TellerScore

Side-by-side · Q2 2026 data

Valley State Bank vs First Federal Bank, A FSB

Bank

Valley State Bank

Russellville, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

82of 100
Strong

Bank

First Federal Bank, A FSB

Tuscaloosa, Alabama · $100 million – $1 billion

55of 100
Moderate

Metric by metric

MeasureValley State BankFirst Federal Bank, A FSB
TellerScore82 (stronger)55
Capital cushion100 (stronger)28
Loan quality6880 (stronger)
Earnings75 (stronger)50
Funding & liquidity69 (stronger)50
Problem-loan coverage94 (stronger)88
Peer percentile82nd11th
Total assets$169.5M$182.6M
Deposits / shares$139.4M$120.4M
Capital ratio17.80% (stronger)7.82%
Problem loans0.97%0.60% (stronger)
Net charge-offs0.01% (stronger)0.01%
Return on assets1.37% (stronger)0.74%
Loans ÷ deposits62.9% (stronger)125.1%
Uninsured deposits40.7%9.1% (stronger)
Offices23
CFPB complaints (3 yrs)——
Complaints per $1B deposits——
Mortgage denial rate (HMDA)—4.5%

Valley State Bank has the higher TellerScore (82 vs 55). On the 7 directional measures above (where higher or lower is clearly better), Valley State Bank leads on 5 and First Federal Bank, A FSB on 2. Deposits are insured up to $250,000 per depositor, per ownership category, at both.

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