TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

FirstState Bank vs Emblem Credit Union

Bank

FirstState Bank

Lineville, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

70of 100
Strong

Credit union

Emblem Credit Union

Gadsden, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

72of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureFirstState BankEmblem Credit Union
TellerScore7072 (stronger)
Capital cushion6163 (stronger)
Loan quality7679 (stronger)
Earnings5166 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity95 (stronger)74
Problem-loan coverage8791 (stronger)
Peer percentile43rd57th
Total assets$349.4M$627.6M
Deposits / shares$323.9M$558.3M
Capital ratio11.14%11.29% (stronger)
Problem loans0.72%0.63% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.16% (stronger)0.23%
Return on assets0.77%1.15% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits46.6% (stronger)86.0%
Uninsured deposits19.7%11.0% (stronger)
Offices37
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—28.7%

Emblem Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (72 vs 70). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), FirstState Bank leads on 2 and Emblem Credit Union on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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