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Titans Credit Unions

Titans Credit Unions

2026-Q1 24 Credit Unions Skip to the TL;DR

Titans Surge Past Industry on Growth and Profits, But NIM Gap and Rising Delinquency Spread Demand Scrutiny

Titans Credit Unions entered 2026-Q1 with broad-based momentum: ROA climbed to 0.90% — up from 0.73% last quarter and 0.68% a year ago — placing the cohort 22 basis points above the national average. Asset growth accelerated to 6.40%, more than doubling its 3.23% pace from 2025-Q1. Member growth, while still a robust 2.91% and 3.56 percentage points above the national rate of -0.65%, has decelerated from 4.95% a year ago. Net worth strengthened to 11.00%, though it trails the national 13.61%. The central tension: exceptional scale and growth paired with a widening NIM deficit and above-average delinquency spread across the cohort.

How This Tier Compares

Titans Member Growth vs National Average - Q1 2026

Titans member growth is 2.91%, 3.56 percentage points above the national average of -0.65%.

Titans ROA vs National Average - Q1 2026

Titans roa is 0.90%, 22 basis points above the national average of 0.67%.

Titans Asset Growth vs National Average - Q1 2026

Titans asset growth is 6.40%, 3.77 percentage points above the national average of 2.64%.

Key Insights

Year-over-Year Changes

Asset Growth (YoY) (Absolute)
2025-Q1 2026-Q1
3.23% → 6.40% (+3.17%)
Net Interest Margin (NIM) (Absolute)
2025-Q1 2026-Q1
3.06% → 3.20% (+0.14%)
Share Certificate Concentration (%) (Absolute)
2025-Q1 2026-Q1
31.14% → 30.20% (-0.94%)
First Mortgage Concentration (%) (Absolute)
2025-Q1 2026-Q1
39.22% → 41.53% (+2.31%)
Indirect Auto Concentration (%) (Absolute)
2025-Q1 2026-Q1
15.52% → 14.95% (-0.58%)

Quarter-over-Quarter Changes

Asset Growth (YoY) (Absolute)
2025-Q4 2026-Q1
6.25% → 6.40% (+0.15%)
Deposit Growth (YoY) (Absolute)
2025-Q4 2026-Q1
6.83% → 6.48% (-0.36%)
Net Interest Margin (NIM) (Absolute)
2025-Q4 2026-Q1
3.12% → 3.20% (+0.08%)
Share Certificate Concentration (%) (Absolute)
2025-Q4 2026-Q1
31.44% → 30.20% (-1.23%)
First Mortgage Concentration (%) (Absolute)
2025-Q4 2026-Q1
41.24% → 41.53% (+0.29%)

Key Metrics

Return on Assets

0.90%

YoY
22 basis points above national
Profitability

Net Interest Margin

3.20%

YoY
50 basis points below national
Profitability

Asset Growth

6.40%

YoY
Growth

Member Growth

2.91%

Growth

Delinquency Rate

0.91%

YoY
Risk

Net Worth Ratio

11.00%

Risk

AMR Growth

3.32%

Engagement

Deposit Growth

6.48%

YoY
Growth

Loan Growth

5.67%

YoY
Growth

Member Engagement

Member Growth (YoY %)

Member growth at Titans CUs decelerated to 2.91% in 2026-Q1, down 0.25 pp from 3.16% in 2025-Q4 and down a more substantial 2.04 pp from 4.95% in 2025-Q1 — a clear year-over-year cooling trend. Still, the cohort remains firmly in growth territory: 79.2% of Titans CUs are growing members, and the 2.91% rate stands 3.56 percentage points above the national average of -0.65%, which is itself negative. The deceleration warrants monitoring, but Titans continue to outpace industry peers on member acquisition by a wide margin.

Profitability

Return on Assets (%)

Net Interest Margin (%)

Profitability strengthened materially in 2026-Q1. ROA increased to 0.90% from 0.73% in 2025-Q4 (QoQ +0.17 pp) and from 0.68% in 2025-Q1 (YoY +0.21 pp), now sitting 22 basis points above the national 0.67%. Notably, 95.8% of Titans CUs are profitable, with individual ROA ranging from -0.01% to 1.97%. NIM also improved, rising 8 bps quarter-over-quarter to 3.20% and up 0.14 pp year-over-year from 3.06%, though it remains 50 basis points below the national average of 3.70% — a persistent structural gap that limits earnings potential at scale.

