TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Lake Shore Bank vs Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union

Bank

Lake Shore Bank

Dunkirk, New York · $100 million – $1 billion

86of 100
Very strong

Credit union

Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union

Gowanda, New York · Under $100 million in assets

99of 100
Very strong

Metric by metric

MeasureLake Shore BankGowanda Area Federal Credit Union
TellerScore8699 (stronger)
Capital cushion100100
Loan quality92100 (stronger)
Earnings6596 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity67100 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98100 (stronger)
Peer percentile90th99th
Total assets$735.9M$33.5M
Deposits / shares$599.1M$28.1M
Capital ratio17.43% (stronger)16.06%
Problem loans0.25%0.00% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.00% (stronger)0.02%
Return on assets1.13%1.91% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits93.2%45.0% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits11.6%0.0% (stronger)
Offices101
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)23.9%—

Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (99 vs 86). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Lake Shore Bank leads on 2 and Gowanda Area Federal Credit Union on 5. 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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