HOWARD COUNTY EDUCATION

Charter #8642 | MD

<100M (2596 CUs) Micro
28 <100M in MD

HOWARD COUNTY EDUCATION has 4 strengths but faces 1 concern

Key Strengths

Areas where this CU excels compared to peers

  • + ROA 0.16% above tier average
  • + Net Interest Margin 1.79% above tier average
  • + Indirect Auto Concentration (%): Top 0.0% in tier
  • + Members Per Employee (MPE): Top 9.5% in tier

Key Concerns

Areas that may need attention

  • - Efficiency ratio 0.28% above tier (higher cost structure)

Core Metrics

As of 2025-Q3

Metric Current vs Tier Tier Avg State Avg (MD) National Avg Tier Percentile
Members 3,976
-1.1% YoY+0.5% QoQ
+1.4K 2,625
-2.2% YoY
34,720
+7.7% YoY
33,089
+6.1% YoY
Top 21.7% in tier
Assets $25.0M
-0.9% YoY-0.8% QoQ
$-4.9M $29.9M
+1.1% YoY
$624.1M
+9.4% YoY
$547.7M
+7.8% YoY
54th in tier
Loans $16.0M
-1.0% YoY-1.7% QoQ
+$207K $15.8M
-2.4% YoY
$452.1M
+10.3% YoY
$388.7M
+8.6% YoY
63rd in tier
Deposits $22.2M
-1.6% YoY-1.1% QoQ
$-3.2M $25.5M
+0.4% YoY
$528.8M
+10.3% YoY
$464.6M
+9.3% YoY
56th in tier
ROA 0.8%
+41.9% YoY-3.5% QoQ
+0.2% 0.7%
-731.4% YoY
0.6%
+23.1% YoY
0.7%
+273.4% YoY
54th in tier
NIM 5.7%
+16.3% YoY+2.4% QoQ
+1.8% 3.9%
+3.8% YoY
3.5%
+4.2% YoY
3.7%
+5.0% YoY
Top 5.8% in tier
Efficiency Ratio 81.7%
+2.1% YoY+1.8% QoQ
+0.3% 81.4%
-2.4% YoY
78.6%
-6.6% YoY
79.1%
-3.3% YoY
58th in tier
Delinquency Rate 1.1%
-7.0% YoY-40.8% QoQ
-0.4 1.5%
-2.0% YoY
1.2%
+5.3% YoY
1.2%
-0.9% YoY
64th in tier
Loan To Share 71.9%
+0.6% YoY-0.6% QoQ
+10.6% 61.2%
-3.0% YoY
65.0%
-0.2% YoY
68.0%
-1.7% YoY
65th in tier
AMR $9,610
-0.2% YoY-1.9% QoQ
$-5K $14,627
-2.7% YoY
$20,685
+4.6% YoY
$19,418
+1.3% YoY
27th in tier
CD Concentration 7.6%
-16.9% YoY-10.7% QoQ
-16.8% 24.4%
+4.2% YoY
20.4%
+10.6% YoY
19.6%
+6.2% YoY
50th in tier
Indirect Auto % 0.0% -14.0% 14.0%
-5.8% YoY
7.4%
+4.0% 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 (4 metrics)

1
Indirect Auto Concentration (%)
balance_sheet
Value: 0.00%
Peer Avg: 2.84%
#1 of 2596 Top 0.0% in <100M tier
150
Net Interest Margin (NIM)
profitability
Value: 5.72%
Peer Avg: 3.93%
#150 of 2596 Top 5.7% in <100M tier
247
Members Per Employee (MPE)
engagement
Value: 568.000
Peer Avg: 365.701
#247 of 2596 Top 9.5% in <100M tier
563
Total Members
engagement
Value: 3,976
Peer Avg: 2,626
#563 of 2596 Top 21.6% in <100M tier

Top Weaknesses (2 metrics)

2084
Net Charge-Off Rate
risk
Value: 0.77%
Peer Avg: 0.57%
#2084 of 2596 Bottom 19.8% in <100M tier
1997
Net Worth Ratio
risk
Value: 10.75%
Peer Avg: 16.43%
#1997 of 2596 Bottom 23.1% in <100M tier