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Pioneer State Bank vs Ascent Bank

Side-by-side regulatory financials for the latest quarter on file with the FFIEC.

Pioneer State Bank

RSSD 445674 · DEER LODGE, MT

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winning metrics across 18 comparable rows

Ascent Bank

RSSD 647955 · HELENA, MT

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Capital adequacy

Metric Pioneer State Bank Ascent Bank
CET1 Ratio 11.41%
Tier 1 Capital Ratio 11.41%
Total Capital Ratio 12.66%
Tier 1 Leverage Ratio 15.68% 7.98%
Equity / Assets 14.95% 8.72%

Profitability

Metric Pioneer State Bank Ascent Bank
Return on Assets (ROA) -0.77% 1.12%
Return on Equity (ROE) -5.01% 12.64%
Net Interest Margin (NIM) 3.37% 4.15%
Yield on Earning Assets 5.22% 5.89%
Cost of Funds 1.96% 1.90%

Asset quality

Metric Pioneer State Bank Ascent Bank
Texas Ratio 0.28% 19.49%
Non-Performing Loan Ratio 0.00% 2.20%
Non-Performing Asset Ratio 0.00% 1.76%
Net Charge-Off Ratio 0.00% 0.00%
ACL / Loans 1.27% 1.54%

Balance sheet

Metric Pioneer State Bank Ascent Bank
Total Assets $121,990K $104,062K
Total Deposits $95,158K $92,473K
Total Loans $91,740K $83,049K
Total Equity $18,233K $9,072K
Net Income (quarter) $-230 $312

Liquidity & funding

Metric Pioneer State Bank Ascent Bank
Loan-to-Deposit Ratio 96.41% 89.81%
Core Deposit Ratio 88.29% 81.45%
Uninsured Deposit Ratio

Identity

Metric Pioneer State Bank Ascent Bank
Headquarters City DEER LODGE HELENA
Headquarters State MT MT
Asset Tier 5: $100M-1B 5: $100M-1B
Charter Class 0 0
Regulator FDIC FDIC
Domestic Branches 2 2
Employees (FTE) 19 17
Established Jan. 1, 1912, midnight April 13, 1970, midnight

About this comparison

All metrics are sourced from FFIEC call report filings — the public regulatory financial reports every FDIC-insured US bank files quarterly. Both banks are reported as of March 31, 2026. The "winner" highlight is determined by the supervisory direction convention: higher is better for capital and profitability metrics; lower is better for risk metrics like Texas Ratio and uninsured-deposit ratio.

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