WHAT IS
SAFE AND SOUND?
Capital is a crucial measurement of an institution's financial resilience. It works as a bulwark against losses and affords protection for members when a credit union is experiencing economic instability. When looking at safety and soundness, the higher the capital, the better.
On our test to measure the adequacy of a credit union's capital, CORAL COMMUNITY received a score of 10 out of a possible 30 points, below the national average of 15.65.
CORAL COMMUNITY appears to be on less solid financial footing than its peers in this area, with a capitalization ratio of 10.00 percent in our test, worse than the average for all credit unions.
In this test, Bankrate tries to determine the effect of problem assets, such as past-due mortgages, on the credit union's loan loss reserves and overall capitalization.
A credit union with a large number of these kinds of assets could eventually have to use capital to absorb losses, reducing its buffer of equity. Many of those assets are also likely to be in non-accrual status and thus aren't earning interest for the credit union, resulting in lower earnings and potentially more risk of a failure in the future.
On Bankrate's asset quality test, CORAL COMMUNITY scored 40 out of a possible 40 points, beating out the national average of 38.09 points.
The credit union's ratio of troubled assets was 0.00 percent in our test, below the national average and suggestive of superior financial strength compared to other credit unions.
How successful a credit union is at earning money has an effect on its long-term survivability. Earnings may be retained by the credit union, boosting its capital buffer, or be used to address problematic loans, potentially making the credit union more resilient in tough times. Conversely, losses reduce a credit union's ability to do those things.
CORAL COMMUNITY scored 10 out of a possible 30 on Bankrate's test of earnings, coming in below the national average of 10.11.
One sign that the credit union is running ahead of its peers in this area was its earnings ratio of 0.00 percent in our test, higher than the average for all credit unions.
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