FDIC Cert #9423 · Fargo, North Dakota · Est. 1906

Choice Financial Group - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$6.0B
Total assets
B
Health grade · Good
1.22%
Return on assets
10.7%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

Choice Financial Group earns a PlainBankData health grade of B (76/100), with well-capitalized at 10.71% Tier 1, profitable at 1.22% ROA, efficient (54% cost ratio).

#250
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
94th
percentile by asset size, nationally
10.71%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
59th
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 9423 · ND B · 76/100

GRADE-B · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-PAR · SIZE-REGIONAL · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-B B (76/100)
  • MID-PACK #2398/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Welch State Bank of… · OK
  • TIER1-WELL 10.7% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 5.3% Texas
  • ROA-PAR 1.22% ROA
  • SIZE-REGIONAL $1–10B
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside North Dakota: Welch State Bank of Welch, Okla., 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 Choice Financial Group

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/100BankFirst Financial… · MS · …76/100Choice Financial Group · ND …76/100Holcomb Bank · IL · near76/100The Portage County B… · WI ·…76/100Welch State Bank of… · OK · …76/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around Choice Financial Group · July 2026

Plate reading for Choice Financial Group where failures stay rare

Choice Financial Group (FDIC Cert #9423) carries a PlainBankData health grade of B at 76/100, 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 #2,398 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 10.71%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 5.33%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.22%. Balance-sheet scale is $6.0B, 250th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Welch State Bank of Welch, Okla. (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 Choice Financial Group

Zero FAILURE resolutions in North Dakota since 2000

Choice Financial Group 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.

  • FIRST FS & LA OF FARGO FARGO, ND 1991 → FIRST NB OF ND
  • FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CROSBY CROSBY, ND 1990 → FIRST NATIONAL BANK & TRUST
  • THE FIRST STATE BANK OF REGENT REGENT, ND 1990 → FIRST NATIONAL BANK

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

How Choice Financial Group's 76/100 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 avg77/10076/100
Choice Financial Group's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (10.71%) 28/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.22%) 20/25
Texas Ratio (5.33%) 16/20
Efficiency Ratio (54.16%) 12/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$6.0B

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$5.1B

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$3.1B

Outstanding loan book

Net Income

$70M

Bottom-line earnings

Capital adequacy vs federal thresholds

0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% CET1 (≥6.5% req.) Tier 1 (≥8.0% req.) Total (≥10.0% req.) 9.31% 10.71% 12.11%
Basel III capital ratios - Choice Financial Group

Where Choice Financial Group ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. Choice Financial Group's score of 76/100 falls in the highlighted band.

Choice Financial Group: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

76 44th percentile higher than 44% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 80–90: 1,237 FDIC-insured banks (29%). Above this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). Above this entry. Choice Financial Group 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

Choice Financial Group'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). Choice Financial Group's $6.0B falls in the highlighted band.

Safety metrics: Choice Financial Group

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

10.71% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
10.71%
Texas Ratio
5.33%
Equity Capital
$683M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at Choice Financial Group

Return on Assets (ROA)
59th percentile nationally
1.22%
Return on Equity (ROE)
10.92%
Efficiency Ratio
54.16%

What these mean →

Income & expense at Choice Financial Group

$313M
Interest Income
$50M
Non-Interest Income
$121M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. Choice Financial Group reports a Texas Ratio of 5.33% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

5.33% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View Choice Financial Group on FDIC BankFind →

Top banks in North Dakota by total assets

Largest banks headquartered in North Dakota
  1. 1
    Bell Bank $14.4B

    Fargo, ND · Grade C

  2. 2
    First International Bank & Trust $6.2B

    Watford City, ND · Grade B

  3. 3
    Choice Financial Group $6.0B

    Fargo, ND · Grade B

  4. 4
    Alerus Financial $5.2B

    Grand Forks, ND · Grade C

  5. 5
    Gate City Bank $4.0B

    Fargo, ND · Grade D

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

Nationwide banks with similar total assets

Nearest other-state banks with ≥$10M assets ($6.0B here), outside North Dakota so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Westamerica Bank $5.9B · CA Fremont Bank $5.9B · CA Broadway National Bank $5.9B · TX Wilson Bank and Trust $5.9B · TN

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) Choice Financial Group (FDIC Cert #9423) - 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.

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

Other banks in North Dakota

All North Dakota banks →
BankAssetsGradeROA
Bell BankFargo $14.4B C 0.59%
First International Bank & TrustWatford City $6.2B B 1.69%
Alerus Financial, National AssociationGrand Forks $5.2B C 0.42%
Gate City BankFargo $4.0B D 0.60%
Bravera BankDickinson $3.8B B 1.12%
Western State BankDevils Lake $2.6B A 1.79%
First Western Bank & TrustMinot $2.3B C 0.84%
Starion BankBismarck $2.1B B 0.80%