The 25 Banks with Lowest Total Return

+++ For the Quarter Among the 214 Largest Banking Companies

Total Ret. Price Qtr. Pr. Rank Name, City, State 1Q95 3/31/94 Change 1 Signet Banking Corp., Richmond, Va. -27.95% $20.38 -28.80% 2 Pikeville National Corp., Ky. -13.68 22.5 -14.3 3 Trustmark Corp., Jackson, Miss. -12.24 15.25 -12.9 4 Cole Taylor Financial Group, Wheeling, -10.38 18.75 -10.7

Ill. 5 First United Corp., Oakland, Md. -10.14 18.75 -10.7 6 Tompkins County Trust Co., Ithaca, N.Y -10.11 33 -10.8 7 Harleysville National Corp., Pa. -10.07 25 -10.7 8 Commerce Bancorp, Inc., Cherry Hill, NJ -9.67 17 -10.5 9 Provident Bancorp, Inc., Cincinnati -8.82 30.75 -9.6 10 CPB Inc., Honolulu -8.77 23.5 -9.6 11 CVB Financial Corp, Ontario, Calif. -8.35 13.25 -8.9 12 City Holding Co., Charleston, W. Va. -8.07 26.5 -8.6 13 Keystone Financial, Inc., Harrisburg,Pa. -7.97 27.5 -9.1 14 National City Bancshares, Inc.,

Evansville, Ind. -7.63 42.5 -8.1 15 ValliCorp Holdings, Fresno, Calif. -7.37 14.5 -7.9 16 F&M Bancorp., Inc., Kaukauna, Wis. -6.14 20.5 -6.8 17 Mid-America Bancorp, Louisville, Ky. -5 16 -5.9 18 Valley National Bancorp, Wayne, N.J. -4.17 25.63 -5.1 19 FirstMerit Corporation, Akron, Ohio -4.04 23.5 -5.1 20 Peoples Holding Co., Tupelo, Miss. -3.87 37.25 -4.5 21 Bankers Trust New York Corp. -3.84 52.25 -5.6 22 GBC Bancorp , Los Angeles -3.82 13.63 -4.4 23 Farmers Capital Bank Corp., Frankfort,

Ky. -3.76 36 -4.6 24 Citizens Banking Corp., Flint, Mich. -3.75 26.5 -4.5 25 Citizens Bancorp, Laurel, Md. -3.63 25.5 -4.7

Unweighted average return for all 214 6.78 === Data source: Data were provided by SNL Securities, Charlottesville, Va.. American Banker's ranking is based on the 214 banks with market capital of $85 million or more on March 31. Market capital was calculated by multiplying common shares outstanding on Dec. 31, 1994 by the price of the stock on March 31. The total return rs the dollar change in stock price over the first quarter plus the latest quarterly dividend expressed as a percentage of the stock price at the end of the fourth quarter. Qtr. Pr. Change is the change in stock price from Dec. 30, 1994 to March 31, 1995. Compiled by American Banker, 1995.

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