TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

The Citizens Bank vs Lea County State Bank

Bank

The Citizens Bank

Farmington, New Mexico · $100 million – $1 billion

80of 100
Strong

Bank

Lea County State Bank

Hobbs, New Mexico · $100 million – $1 billion

49of 100
Below average

Metric by metric

MeasureThe Citizens BankLea County State Bank
TellerScore80 (stronger)49
Capital cushion4142 (stronger)
Loan quality99 (stronger)0
Earnings100 (stronger)83
Funding & liquidity84 (stronger)81
Problem-loan coverage100 (stronger)73
Peer percentile77th6th
Total assets$804.3M$738.3M
Deposits / shares$697.5M$662.4M
Capital ratio9.11%9.21% (stronger)
Problem loans0.02% (stronger)3.61%
Net charge-offs0.06% (stronger)0.66%
Return on assets2.06% (stronger)1.58%
Loans ÷ deposits44.5%34.6% (stronger)
Uninsured deposits29.8% (stronger)31.9%
Offices62
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)16.9%—

The Citizens Bank has the higher TellerScore (80 vs 49). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), The Citizens Bank leads on 5 and Lea County State Bank on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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