Largest Banking Companies Ranked by Return on Assets
December 22, 2005, 10:08 a.m. EST 1 Min Read
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Largest Banking Companies Ranked by Return on Assets
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Rank | Average assets | Net income | ROA | |
1 | MBNA Corp. Wilmington, Del. | $61,296,671 | $632,146 | 4.14% |
2 | Capital One Financial Corp. Falls Church, Va. | 56,963,000 | 531,118 | 3.73 |
3 | Fremont General Corp. Santa Monica, Calif. | 10,978,437 | 90,770 | 3.31 |
4 | Gold Banc Corp. Inc. Leawood, Kan. | 4,346,981 | 25,265 | 2.33 |
5 | U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis | 201,818,000 | 1,121,000 | 2.23 |
6 | TCF Financial Corp. Wayzata, Minn. | 12,702,033 | 70,641 | 2.22 |
7 | Westamerica Bancorp. San Rafael, Calif. | 5,170,029 | 32,588 | 2.17 |
8 | Corus Bankshares Inc. Chicago | 6,054,889 | 31,185 | 2.10 |
9 | Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus, Ga. | 26,102,816 | 128,460 | 1.98 |
10 | Bank of Hawaii Corp. Honolulu | 9,969,200 | 46,429 | 1.87 |
11 | National City Corp. Cleveland | 139,514,000 | 625,127 | 1.80 |
12 | Mercantile Bankshares Corp. Baltimore | 15,233,571 | 67,873 | 1.79 |
13 | Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Milwaukee | 42,653,293 | 188,487 | 1.77 |
14 | Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco | 435,091,000 | 1,910,000 | 1.76 |
15 | Washington Federal Inc. Seattle | 7,777,389 | 34,281 | 1.76 |
16 | Park National Corp. Newark, Ohio | 5,869,584 | 24,770 | 1.75 |
17 | Comerica Inc. Detroit | 51,635,000 | 217,000 | 1.68 |
18 | Wilmington Trust Corp. Del. | 9,620,200 | 40,400 | 1.68 |
19 | Cathay General Bancorp Los Angeles | 6,142,639 | 25,734 | 1.68 |
20 | IndyMac Bancorp Inc. Pasadena, Calif. | 20,018,700 | 83,146 | 1.67 |
21 | Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. San Antonio | 9,786,089 | 40,684 | 1.67 |
22 | City National Corp. Beverly Hills | 14,040,591 | 57,707 | 1.65 |
23 | Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati | 102,765,000 | 417,000 | 1.63 |
24 | Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco | 46,440,000 | 186,000 | 1.60 |
25 | Westcorp Irvine, Calif. | 16,350,261 | 65,318 | 1.60 |
26 | Bank of New York Co. Inc. | 100,461,000 | 398,000 | 1.59 |
27 | North Fork Bancorp. Inc. Melville, N.Y. | 61,480,463 | 242,066 | 1.58 |
28 | Hudson United Bancorp Mahwah, N.J. | 8,899,741 | 34,732 | 1.57 |
29 | Commerce Bancshares Inc. Kansas City, Mo. | 14,024,246 | 54,368 | 1.55 |
30 | East West Bancorp Inc. San Marino, Calif. | 6,577,451 | 25,463 | 1.55 |
31 | United Bankshares Inc. Charleston, W.Va. | 6,360,432 | 24,514 | 1.55 |
32 | UnionBanCal Corp. San Francisco | 49,465,234 | 187,182 | 1.52 |
33 | First Midwest Bancorp Inc. Itasca, Ill. | 6,991,812 | 26,510 | 1.52 |
34 | Hancock Holding Co. Gulfport, Miss. | 4,781,803 | 18,094 | 1.52 |
35 | Glacier Bancorp Inc. Kalispell, Mont. | 3,456,879 | 13,090 | 1.52 |
