TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Forest Area Federal Credit Union vs Preferred Credit Union

Credit union

Forest Area Federal Credit Union

Fife Lake, Michigan · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Credit union

Preferred Credit Union

Grand Rapids, Michigan · $100 million – $1 billion

87of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureForest Area Federal Credit UnionPreferred Credit Union
TellerScore7187 (stronger)
Capital cushion7893 (stronger)
Loan quality3688 (stronger)
Earnings87 (stronger)64
Funding & liquidity89100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage8197 (stronger)
Peer percentile54th91st
Total assets$318.3M$318.1M
Deposits / shares$277.8M$270.6M
Capital ratio12.76%14.25% (stronger)
Problem loans1.92%0.37% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.97%0.47% (stronger)
Return on assets1.69% (stronger)1.11%
Loans ÷ deposits71.5%58.2% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits3.5%3.1% (stronger)
Offices84
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—14.6%

Preferred Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (87 vs 71). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Forest Area Federal Credit Union leads on 1 and Preferred Credit Union on 6. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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