TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Credit Union vs Desert Financial Credit Union

Credit union

First Credit Union

Chandler, Arizona · $100 million – $1 billion

61of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Desert Financial Credit Union

Phoenix, Arizona · $1 billion – $10 billion

80of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Credit UnionDesert Financial Credit Union
TellerScore6180 (stronger)
Capital cushion4471 (stronger)
Loan quality8284 (stronger)
Earnings3064 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity85100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9095 (stronger)
Peer percentile24th88th
Total assets$811.6M$9.9B
Deposits / shares$689.0M$8.9B
Capital ratio9.37%12.10% (stronger)
Problem loans0.53%0.47% (stronger)
Net charge-offs1.24%0.29% (stronger)
Return on assets0.24%1.11% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits75.1%59.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits5.9% (stronger)11.7%
Offices1051
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)16.0%26.1%

Desert Financial Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 61). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Credit Union leads on 1 and Desert Financial 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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