36 | Downey Financial Corp. Newport Beach, Calif. | 16,952,911 | 64,070 | 1.51 |
37 | BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 6,259,993 | 24,537 | 1.51 |
38 | BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. | 103,663,680 | 386,805 | 1.50 |
39 | UCBH Holdings Inc. San Francisco | 6,744,070 | 25,364 | 1.50 |
40 | Central Pacific Financial Corp. Honolulu | 4,810,755 | 17,902 | 1.49 |
41 | AmSouth Bancorp. Birmingham, Ala. | 50,341,297 | 184,599 | 1.47 |
42 | Zions Bancorp. Salt Lake City | 32,510,692 | 118,810 | 1.47 |
43 | Commercial Capital Bancorp Inc. Irvine, Calif. | 5,263,307 | 19,325 | 1.47 |
44 | CVB Financial Corp. Ontario, Calif. | 4,783,332 | 17,478 | 1.47 |
45 | M&T Bank Corp. Buffalo | 53,935,000 | 196,834 | 1.46 |
46 | Investors Financial Services Corp. Boston | 12,115,120 | 44,127 | 1.46 |
47 | Fulton Financial Corp. Lancaster, Pa. | 11,417,079 | 41,580 | 1.46 |
48 | Hibernia Corp. New Orleans | 22,084,100 | 79,435 | 1.44 |
49 | Texas Regional Bancshares Inc. McAllen | 6,138,829 | 21,914 | 1.43 |
50 | Compass Bancshares Inc. Birmingham, Ala. | 29,110,798 | 102,451 | 1.41 |
51 | Chemical Financial Corp. Midland, Mich. | 3,760,798 | 13,215 | 1.41 |
52 | Prosperity Bancshares Inc. Houston | 3,456,361 | 12,208 | 1.41 |
53 | FirstMerit Corp. Akron | 10,329,167 | 36,145 | 1.40 |
54 | Mellon Financial Corp. Pittsburgh | 36,489,000 | 125,000 | 1.38 |
55 | New York Community Bancorp Inc. Flushing | 25,071,666 | 86,472 | 1.38 |
56 | Peoples Bank Bridgeport, Conn. | 10,894,050 | 37,000 | 1.36 |
57 | Chittenden Corp. Burlington, Vt. | 6,143,001 | 20,806 | 1.36 |
58 | Bank of America Corp. Charlotte | 1,277,489,000 | 4,296,000 | 1.35 |
59 | Valley National Bancorp Wayne, N.J. | 11,583,688 | 38,991 | 1.35 |
60 | Citigroup Inc. New York | 1,518,840,000 | 5,073,000 | 1.34 |
61 | Whitney Holding Corp. New Orleans | 8,833,445 | 29,321 | 1.33 |
62 | Community Bank System Inc. Dewitt, N.Y. | 4,306,863 | 14,281 | 1.33 |
63 | Wachovia Corp. Charlotte | 503,361,000 | 1,650,000 | 1.31 |
64 | Huntington Bancshares Inc. Columbus, Ohio | 32,620,000 | 106,425 | 1.31 |
65 | BOK Financial Corp. Tulsa | 15,394,534 | 50,465 | 1.31 |
66 | MB Financial Inc. Chicago | 5,497,868 | 17,987 | 1.31 |
67 | KeyCorp Cleveland | 89,915,000 | 291,000 | 1.30 |
68 | International Bancshares Corp. Laredo, Tex. | 10,275,682 | 33,372 | 1.30 |
69 | PNC Financial Services Group Pittsburgh | 87,550,000 | 282,000 | 1.29 |
70 | Northern Trust Corp. Chicago | 46,730,700 | 150,000 | 1.29 |
71 | Sky Financial Group Inc. Bowling Green, Ohio | 15,095,049 | 48,475 | 1.29 |
72 | Greater Bay Bancorp Palo Alto, Calif. | 7,060,502 | 22,675 | 1.29 |
73 | Umpqua Holdings Corp. Portland, Ore. | 4,980,367 | 16,006 | 1.29 |
74 | National Penn Bancshares Inc. Boyertown, Pa. | 4,554,114 | 14,679 | 1.29 |
75 | Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc. | 3,467,628 | 11,014 | 1.27 |
