TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Bank of the Sierra vs Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union

Bank

Bank of the Sierra

Porterville, California · $1 billion – $10 billion

77of 100
Strong

Credit union

Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union

Santa Barbara, California · $100 million – $1 billion

88of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureBank of the SierraSanta Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union
TellerScore7788 (stronger)
Capital cushion7288 (stronger)
Loan quality86100 (stronger)
Earnings73 (stronger)56
Funding & liquidity63100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage96100 (stronger)
Peer percentile83rd92nd
Total assets$3.7B$308.5M
Deposits / shares$2.9B$264.3M
Capital ratio12.25%13.82% (stronger)
Problem loans0.43%0.01% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.02%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets1.33% (stronger)0.91%
Loans ÷ deposits82.9%21.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits27.9%5.2% (stronger)
Offices345
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—5.9%

Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (88 vs 77). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Bank of the Sierra leads on 1 and Santa Barbara Teachers Federal Credit Union on 6. They differ a lot in size, so ratios such as capital and liquidity are naturally different — the peer percentile shows how each compares with institutions its own size. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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