TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

First Western Federal Savings Bank vs Highmark Federal Credit Union

Bank

First Western Federal Savings Bank

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

92of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Highmark Federal Credit Union

Rapid City, South Dakota · $100 million – $1 billion

46of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureFirst Western Federal Savings BankHighmark Federal Credit Union
TellerScore92 (stronger)46
Capital cushion100 (stronger)27
Loan quality100 (stronger)52
Earnings100 (stronger)34
Funding & liquidity4678 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)67
Peer percentile92nd3rd
Total assets$63.5M$257.8M
Deposits / shares$40.6M$235.1M
Capital ratio18.08% (stronger)7.67%
Problem loans0.00% (stronger)1.43%
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.71%
Return on assets2.31% (stronger)0.36%
Loans ÷ deposits143.5%82.1% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits18.7%11.3% (stronger)
Offices14
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)4.3%0.0%

First Western Federal Savings Bank has the higher TellerScore (92 vs 46). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), First Western Federal Savings Bank leads on 5 and Highmark Federal Credit Union on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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