TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Citizens Bank vs Availa Bank

Bank

First Citizens Bank

Mason City, Iowa · $1 billion – $10 billion

81of 100
Strong

Bank

Availa Bank

Carroll, Iowa · $1 billion – $10 billion

65of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Citizens BankAvaila Bank
TellerScore81 (stronger)65
Capital cushion70 (stronger)43
Loan quality95 (stronger)91
Earnings100 (stronger)58
Funding & liquidity4355 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage97 (stronger)96
Peer percentile91st36th
Total assets$1.8B$1.7B
Deposits / shares$1.6B$1.4B
Capital ratio11.96% (stronger)9.33%
Problem loans0.16% (stronger)0.26%
Net charge-offs0.13%0.04% (stronger)
Return on assets2.09% (stronger)0.95%
Loans ÷ deposits83.2%82.8% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits45.6%35.2% (stronger)
Offices612
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—5.3%

First Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (81 vs 65). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Citizens Bank leads on 4 and Availa Bank on 3. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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