TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First American Bank vs Citizens Bank of Las Cruces

Bank

First American Bank

Artesia, New Mexico · $1 billion – $10 billion

80of 100
Strong

Bank

Citizens Bank of Las Cruces

Las Cruces, New Mexico · $1 billion – $10 billion

76of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst American BankCitizens Bank of Las Cruces
TellerScore80 (stronger)76
Capital cushion68 (stronger)54
Loan quality8286 (stronger)
Earnings100100
Funding & liquidity63 (stronger)56
Problem-loan coverage9494
Peer percentile90th80th
Total assets$1.9B$1.2B
Deposits / shares$1.6B$1.0B
Capital ratio11.79% (stronger)10.42%
Problem loans0.53%0.43% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets2.89% (stronger)2.25%
Loans ÷ deposits70.3% (stronger)81.5%
Uninsured deposits38.8%35.5% (stronger)
Offices199
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.6%3.5%

First American Bank has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 76). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First American Bank leads on 4 and Citizens Bank of Las Cruces on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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