FIRST AREA

Charter #61756 | MI

<100M (2596 CUs) Micro
61 <100M in MI

FIRST AREA has 1 strength but faces 4 concerns

Key Strengths

Areas where this CU excels compared to peers

  • + Net Charge-Off Rate: Top 4.8% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - ROA 0.26% below tier average
  • - Efficiency ratio 8.25% above tier (higher cost structure)
  • - Member decline: -10.1% YoY
  • - Member Growth Rate: Bottom 5.8% in tier

Core Metrics

As of 2025-Q3

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MI) National Avg Tier Percentile
Members 2,896
-10.1% YoY-1.1% QoQ
+270 2,625
-2.2% YoY
35,456
+8.6% YoY
33,089
+6.1% YoY
65th in tier
Assets $37.3M
-4.5% YoY-5.8% QoQ
+$7.5M $29.9M
+1.1% YoY
$650.8M
+12.6% YoY
$547.7M
+7.8% YoY
67th in tier
Loans $17.7M
+2.0% YoY+1.4% QoQ
+$2.0M $15.8M
-2.4% YoY
$461.6M
+14.9% YoY
$388.7M
+8.6% YoY
66th in tier
Deposits $34.2M
-5.5% YoY-6.7% QoQ
+$8.8M $25.5M
+0.4% YoY
$550.3M
+12.5% YoY
$464.6M
+9.3% YoY
69th in tier
ROA 0.4%
-378.9% YoY+197.8% QoQ
-0.3% 0.7%
-731.4% YoY
0.8%
-27.1% YoY
0.7%
+273.4% YoY
33rd in tier
NIM 3.1%
+33.5% YoY+3.4% QoQ
-0.8% 3.9%
+3.8% YoY
3.7%
+8.5% YoY
3.7%
+5.0% YoY
Bottom 21.1% in tier
Efficiency Ratio 89.6%
-15.5% YoY-6.6% QoQ
+8.2% 81.4%
-2.4% YoY
76.1%
-1.3% YoY
79.1%
-3.3% YoY
Top 24.1% in tier
Delinquency Rate 1.4%
+2042.0% YoY+3139.3% QoQ
-0.1 1.5%
-2.0% YoY
0.9%
-19.7% YoY
1.2%
-0.9% YoY
72nd in tier
Loan To Share 51.7%
+8.0% YoY+8.8% QoQ
-9.5% 61.2%
-3.0% YoY
68.1%
+0.3% YoY
68.0%
-1.7% YoY
35th in tier
AMR $17,945
+7.7% YoY-3.0% QoQ
+$3K $14,627
-2.7% YoY
$22,054
+2.5% YoY
$19,418
+1.3% YoY
71st in tier
CD Concentration 14.7%
-10.4% YoY+16.9% QoQ
-9.7% 24.4%
+4.2% YoY
18.6%
+6.0% YoY
19.6%
+6.2% YoY
50th in tier
Indirect Auto % 4.2%
-31.0% YoY-7.0% QoQ
-9.8% 14.0%
-5.8% YoY
11.9%
-2.7% YoY
7.9%
-2.9% YoY
50th in tier

Signature Analysis

Strengths (0)

No strengths identified

Concerns (0)

No concerns identified

Metric Rankings

See how this credit union ranks across all tracked metrics compared to peers.

Strengths: Metrics in the top 25% (75th percentile or higher) | Concerns: Metrics in the bottom 25% (25th percentile or lower)

Comparing against 2596 peers in tier

Top Strengths (2 metrics)

126
Net Charge-Off Rate
risk
Value: -0.07%
Peer Avg: 0.57%
#126 of 2596 Top 4.8% in <100M tier
383
AMR Growth Rate
growth
Value: 7.74%
Peer Avg: 4.67%
#383 of 2596 Top 14.7% in <100M tier

Top Weaknesses (8 metrics)

2447
Member Growth Rate
growth
Value: -10.06%
Peer Avg: 14.92%
#2447 of 2596 Bottom 5.8% in <100M tier
2289
Indirect Auto Concentration (%)
balance_sheet
Value: 4.21%
Peer Avg: 2.84%
#2289 of 2596 Bottom 11.9% in <100M tier
2201
First Mortgage Concentration (%)
balance_sheet
Value: 35.97%
Peer Avg: 14.49%
#2201 of 2596 Bottom 15.3% in <100M tier
2191
Asset Growth Rate
growth
Value: -4.53%
Peer Avg: 1.82%
#2191 of 2596 Bottom 15.6% in <100M tier
2186
Deposit Growth Rate
growth
Value: -5.55%
Peer Avg: 16.80%
#2186 of 2596 Bottom 15.8% in <100M tier
2049
Net Interest Margin (NIM)
profitability
Value: 3.10%
Peer Avg: 3.93%
#2049 of 2596 Bottom 21.1% in <100M tier
2016
Net Worth Ratio
risk
Value: 10.67%
Peer Avg: 16.43%
#2016 of 2596 Bottom 22.4% in <100M tier
1971
Efficiency Ratio
profitability
Value: 89.64%
Peer Avg: 81.39%
#1971 of 2596 Bottom 24.1% in <100M tier