76 | PFF Bancorp Inc. Pomona, Calif. | 3,927,254 | 12,358 | 1.26 |
77 | Golden West Financial Corp. Oakland, Calif. | 114,951,805 | 360,429 | 1.25 |
78 | First Banks Inc. Clayton, Mo. | 8,605,663 | 26,846 | 1.25 |
79 | F.N.B. Corp. Hermitage, Pa. | 5,649,748 | 17,541 | 1.25 |
80 | Sovereign Bancorp Inc. Philadelphia | 60,188,334 | 183,471 | 1.22 |
81 | First Niagara Financial Group Lockport, N.Y. | 7,934,615 | 24,091 | 1.22 |
82 | NBT Bancorp Inc. Norwich, N.Y. | 4,307,004 | 13,128 | 1.22 |
83 | First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Billings, Mont. | 4,250,589 | 12,880 | 1.22 |
84 | Independence Community Bank Corp. Brooklyn, N.Y. | 17,850,936 | 54,129 | 1.21 |
85 | W Holding Co. Inc. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico | 15,144,813 | 45,764 | 1.21 |
86 | TD Banknorth Inc. Portland, Maine | 32,008,478 | 95,595 | 1.20 |
87 | Regions Financial Corp. Birmingham, Ala. | 85,244,360 | 248,351 | 1.17 |
88 | Alabama National Bancorp. Birmingham | 5,569,778 | 16,195 | 1.17 |
89 | Popular Inc. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | 45,598,760 | 132,360 | 1.16 |
90 | Republic Bancorp Inc. Owosso, Mich. | 6,025,842 | 17,475 | 1.16 |
91 | BancWest Corp. Honolulu | 51,816,417 | 149,149 | 1.15 |
92 | Provident Bankshares Corp. Baltimore | 6,421,046 | 18,438 | 1.15 |
93 | First Commonwealth Financial Corp. Indiana, Pa. | 6,234,924 | 17,838 | 1.15 |
94 | First Horizon National Corp. Memphis | 36,282,202 | 102,705 | 1.14 |
95 | Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. Madison | 4,060,209 | 11,560 | 1.14 |
96 | SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta | 165,253,600 | 465,700 | 1.13 |
97 | Colonial BancGroup Inc. Montgomery, Ala. | 20,562,702 | 57,474 | 1.12 |
98 | Hudson City Bancorp Inc. Paramus, N.J. | 23,126,696 | 64,291 | 1.11 |
99 | Trustmark Corp. Jackson, Miss. | 8,254,597 | 22,206 | 1.08 |
100 | Webster Financial Corp. Waterbury, Conn. | 1,732,863 | 46,258 | 1.07 |
101 | Bremer Financial Corp. St. Paul | 6,306,311 | 16,782 | 1.07 |
102 | Citizens Banking Corp. Flint, Mich. | 7,807,389 | 20,565 | 1.06 |
103 | Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle | 320,845,000 | 844,000 | 1.05 |
104 | Old National Bancorp Evansville, Ind. | 8,721,000 | 22,875 | 1.05 |
105 | Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. Lititz, Pa. | 7,312,639 | 18,706 | 1.03 |
106 | United Community Banks Inc. Blairsville, Ga. | 5,338,398 | 13,773 | 1.03 |
107 | First Financial Bancorp Hamilton, Ohio | 3,852,422 | 9,889 | 1.03 |
108 | MAF Bancorp Inc. Clarendon Hills, Ill. | 9,849,133 | 25,059 | 1.02 |
109 | Capitol Bancorp Ltd. Lansing, Mich. | 3,280,894 | 8,297 | 1.01 |
110 | Astoria Financial Corp. Lake Success, N.Y. | 23,049,394 | 57,396 | 1.00 |
111 | Amegy Bancorp Houston | 7,656,959 | 19,158 | 1.00 |
112 | First Charter Corp. Concord, N.C. | 4,543,846 | 11,280 | 1.00 |
113 | Countrywide Financial Corp. Calabasas, Calif. | 147,825,431 | 566,458 | 0.99 |
