TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Highland Bank vs Ely Area Credit Union

Bank

Highland Bank

Saint Paul, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

34of 100
Low

Credit union

Ely Area Credit Union

Ely, Minnesota · Under $100 million in assets

99of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureHighland BankEly Area Credit Union
TellerScore3499 (stronger)
Capital cushion36100 (stronger)
Loan quality1695 (stronger)
Earnings22100 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity60100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage6099 (stronger)
Peer percentile1st99th
Total assets$775.9M$74.3M
Deposits / shares$684.4M$61.6M
Capital ratio8.58%16.97% (stronger)
Problem loans2.51%0.14% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.80%-0.18% (stronger)
Return on assets0.04%2.60% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits80.2%41.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits33.2%2.8% (stronger)
Offices72
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)15.5%7.5%

Ely Area Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (99 vs 34). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Highland Bank leads on 0 and Ely Area Credit Union on 7. 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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