TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Southwest Bank vs Valley Educators Credit Union

Bank

First Southwest Bank

Durango, Colorado · $100 million – $1 billion

86of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Valley Educators Credit Union

Alamosa, Colorado · Under $100 million in assets

56of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Southwest BankValley Educators Credit Union
TellerScore86 (stronger)56
Capital cushion100100
Loan quality99 (stronger)19
Earnings44 (stronger)14
Funding & liquidity85 (stronger)68
Problem-loan coverage99 (stronger)85
Peer percentile90th16th
Total assets$657.5M$6.1M
Deposits / shares$491.7M$4.8M
Capital ratio15.31%21.96% (stronger)
Problem loans0.04% (stronger)2.42%
Net charge-offs0.05% (stronger)1.89%
Return on assets0.60% (stronger)-0.15%
Loans ÷ deposits68.6% (stronger)92.5%
Uninsured deposits21.5%0.0% (stronger)
Offices63
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)——

First Southwest Bank has the higher TellerScore (86 vs 56). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Southwest Bank leads on 5 and Valley Educators Credit Union on 2. 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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