FDIC Cert #4009 · Pierre, South Dakota · Est. 1889

BankWest, Inc. - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$1.9B
Total assets
C
Health grade · Fair
0.63%
Return on assets
10.2%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

BankWest, Inc. earns a PlainBankData health grade of C (62/100), with well-capitalized at 10.24% Tier 1, 0.63% ROA, 79% efficiency ratio.

#626
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
86th
percentile by asset size, nationally
10.24%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
21st
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

The grade above reflects PlainBankData's own read of the bank's regulatory filings, not an FDIC judgment, deposit coverage stays at $250,000 per depositor, per category, unaffected by it.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 4009 · SD C · 62/100

GRADE-C · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-THIN · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-C C (62/100)
  • LOWER-Q #3611/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH The Citizens Bank of… · OK
  • TIER1-WELL 10.2% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 12.3% Texas
  • ROA-THIN 0.63% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside South Dakota: The Citizens Bank of Edmond, OK (±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 BankWest, Inc.

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100BankWest, Inc. · SD · this b…62/100Heartland State Bank · ND · …62/100Prospect Bank · IL · near62/100The Citizens Bank of… · OK ·…62/100The First National B… · IL ·…62/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around BankWest, Inc. · July 2026

Plate reading for BankWest, Inc. where failures stay rare

BankWest, Inc. (FDIC Cert #4009) carries a PlainBankData health grade of C at 62/100, 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 #3,611 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 10.24%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 12.34%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 0.63%. Balance-sheet scale is $1.9B, 626th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is The Citizens Bank of Edmond (OK), 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 BankWest, Inc.

Only 1 FAILURE resolution in South Dakota since 2000

BankWest, Inc. is headquartered in a state where FDIC FAILURE resolutions have been rare or absent since 2000 (1 of 578 nationwide). That is a historical count of closed institutions, not a forecast for this Call Report sheet.

  • BANKFIRST SIOUX FALLS, SD 2009 → ALERUS FINANCIAL, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
  • FIRST FSB OF SOUTH DAKOTA RAPID CITY, SD 1992 → METROPOLITAN FB, FSB
  • FIRST FSB HURON, SD 1991 → BRANCH SALE

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

How BankWest, Inc.'s 62/100 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 avg77/10062/100
BankWest, Inc.'s composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (10.24%) 28/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (0.63%) 14/25
Texas Ratio (12.34%) 16/20
Efficiency Ratio (78.68%) 4/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$1.9B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$1.6B

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$1.4B

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$12M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 8.84% 10.24% 11.64%
Basel III capital ratios - BankWest, Inc.

Where BankWest, Inc. ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. BankWest, Inc.'s score of 62/100 falls in the highlighted band.

BankWest, Inc.: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

62 16th percentile higher than 16% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 70–80: 1,030 FDIC-insured banks (24%). Above this entry. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Above this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. BankWest, Inc. 0 100 every FDIC-insured bank with a health score, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more FDIC-insured banks. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FDIC Call Reports · July 2026

BankWest, Inc.'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). BankWest, Inc.'s $1.9B falls in the highlighted band.

Safety metrics: BankWest, Inc.

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

10.24% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
10.24%
Texas Ratio
12.34%
Equity Capital
$156M

What these ratios mean →

Profitability metrics: BankWest, Inc.

Return on Assets (ROA)
21st percentile nationally
0.63%
Return on Equity (ROE)
7.94%
Efficiency Ratio
78.68%

What these mean →

Income & expense at BankWest, Inc.

$107M
Interest Income
$20M
Non-Interest Income
$69M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. BankWest, Inc. reports a Texas Ratio of 12.34% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

12.34% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View BankWest, Inc. on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in South Dakota by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in South Dakota
  1. 1
    Citibank $1.84T

    Sioux Falls, SD · Grade A

  2. 2
    Wells Fargo Bank $1.82T

    Sioux Falls, SD · Grade A

  3. 3
    The Bancorp Bank $9.3B

    Sioux Falls, SD · Grade A

  4. 4
    Pathward $7.6B

    Sioux Falls, SD · Grade A

  5. 5
    Dacotah Bank $4.8B

    Aberdeen, SD · Grade B

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($1.9B here), outside South Dakota so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank $1.9B · MA First Financial Bank $1.9B · AR Bank Of Clarke $1.9B · VA Shinhan Bank America $1.9B · NY

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) BankWest, Inc. (FDIC Cert #4009) - 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.

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

Other banks in South Dakota

All South Dakota banks →
BankAssetsGradeROA
Citibank, National AssociationSioux Falls $1.84T A 0.85%
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSioux Falls $1.82T A 1.41%
The Bancorp Bank, National AssociationSioux Falls $9.3B A 2.81%
Pathward, National AssociationSioux Falls $7.6B A 2.65%
Dacotah BankAberdeen $4.8B B 1.01%
First Bank & TrustBrookings $4.7B B 1.02%
First PREMIER BankSioux Falls $4.2B A 1.67%
First Dakota National BankYankton $3.2B A 1.38%