TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Gulf Coast Bank vs Meritus Federal Credit Union

Bank

Gulf Coast Bank

Abbeville, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

86of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Meritus Federal Credit Union

Lafayette, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

68of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureGulf Coast BankMeritus Federal Credit Union
TellerScore86 (stronger)68
Capital cushion97 (stronger)82
Loan quality79 (stronger)78
Earnings70 (stronger)14
Funding & liquidity90 (stronger)81
Problem-loan coverage95 (stronger)93
Peer percentile90th45th
Total assets$513.7M$246.0M
Deposits / shares$444.1M$208.8M
Capital ratio14.75% (stronger)13.24%
Problem loans0.63% (stronger)0.67%
Net charge-offs0.13% (stronger)0.82%
Return on assets1.25% (stronger)-0.15%
Loans ÷ deposits65.5% (stronger)79.2%
Uninsured deposits19.5%1.1% (stronger)
Offices93
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)17.2%28.1%

Gulf Coast Bank has the higher TellerScore (86 vs 68). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Gulf Coast Bank leads on 6 and Meritus Federal Credit Union on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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