TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Western Federal Savings Bank vs Black Hills Federal Credit Union

Bank

First Western Federal Savings Bank

Rapid City, South Dakota · Under $100 million in assets

92of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Black Hills Federal Credit Union

Rapid City, South Dakota · $1 billion – $10 billion

63of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Western Federal Savings BankBlack Hills Federal Credit Union
TellerScore92 (stronger)63
Capital cushion100 (stronger)56
Loan quality100 (stronger)68
Earnings100 (stronger)39
Funding & liquidity4683 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)87
Peer percentile92nd33rd
Total assets$63.5M$2.4B
Deposits / shares$40.6M$2.1B
Capital ratio18.08% (stronger)10.56%
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)0.95%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.50%
Return on assets2.31% (stronger)0.47%
Loans ÷ deposits143.5%77.7% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits18.7%14.3% (stronger)
Offices117
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.3%27.1%

First Western Federal Savings Bank has the higher TellerScore (92 vs 63). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Western Federal Savings Bank leads on 5 and Black Hills Federal 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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