Growth

Asset Growth (YoY %)

Member Growth (YoY %)

Asset growth accelerated to 6.40% in 2026-Q1 from 6.25% in 2025-Q4 (QoQ +0.15 pp) and nearly doubled from 3.23% in 2025-Q1 (YoY +3.17 pp), running 3.77 pp above the national 2.64%. Loan growth decelerated to 5.67% from 6.11% in 2025-Q4 (-0.45 pp QoQ), though it remains 5.35 pp above the national 0.31%. Deposit growth decelerated to 6.48% from 6.83% in 2025-Q4 (-0.36 pp QoQ), still 4.32 pp above national. Within the cohort, 91.7% of Titans CUs are growing assets and 87.5% are growing loans, indicating broad-based — not concentrated — expansion.

Risk & Credit Quality

Delinquency Rate (%)

Net Worth Ratio (%)

The risk profile improved in 2026-Q1. Delinquency decreased to 0.91% from 1.19% in 2025-Q4 (QoQ -0.28 pp) and from 0.98% in 2025-Q1 (YoY -0.068 pp / -7 bps), a meaningful sequential improvement. However, at 0.91%, delinquency remains 14 basis points above the national benchmark of 0.78%, and the within-cohort spread is wide — ranging from 0.15% to 2.02% — signaling that credit stress is unevenly distributed across the 24 institutions. Net worth increased to 11.00% from 10.14% in 2025-Q4 (+0.86 pp QoQ) and from 10.11% in 2025-Q1 (+0.89 pp YoY), though it trails the national 13.61% by 2.61 pp.

Portfolio Mix

First Mortgage (%)

Indirect Auto (%)

Share Certificates (%)

First mortgage concentration increased to 41.53% in 2026-Q1, up 0.29 pp from 41.24% in 2025-Q4 and up 2.31 pp from 39.22% in 2025-Q1 — nearly double the national average of 22.15%, reflecting Titans' heavy real estate orientation. Indirect auto declined to 14.95%, down 0.58 pp year-over-year from 15.52%, though still nearly twice the national 7.73%. On the funding side, certificate concentration fell to 30.20% from 31.44% in 2025-Q4 (-1.23 pp QoQ) and from 31.14% in 2025-Q1 (-0.94 pp YoY), remaining well above the national 19.80%, suggesting Titans still carry elevated rate-sensitive funding costs.

Strategic Implications

  • The 50-basis-point NIM deficit versus the national average is the cohort's most critical structural vulnerability — Titans must optimize asset pricing and funding mix to close this gap as rate cycles shift.
  • With first mortgage concentration at 41.53% — nearly double the national 22.15% — Titans face elevated duration and prepayment risk; portfolio diversification into shorter-duration consumer products could reduce balance sheet sensitivity.
  • Member growth deceleration from 4.95% to 2.91% year-over-year, despite still leading the industry, signals that organic acquisition tailwinds may be fading — deepening wallet share with existing members becomes a higher-priority growth lever.
  • The wide delinquency range of 0.15% to 2.02% across 24 institutions suggests idiosyncratic underwriting practices; cohort-wide credit risk governance and peer benchmarking could reduce the tail-end exposure pulling the average above national.
  • Net worth at 11.00% trails the national 13.61% by 2.61 pp — as asset growth accelerates, capital adequacy must be actively managed to maintain regulatory buffers and support continued expansion without constraining strategic flexibility.

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Notable Patterns

How This Cohort Compares to National

Loan To Share Ratio is 20.4pp above national

First Mortgage Share is 19.4pp above national

Certificate Pct is 10.4pp above national

Indirect Auto Pct is 7.2pp above national

Loan Growth (annual) is 5.4pp above national

Data Quality Notes

4 metric(s) had extreme values filtered using MAD-based, z-score > 5.0.

Asset Growth (YoY) (Absolute) 2 CU(s) excluded
Raw average: 14.88% → Cleaned average: 6.40%
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Deposit Growth (YoY) (Absolute) 2 CU(s) excluded
Raw average: 14.25% → Cleaned average: 6.48%
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Loan Growth (YoY) (Absolute) 2 CU(s) excluded
Raw average: 12.96% → Cleaned average: 5.67%
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Member Growth (YoY) (Absolute) 2 CU(s) excluded
Raw average: 8.10% → Cleaned average: 2.91%
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