TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Citizens Bank vs Guardian Credit Union

Bank

First Citizens Bank

Luverne, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

87of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Guardian Credit Union

Prattville, Alabama · $1 billion – $10 billion

57of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Citizens BankGuardian Credit Union
TellerScore87 (stronger)57
Capital cushion93 (stronger)45
Loan quality75 (stronger)52
Earnings100 (stronger)67
Funding & liquidity78 (stronger)66
Problem-loan coverage82 (stronger)75
Peer percentile91st17th
Total assets$402.6M$1.3B
Deposits / shares$344.1M$1.0B
Capital ratio14.30% (stronger)9.46%
Problem loans0.76% (stronger)1.45%
Net charge-offs-0.00% (stronger)0.92%
Return on assets2.01% (stronger)1.18%
Loans ÷ deposits66.4% (stronger)93.8%
Uninsured deposits29.5%12.3% (stronger)
Offices518
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)1.0%—

First Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (87 vs 57). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Citizens Bank leads on 6 and Guardian Credit Union on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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