# ESSEX COUNTY TEACHERS
BLOOMFIELD, NJ · NCUA charter 1131 · asset band <$50M · latest filing 2026-03 · live
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Who the members are: federal charter, multiple common bond, organized 1936, low-income designated, minority depository institution. 3,542 members of 27,500 potential (12.9% of the field); checking penetration 31% (share draft accounts per 100 members); loans per 100 members 18.

**Verdict on the desk:** this could be *ordinary*. Composite score 4 of 18 (one point per flag across 17 flags, capital below 7% counted twice).

## What the filing shows

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $21.8M |
| Members | 3,542 (-4.7% YoY) |
| Full-time staff | 8 |
| Net worth | $1.7M |
| Net worth ratio | 7.9% (p5 of band) |
| ROA (annualized) | 0.12% (p29 of band) |
| Total delinquency | 0.65% (p49 of band) |
| Net charge-offs (annualized) | 1.62% (p91 of band) |
| Loans / shares | 31% (p14 of band) |
| Cash / assets | 6.9% |
| Borrowings / assets | 0.00% |
| Net interest margin | 3.96% (p53 of band) |
| Operating expense / assets | 4.67% (p74 of band) |
| Vehicles % of loans | 54% (p40 of band) |
| Indirect vehicle % of vehicle (all-channel basis before 2022) | 0% |
| Third-party paper % of net worth | 0% (p43 of band) |
| Vehicle delinquency | 0.00% (p16 of band) |
| Vehicle NCO | 3.08% (p96 of band) |
| Repossessed % of vehicle book | 0.00% (p46 of band) |
| Real estate % of loans | 26% |
| Credit cards % of loans | 0% |
| Unsecured % of loans | 17% |
| Commercial % of net worth | 0% |
| Core shares % of member funds | 82% |
| Certificates % of member funds | 1% |
| Average share balance | $3,541 |
| Participations bought / yr | $0 |
| Participations sold / yr | $0 |
| Participations outstanding | $119,284 |
| Loans outstanding per 100 members | 18% |
| Loans granted per 100 members, annualized | 7% |
| Average loan balance | $9,617 |
| Loans granted, annualized | $1.1M |

## Participation posture (from the same filings)

Bought $0 and sold $0 in the latest annualized quarter; $119,284 outstanding purchased (7.0% of net worth), $0 sold and retained. Sold in 0 and bought in 0 of the last 8 quarters. Shares -1.8% year over year.

## Flags firing in the latest filing

- **thin capital** (`cap_low`)
- **charge-offs p90** (`aq_nco_high`)
- **members leaving** (`shrink_members`)
- **loan book shrinking** (`shrink_loans`)

## Warning timeline

| Quarter | Score | Flags that first fired | Flags that cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03 | 1 | thin capital |  |
| 2016-06 | 1 |  |  |
| 2016-09 | 2 | delinquency 2x band |  |
| 2016-12 | 2 |  |  |
| 2017-03 | 5 | losing money, delinquency rising, charge-offs p90 |  |
| 2017-06 | 6 | net worth falling |  |
| 2017-09 | 5 | assets shrinking | charge-offs p90, net worth falling |
| 2017-12 | 3 |  | delinquency rising, assets shrinking |
| 2018-03 | 5 | capital below 7%, net worth falling | losing money |
| 2018-06 | 5 |  |  |
| 2018-09 | 4 | charge-offs p90, members leaving | capital below 7%, net worth falling |
| 2018-12 | 4 | losing money | members leaving |
| 2019-03 | 6 | capital below 7%, net worth falling | delinquency 2x band |
| 2019-06 | 3 |  | charge-offs p90, losing money, net worth falling |
| 2019-09 | 3 | delinquency 2x band, delinquency rising | capital below 7% |
| 2019-12 | 3 | loan book shrinking | delinquency rising |
| 2020-03 | 3 | net worth falling, delinquency rising | delinquency 2x band, loan book shrinking |
| 2020-06 | 3 | charge-offs p90 | delinquency rising |
| 2020-09 | 1 |  | net worth falling, charge-offs p90 |
| 2020-12 | 1 |  |  |
| 2021-03 | 2 | net worth falling |  |
| 2021-06 | 4 | capital below 7% |  |
| 2021-09 | 6 | margin squeeze, delinquency rising |  |
| 2021-12 | 6 |  |  |
| 2022-03 | 6 | charge-offs p90 | delinquency rising |
| 2022-06 | 4 | delinquency rising | net worth falling, margin squeeze, charge-offs p90 |
| 2022-09 | 6 | delinquency 2x band, members leaving |  |
| 2022-12 | 5 | losing money, expense trap | capital below 7%, members leaving |
| 2023-03 | 7 | capital below 7%, charge-offs p90 | expense trap |
| 2023-06 | 8 | assets shrinking, loan book shrinking | losing money |
| 2023-09 | 6 | members leaving | delinquency rising, capital below 7% |
| 2023-12 | 4 |  | delinquency 2x band, members leaving |
| 2024-03 | 6 | delinquency 2x band, members leaving |  |
| 2024-06 | 8 | capital below 7%, net worth falling, losing money | delinquency 2x band, members leaving |
| 2024-09 | 5 | members leaving | capital below 7%, net worth falling, losing money |
| 2024-12 | 5 |  |  |
| 2025-03 | 5 | delinquency 2x band | charge-offs p90 |
| 2025-06 | 4 | net worth falling | assets shrinking, delinquency 2x band |
| 2025-09 | 3 |  | net worth falling |
| 2025-12 | 3 |  |  |
| 2026-03 | 4 | charge-offs p90 |  |

## In the news (Google News, unfiltered, newest first; check the city)

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## How to verify

- Page: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/#cu=1131 (every cell opens its formula and NCUA account codes; the News tab is the same search)
- Latest row, JSON: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/data/summary.json · history: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/data/h/43.json (key "1131", columns cycle, assets, loans, shares, networth, nwr, roa, total_dq_pct, total_nco_pct, vehicle, veh_pct_loans, indirect, ind_pct_veh, ind_veh, ind_re, ind_comm, ind_other, ind_pct_loans, loans_n, granted_n_ytd, granted_ann, loan_pen, granted_pen, avg_loan_bal, loans_per_fte, veh_part, tp_pct_nw, veh_dq_pct, veh_nco_pct, repo_pct_veh, members_yoy, ltos, cash_pct, borrow_pct, nim_pct, opex_pct, risk_score, members, fte, cash_total, invest_sec, allowance_eff, int_income_ytd, int_exp_ytd, provision_eff_ytd, nonint_income_ytd, nonint_exp_ytd, net_income_ytd, n_flags, re_pct_loans, cc_pct_loans, comm_pct_loans, cert_pct_shares, core_pct_shares, part_buy_ann, part_sell_ann, pot_members, sh_draft_n, chk_pen, fom_pen, flags)
- Participation history: https://getbookiq.com/participation-desk/#cu=1131
- Field definitions: https://getbookiq.com/dictionary/#cu-ltos and the rest of the credit union dictionary
- Source: NCUA 5300 call report bulk files. Income fields are annualized by cycle month (Mar x4, Jun x2, Sep x4/3, Dec x1). Percentiles are within the asset band in the same quarter.

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