TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

South Metro Federal Credit Union vs Northwoods Credit Union

Credit union

South Metro Federal Credit Union

Prior Lake, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

51of 100
Below average

Credit union

Northwoods Credit Union

Cloquet, Minnesota · $100 million – $1 billion

71of 100
Strong

Metric by metric

MeasureSouth Metro Federal Credit UnionNorthwoods Credit Union
TellerScore5171 (stronger)
Capital cushion3149 (stronger)
Loan quality8384 (stronger)
Earnings2274 (stronger)
Funding & liquidity5175 (stronger)
Problem-loan coverage9093 (stronger)
Peer percentile7th54th
Total assets$184.8M$175.2M
Deposits / shares$173.3M$154.7M
Capital ratio8.09%9.93% (stronger)
Problem loans0.50%0.49% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.33% (stronger)0.50%
Return on assets0.04%1.35% (stronger)
Loans ÷ deposits82.5% (stronger)85.2%
Uninsured deposits39.3%1.5% (stronger)
Offices11
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)8.3%—

Northwoods Credit Union has the higher TellerScore (71 vs 51). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), South Metro Federal Credit Union leads on 2 and Northwoods Credit Union on 5. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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