • TREASURE STATE BANK GLASGOW, MT 1989 → VALLEY BANK OF GLASGOW

Source: FDIC Failed Bank List (resolution_type=FAILURE only; ASSISTANCE excluded). See the depositor failures guide and Montana banks.

How Ascent Bank's 83/100 score adds up

Each factor is scored from this bank's own FDIC Call Report figures, then summed to the composite health score.

0/100100/100National avg77/10083/100
Ascent Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (13.96%) 35/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.33%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (11.71%) 16/20
Efficiency Ratio (57.38%) 12/15

83 of 100 points earned across four weighted factors. See our methodology for the full scoring formula.

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$110M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$97M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$79M

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$1M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 3% 6% 9% 12% 15% 18% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 12.56% 13.96% 15.36%
Basel III capital ratios - Ascent Bank

Where Ascent Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Ascent Bank's score of 83/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Ascent Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

83 Top 39% higher than 61% of 4,307 FDIC-insured banks

0–10: 3 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 10–20: 6 FDIC-insured banks (0%). Below this entry. 20–30: 26 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 30–40: 36 FDIC-insured banks (1%). Below this entry. 40–50: 98 FDIC-insured banks (2%). Below this entry. 50–60: 279 FDIC-insured banks (6%). Below this entry. 60–70: 777 FDIC-insured banks (18%). Below this entry. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Below this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). This entry sits in this band. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. Ascent Bank 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

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Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

Ascent Bank's size among FDIC-insured banks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with reported assets, bucketed by total-asset scale (note the buckets are powers of 10, most banks cluster in the $100M-$1B range). Ascent Bank's $110M falls in the highlighted band.

Safety metrics: Ascent Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

13.96% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
13.96%
Texas Ratio
11.71%
Equity Capital
$11M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Ascent Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
65th percentile nationally
1.33%
Return on Equity (ROE)
14.45%
Efficiency Ratio
57.38%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Ascent Bank

$7M
Interest Income
$57K
Non-Interest Income
$3M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Ascent Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 11.71% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

11.71% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Ascent Bank on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in Montana by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in Montana
  1. 1
    Glacier Bank $32.0B

    Kalispell, MT · Grade B

  2. 2
    First Interstate Bank $26.6B

    Billings, MT · Grade A

  3. 3
    Stockman Bank of Montana $7.6B

    Miles City, MT · Grade A

  4. 4
    Opportunity Bank of Montana $2.1B

    Helena, MT · Grade B

  5. 5
    The Yellowstone Bank $1.4B

    Laurel, MT · Grade A

Top 5 banks in Montana ranked by total assets · FDIC Call Report Q4 2025.

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($110M here), outside Montana so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Rushford State Bank (Incorporated) $110M · MN Community Savings Bank $110M · OH First Bank $110M · OK Metz Banking Company $110M · MO

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Ascent Bank (FDIC Cert #20162) - Tier 1 capital ratio, total assets, deposits, ROA/ROE · 2025 FDIC Call Reports filed quarterly; latest publicly-available vintage shown. Health grades are PlainBankData's interpretation of regulatory filings and are not official FDIC ratings.

Ascent Bank Call Report profile · FDIC Failed Bank List · Montana FAILURE history · Informational only, not financial advice; consult a licensed professional before acting. See the disclaimer and methodology.

Other banks in Montana

All Montana banks →
BankAssetsGradeROA
Glacier BankKalispell $32.0B B 0.90%
First Interstate BankBillings $26.6B A 1.20%
Stockman Bank of MontanaMiles City $7.6B A 1.87%
Opportunity Bank of MontanaHelena $2.1B B 0.83%
The Yellowstone BankLaurel $1.4B A 2.85%
Independence BankHavre $1.3B A 1.57%
TrailWest BankLolo $1.1B A 1.88%
Bank of Bridger, National AssociationBridger $799M A 0.72%