FDIC Cert #31972 · Rapid City, South Dakota · Est. 1979

First Western Federal Savings Bank - FDIC Bank Health Profile

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

Compiled from official public sources by the publisher.
$67M
Total assets
A
Health grade · Excellent
1.84%
Return on assets
16.6%
Tier 1 capital

Data updated July 2026

The verdict

First Western Federal Savings Bank earns a PlainBankData health grade of A (93/100), with well-capitalized at 16.56% Tier 1, profitable at 1.84% ROA, 60% efficiency ratio.

#4,008
largest of 4,313 FDIC banks by assets
7th
percentile by asset size, nationally
16.56%
Tier 1 ratio - above the 10% well-capitalized line
87th
percentile for profitability (ROA), nationally

PlainBankData assigns this grade from public Call Report data; it isn't an official FDIC rating, and your deposits remain insured to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category no matter the score.

FDIC Call Report plate

Cert 31972 · SD A · 93/100

GRADE-A · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · TIER1-WELL · TEXAS-CLEAN · ROA-STRONG · SIZE-COMMUNITY · BOOK-FULL

  • GRADE-A A (93/100)
  • UPPER-Q #514/4307
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eastern Savings Bank… · MD
  • TIER1-WELL 16.6% Tier 1
  • TEXAS-CLEAN 0.0% Texas
  • ROA-STRONG 1.84% ROA
  • SIZE-COMMUNITY <$100M
  • BOOK-FULL 9/9 fields

Nearest health peer outside South Dakota: Eastern Savings Bank, FSB, MD (±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 First Western Federal Savings Bank

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

Morgan Stanley Bank,… · UT ·…100/1001st Equity Bank · IL · near93/100Eastern Savings Bank… · MD ·…93/100First Western Federa… · SD ·…93/100South Georgia Bank · GA · ne…93/100Surety Bank · FL · near93/100Tioga-Franklin Savin… · PA ·…0/100
PlainBankData health composite · neighbourhood around First Western Federal Savings Bank · July 2026

Plate reading for First Western Federal Savings Bank where failures stay rare

First Western Federal Savings Bank (FDIC Cert #31972) carries a PlainBankData health grade of A at 93/100, 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 #514 of 4,307. Tier 1 capital prints at 16.56%, clearing the 10% well-capitalized line. The Texas Ratio is 0.00%, inside the sub-50% band analysts treat as healthy. Return on assets is 1.84%. Balance-sheet scale is $67M, 4,008th of 4,313 FDIC-insured banks by assets. The nearest cross-state health peer is Eastern Savings Bank, FSB (MD), 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 First Western Federal Savings Bank

Only 1 FAILURE resolution in South Dakota since 2000

First Western Federal Savings Bank 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 First Western Federal Savings Bank's 93/100 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 avg77/10093/100
First Western Federal Savings Bank's composite health score
Tier 1 Capital Ratio (16.56%) 40/40
Return on Assets (ROA) (1.84%) 25/25
Texas Ratio (0.00%) 20/20
Efficiency Ratio (60.39%) 8/15

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

Balance sheet at a glance

Total Assets

$67M

Total balance-sheet footings

Total Deposits

$44M

Customer-funded liabilities

Net Loans

$56M

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.) 15.16% 16.56% 17.96%
Basel III capital ratios - First Western Federal Savings Bank

Where First Western Federal Savings Bank ranks

Every one of the 4,307 FDIC-insured banks with a computed health score, bucketed by score. First Western Federal Savings Bank's score of 93/100 falls in the highlighted band.

First Western Federal Savings Bank: health score vs. every FDIC-insured bank

0-100 composite health score, FDIC Call Reports

93 Top 12% higher than 88% 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%). Below this entry. 90–100: 815 FDIC-insured banks (19%). This entry sits in this band. First Western Federal Savings Bank 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

First Western Federal Savings 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). First Western Federal Savings Bank's $67M falls in the highlighted band.

Safety metrics: First Western Federal Savings Bank

Tier 1 capital ratio
Well-capitalized 10%

16.56% of risk-weighted assets - above the federal "well-capitalized" threshold of 10%.

Tier 1 Capital Ratio
16.56%
Texas Ratio
0.00%
Equity Capital
$11M

What these ratios mean →

Earnings posture at First Western Federal Savings Bank

Return on Assets (ROA)
87th percentile nationally
1.84%
Return on Equity (ROE)
10.74%
Efficiency Ratio
60.39%

What these mean →

Income & expense at First Western Federal Savings Bank

$5M
Interest Income
$1K
Non-Interest Income
$2M
Non-Interest Expense

Asset quality, Texas Ratio detail

The Texas Ratio compares troubled assets to the capital available to absorb losses. First Western Federal Savings Bank reports a Texas Ratio of 0.00% - comfortably in the healthy band; non-performing loans are a small fraction of the bank’s loss-absorbing capital.

Texas Ratio
Caution 50%

0.00% - lower is safer; 100% is the level at which troubled assets equal loss-absorbing capital.

FDIC Failed Bank List → View First Western Federal Savings Bank 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 ($67M here), outside South Dakota so the neighborhood is not state containment.

Homewood Federal Savings Bank $67M · MD Miners & Merchants Bank $67M · WV State Bank of Lakota $67M · ND The Lauderdale County Bank $67M · TN

Source: FDIC BankFind Suite, Call Report (FFIEC 031/041) First Western Federal Savings Bank (FDIC Cert #31972) - 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.

First Western Federal Savings Bank 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.

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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%