TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Area Federal Credit Union vs Northern Hills Federal Credit Union

Credit union

Area Federal Credit Union

Aberdeen, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

87of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Northern Hills Federal Credit Union

Sturgis, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

66of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureArea Federal Credit UnionNorthern Hills Federal Credit Union
TellerScore87 (stronger)66
Capital cushion100 (stronger)46
Loan quality8490 (stronger)
Earnings75 (stronger)52
Funding & liquidity75 (stronger)66
Problem-loan coverage96 (stronger)93
Peer percentile91st37th
Total assets$199.9M$204.9M
Deposits / shares$165.1M$183.2M
Capital ratio17.10% (stronger)9.57%
Problem loans0.47%0.29% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.05% (stronger)0.40%
Return on assets1.37% (stronger)0.79%
Loans ÷ deposits85.6% (stronger)94.4%
Uninsured deposits9.8%9.5% (stronger)
Offices03
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—17.9%

Area Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (87 vs 66). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Area Federal Credit Union leads on 5 and Northern Hills Federal Credit Union on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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