Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data
Mercantile Bank vs Blue Water Federal Credit Union
Credit union
Blue Water Federal Credit Union
Port Huron, Michigan · Under $100 million in assets
Metric by metric
| Measure | Mercantile Bank | Blue Water Federal Credit Union |
|---|---|---|
| TellerScore | 73 | 86 (stronger) |
| Capital cushion | 66 | 94 (stronger) |
| Loan quality | 97 (stronger) | 92 |
| Earnings | 84 (stronger) | 49 |
| Funding & liquidity | 18 | 100 (stronger) |
| Problem-loan coverage | 99 | 99 |
| Peer percentile | 70th | 80th |
| Total assets | $6.2B | $20.4M |
| Deposits / shares | $4.9B | $17.4M |
| Capital ratio | 11.61% | 14.42% (stronger) |
| Problem loans | 0.10% (stronger) | 0.23% |
| Net charge-offs | -0.03% (stronger) | 0.35% |
| Return on assets | 1.61% (stronger) | 0.74% |
| Loans ÷ deposits | 95.4% | 48.0% (stronger) |
| Uninsured deposits | 57.5% | 5.5% (stronger) |
| Offices | 33 | 3 |
| CFPB complaints (3 yrs) | — | — |
| Complaints per $1B deposits | — | — |
| Mortgage denial rate (HMDA) | 15.2% | — |
Blue Water Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (86 vs 73). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Mercantile Bank leads on 3 and Blue Water Federal Credit Union on 4. 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.