TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California vs Valley First Federal Credit Union

Bank

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California

Lodi, California · $1 billion – $10 billion

79of 100
Strong

Credit union

Valley First Federal Credit Union

Modesto, California · $1 billion – $10 billion

62of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFarmers & Merchants Bank of Central CaliforniaValley First Federal Credit Union
TellerScore79 (stronger)62
Capital cushion67 (stronger)48
Loan quality96 (stronger)76
Earnings89 (stronger)43
Funding & liquidity4971 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)89
Peer percentile88th30th
Total assets$5.8B$1.1B
Deposits / shares$5.1B$925.8M
Capital ratio11.65% (stronger)9.81%
Problem loans0.13% (stronger)0.71%
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)1.07%
Return on assets1.74% (stronger)0.57%
Loans ÷ deposits71.2% (stronger)89.7%
Uninsured deposits51.4%5.6% (stronger)
Offices297
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)34.6%—

Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California has the higher TellerScore (79 vs 62). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Farmers & Merchants Bank of Central California leads on 6 and Valley First Federal Credit Union on 1. 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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