TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Montecito Bank & Trust vs Santa Maria Associated Employees Federal Credit Union

Bank

Montecito Bank & Trust

Santa Barbara, California · $1 billion – $10 billion

69of 100
Moderate

Credit union

Santa Maria Associated Employees Federal Credit Union

Santa Maria, California · Under $100 million in assets

67of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureMontecito Bank & TrustSanta Maria Associated Employees Federal Credit Union
TellerScore69 (stronger)67
Capital cushion63 (stronger)46
Loan quality94 (stronger)93
Earnings44 (stronger)33
Funding & liquidity5488 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage98 (stronger)97
Peer percentile53rd34th
Total assets$2.0B$4.8M
Deposits / shares$1.7B$4.3M
Capital ratio11.29% (stronger)9.62%
Problem loans0.17% (stronger)0.21%
Net charge-offs0.02%0.00% (stronger)
Return on assets0.60% (stronger)0.31%
Loans ÷ deposits79.4%72.3% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits38.6%0.0% (stronger)
Offices161
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)26.7%—

Montecito Bank & Trust has the higher TellerScore (69 vs 67). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Montecito Bank & Trust leads on 4 and Santa Maria Associated Employees Federal Credit Union on 3. 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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