114 | WesBanco Inc. Wheeling, W.Va. | 4,551,596 | 11,258 | 0.99 |
115 | FirstFed Financial Corp. Santa Monica, Calif. | 8,849,686 | 21,685 | 0.98 |
116 | 1st Source Corp. South Bend, Ind. | 3,359,880 | 8,227 | 0.98 |
117 | Commerce Bancorp Inc. Cherry Hill, N.J. | 32,763,128 | 79,409 | 0.97 |
118 | Sterling Bancshares Inc. Houston | 3,526,235 | 8,516 | 0.97 |
119 | BancorpSouth Inc. Tupelo, Miss. | 10,788,265 | 25,790 | 0.96 |
120 | Amcore Financial Inc. Rockford, Ill. | 5,063,296 | 12,157 | 0.96 |
121 | Santander BanCorp Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | 8,138,599 | 19,255 | 0.95 |
122 | Pacific Capital Bancorp Santa Barbara, Calif. | 6,138,282 | 14,443 | 0.94 |
123 | Fidelity Bankshares Inc. West Palm Beach, Fla. | 3,685,764 | 8,647 | 0.94 |
124 | Sterling Financial Corp. Spokane | 6,972,385 | 16,008 | 0.92 |
125 | Wintrust Financial Corp. Lake Forest, Ill. | 7,539,331 | 17,172 | 0.91 |
126 | First Citizens Bancorp. Inc. Columbia, S.C. | 4,957,747 | 11,198 | 0.91 |
127 | E-Trade Financial Corp. New York | 27,689,784 | 101,567 | 0.90 |
128 | First Citizens Bancshares Inc. Raleigh | 13,618,161 | 30,076 | 0.89 |
129 | NewAlliance Bancshares Inc. New Haven | 6,501,180 | 14,510 | 0.89 |
130 | Northwest Bancorp Inc. Warren, Pa. | 6,345,969 | 14,107 | 0.89 |
131 | Provident Financial Services Inc. Jersey City | 6,274,548 | 13,769 | 0.88 |
132 | Dime Community Bancshares Inc. Brooklyn, N.Y. | 3,335,107 | 7,258 | 0.87 |
133 | State Street Corp. Boston | 102,174,000 | 220,000 | 0.86 |
134 | Bank Mutual Corp. Brown Deer, Wis. | 3,507,026 | 7,198 | 0.82 |
135 | UMB Financial Corp. Kansas City, Mo. | 6,888,482 | 13,613 | 0.79 |
136 | Flagstar Bancorp Inc. Bloomfield Hills, Mich. | 14,527,031 | 27,800 | 0.78 |
137 | South Financial Group Inc. Greenville, S.C. | 14,890,608 | 28,373 | 0.76 |
138 | Capitol Federal Financial Topeka, Kan. | 8,454,738 | 16,160 | 0.76 |
139 | Partners Trust Financial Group Inc. Utica, N.Y. | 3,674,554 | 6,944 | 0.76 |
140 | First Republic Bank San Francisco | 8,025,784 | 14,616 | 0.73 |
141 | Oriental Financial Group Inc. San Juan, Puerto Rico | 4,232,969 | 7,639 | 0.73 |
142 | Franklin Bank Corp. Houston | 4,137,439 | 6,729 | 0.65 |
143 | HSBC USA Inc. Buffalo | 145,295,000 | 213,000 | 0.59 |
144 | Commercial Federal Corp. Omaha | 10,316,781 | 13,967 | 0.54 |
145 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York | 1,176,033,000 | 994,000 | 0.34 |
146 | NetBank Inc. Alpharetta, Ga. | 4,854,891 | 2,325 | 0.19 |
147 | BFC Financial Corp. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 6,259,993 | 2,731 | 0.17 |
148 | Irwin Financial Corp. Columbus, Ind. | 5,831,149 | -1,144 | -0.10 |
149 | Signature Bank New York | 3,576,785 | -3,675 | -0.41 |
150 | BankUnited Financial Corp. Coral Gables, Fla. | 9,553,882 | -14,809 | -0.62 |
Source: Highline Banking Data Services (877-305-6657)
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