TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Hughes Federal Credit Union vs Desert Financial Credit Union

Credit union

Hughes Federal Credit Union

Tucson, Arizona · $1 billion – $10 billion

38of 100
Low

Credit union

Desert Financial Credit Union

Phoenix, Arizona · $1 billion – $10 billion

80of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureHughes Federal Credit UnionDesert Financial Credit Union
TellerScore3880 (stronger)
Capital cushion3971 (stronger)
Loan quality2484 (stronger)
Earnings2564 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity71100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage5195 (stronger)
Peer percentile1st88th
Total assets$2.6B$9.9B
Deposits / shares$2.4B$8.9B
Capital ratio8.86%12.10% (stronger)
Problem loans2.28%0.47% (stronger)
Net charge-offs2.85%0.29% (stronger)
Return on assets0.12%1.11% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits88.8%59.9% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits9.5% (stronger)11.7%
Offices751
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)29.1%26.1%

Desert Financial Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 38). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Hughes Federal Credit Union leads on 1 and Desert Financial Credit Union on 6. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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