TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Ouachita Valley Federal Credit Union vs Essential Credit Union

Credit union

Ouachita Valley Federal Credit Union

West Monroe, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

80of 100
Strong

Credit union

Essential Credit Union

Baton Rouge, Louisiana · $100 million – $1 billion

50of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureOuachita Valley Federal Credit UnionEssential Credit Union
TellerScore80 (stronger)50
Capital cushion81 (stronger)41
Loan quality74 (stronger)52
Earnings75 (stronger)38
Funding & liquidity88 (stronger)64
Problem-loan coverage92 (stronger)72
Peer percentile78th6th
Total assets$464.1M$434.2M
Deposits / shares$420.9M$362.4M
Capital ratio13.12% (stronger)9.06%
Problem loans0.78% (stronger)1.45%
Net charge-offs0.68% (stronger)0.93%
Return on assets1.37% (stronger)0.46%
Loans ÷ deposits71.8% (stronger)96.4%
Uninsured deposits8.5%5.9% (stronger)
Offices17
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)42.5%—

Ouachita Valley Federal Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 50). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Ouachita Valley Federal Credit Union leads on 6 and Essential Credit Union on 1. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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