TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Area Federal Credit Union vs Sentinel Federal Credit Union

Credit union

Area Federal Credit Union

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

87of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Sentinel Federal Credit Union

Box Elder, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureArea Federal Credit UnionSentinel Federal Credit Union
TellerScore87 (stronger)67
Capital cushion100 (stronger)58
Loan quality84 (stronger)76
Earnings75 (stronger)45
Funding & liquidity7584 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage96 (stronger)91
Peer percentile91st41st
Total assets$199.9M$199.3M
Deposits / shares$165.1M$176.3M
Capital ratio17.10% (stronger)10.83%
Problem loans0.47% (stronger)0.71%
Net charge-offs0.05% (stronger)0.30%
Return on assets1.37% (stronger)0.62%
Loans ÷ deposits85.6%76.4% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits9.8%5.8% (stronger)
Offices07
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—2.7%

Area Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (87 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Area Federal Credit Union leads on 5 and Sentinel Federal Credit Union on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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