# AUTO CLUB
CERRITOS, CA · NCUA charter 21872 · asset band <$50M · latest filing 2018-12 · stopped filing after 2018-12 (departed; for a credit union that is almost always a merger)
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Who the members are: federal charter, multiple common bond, organized 1974. 3,583 members of 12,000 potential (29.9% of the field); checking penetration 31% (share draft accounts per 100 members); loans per 100 members 39.

**Verdict on the desk:** this could be *ordinary*. Composite score 1 of 18 (one point per flag across 17 flags, capital below 7% counted twice).

## What the filing shows

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $27.6M |
| Members | 3,583 (-2.8% YoY) |
| Full-time staff | 6 |
| Net worth | $2.3M |
| Net worth ratio | 8.2% (p9 of band) |
| ROA (annualized) | 0.34% (p43 of band) |
| Total delinquency | 0.40% (p33 of band) |
| Net charge-offs (annualized) | 0.24% (p48 of band) |
| Loans / shares | 63% (p52 of band) |
| Cash / assets | 1.1% |
| Borrowings / assets | 2.10% |
| Net interest margin | 3.43% (p56 of band) |
| Operating expense / assets | 4.03% (p65 of band) |
| Vehicles % of loans | 40% (p29 of band) |
| Indirect vehicle % of vehicle (all-channel basis before 2022) | 0% |
| Third-party paper % of net worth | 0% (p45 of band) |
| Vehicle delinquency | 0.41% (p44 of band) |
| Vehicle NCO | 0.68% (p78 of band) |
| Repossessed % of vehicle book | 0.00% (p44 of band) |
| Real estate % of loans | 40% |
| Credit cards % of loans | 4% |
| Unsecured % of loans | 18% |
| Commercial % of net worth | 0% |
| Core shares % of member funds | 69% |
| Certificates % of member funds | 16% |
| Average share balance | $4,385 |
| Participations bought / yr | $0 |
| Participations sold / yr | $0 |
| Participations outstanding | – |
| Loans outstanding per 100 members | 39% |
| Loans granted per 100 members, annualized | 11% |
| Average loan balance | $10,969 |
| Loans granted, annualized | $6.2M |

## Flags firing in the latest filing

- **thin capital** (`cap_low`)

## Warning timeline

| Quarter | Score | Flags that first fired | Flags that cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03 | 2 | thin capital, losing money |  |
| 2016-06 | 2 |  |  |
| 2016-09 | 4 | net worth falling, repo signal |  |
| 2016-12 | 2 |  | net worth falling, repo signal |
| 2017-03 | 3 | members leaving |  |
| 2017-06 | 4 | net worth falling |  |
| 2017-09 | 2 |  | losing money, net worth falling |
| 2017-12 | 2 |  |  |
| 2018-03 | 2 |  |  |
| 2018-06 | 2 |  |  |
| 2018-09 | 3 | net worth falling |  |
| 2018-12 | 1 |  | members leaving, net worth falling |

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## How to verify

- Page: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/#cu=21872 (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/48.json (key "21872", 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=21872
- 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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