# FIRST FINANCIAL
Albuquerque, NM · NCUA charter 68244 · asset band $1-10B · latest filing 2026-03 · live
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Who the members are: state charter, organized 1937, low-income designated, minority depository institution. 99,409 members of 724,496 potential (13.7% of the field); checking penetration 68% (share draft accounts per 100 members); loans per 100 members 52.

**Verdict on the desk:** this could be *stressed*. Composite score 6 of 18 (one point per flag across 17 flags, capital below 7% counted twice).

## What the filing shows

| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Total assets | $1.13B |
| Members | 99,409 (6.3% YoY) |
| Full-time staff | 276 |
| Net worth | $89.9M |
| Net worth ratio | 8.0% (p3 of band) |
| ROA (annualized) | -0.10% (p3 of band) |
| Total delinquency | 1.13% (p85 of band) |
| Net charge-offs (annualized) | 0.90% (p81 of band) |
| Loans / shares | 71% (p17 of band) |
| Cash / assets | 12.3% |
| Borrowings / assets | 0.71% |
| Net interest margin | 3.67% (p74 of band) |
| Operating expense / assets | 4.90% (p98 of band) |
| Vehicles % of loans | 58% (p96 of band) |
| Indirect vehicle % of vehicle (all-channel basis before 2022) | 83% |
| Third-party paper % of net worth | 390% (p94 of band) |
| Vehicle delinquency | 0.67% (p56 of band) |
| Vehicle NCO | 1.86% (p82 of band) |
| Repossessed % of vehicle book | 0.01% (p26 of band) |
| Real estate % of loans | 19% |
| Credit cards % of loans | 3% |
| Unsecured % of loans | 8% |
| Commercial % of net worth | 78% |
| Core shares % of member funds | 65% |
| Certificates % of member funds | 20% |
| Average share balance | $5,313 |
| Participations bought / yr | $0 |
| Participations sold / yr | $0 |
| Participations outstanding | $36.6M |
| Loans outstanding per 100 members | 52% |
| Loans granted per 100 members, annualized | 17% |
| Average loan balance | $14,112 |
| Loans granted, annualized | $257.2M |

## Participation posture (from the same filings)

Bought $0 and sold $0 in the latest annualized quarter; $36.6M outstanding purchased (40.7% of net worth), $0 sold and retained. Sold in 0 and bought in 0 of the last 8 quarters. Shares 17.4% year over year.

## Flags firing in the latest filing

- **thin capital** (`cap_low`)
- **net worth falling** (`cap_falling`)
- **losing money** (`earn_negative`)
- **expense trap** (`earn_opex`)
- **delinquency rising** (`aq_dq_rising`)
- **3rd-party paper>100% NW** (`str_thirdparty`)

## Warning timeline

| Quarter | Score | Flags that first fired | Flags that cleared |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-03 | 5 | thin capital, losing money, delinquency 2x band, 3rd-party paper>100% NW, auto monoline |  |
| 2016-06 | 5 | expense trap | losing money |
| 2016-09 | 7 | net worth falling, losing money |  |
| 2016-12 | 6 | charge-offs p90 | delinquency 2x band, net worth falling |
| 2017-03 | 4 |  | losing money, charge-offs p90 |
| 2017-06 | 4 |  |  |
| 2017-09 | 4 |  |  |
| 2017-12 | 4 |  |  |
| 2018-03 | 4 |  |  |
| 2018-06 | 4 |  |  |
| 2018-09 | 4 |  |  |
| 2018-12 | 5 | delinquency 2x band |  |
| 2019-03 | 5 |  |  |
| 2019-06 | 5 | charge-offs p90 | delinquency 2x band |
| 2019-09 | 4 |  | charge-offs p90 |
| 2019-12 | 5 | charge-offs p90 |  |
| 2020-03 | 4 | net worth falling | expense trap, charge-offs p90 |
| 2020-06 | 4 | margin squeeze | auto monoline |
| 2020-09 | 4 |  |  |
| 2020-12 | 4 |  |  |
| 2021-03 | 3 |  | net worth falling |
| 2021-06 | 2 |  | margin squeeze |
| 2021-09 | 2 |  |  |
| 2021-12 | 3 | expense trap |  |
| 2022-03 | 4 | auto monoline |  |
| 2022-06 | 4 |  |  |
| 2022-09 | 5 | delinquency rising |  |
| 2022-12 | 5 |  |  |
| 2023-03 | 5 |  |  |
| 2023-06 | 5 |  |  |
| 2023-09 | 3 |  | thin capital, delinquency rising |
| 2023-12 | 4 | delinquency rising |  |
| 2024-03 | 4 | thin capital | delinquency rising |
| 2024-06 | 5 | net worth falling |  |
| 2024-09 | 5 |  |  |
| 2024-12 | 4 |  | net worth falling |
| 2025-03 | 4 |  |  |
| 2025-06 | 3 |  | thin capital |
| 2025-09 | 6 | thin capital, delinquency 2x band, delinquency rising |  |
| 2025-12 | 5 | net worth falling | auto monoline, delinquency 2x band |
| 2026-03 | 6 | losing money |  |

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## How to verify

- Page: https://getbookiq.com/cu-intel/#cu=68244 (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/20.json (key "68244", 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=68244
- 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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