Largest Publicly Traded Banking Companies Ranked by EPS Growth
December 23, 2003, 10:08 a.m. EST 1 Min Read
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Largest Publicly Traded Banking Companies Ranked by EPS Growth
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Published December 23, 2003 | ||||||
Rank | 3Q earnings per share | Net income 3Q 2003 | Assets Sept. 30, 2003 | |||
2003 | 2002 | Change* | ||||
1 | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. New York | $0.78 | $0.01 | 7700.00% | $1,628,000 | $792,700,000 |
2 | Charles Schwab Corp. San Francisco | 0.09 | 0 | 3100 | 127,000 | 43,760,000 |
3 | Comerica Inc. Detroit | 0.89 | 0.14 | 535.71 | 157,000 | 54,795,000 |
4 | Santander BanCorp Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | 0.17 | 0.03 | 466.67 | 8,200 | 7,168,730 |
5 | Irwin Financial Corp. Columbus, Ind. | 1.03 | 0.29 | 255.17 | 31,118 | 5,059,183 |
6 | Sterling Bancshares Inc. Houston | 0.61 | 0.19 | 221.05 | 27,341 | 3,123,454 |
7 | Bank of New York Co. Inc. | 0.34 | 0.11 | 209.09 | 260,000 | 95,193,000 |
8 | Investors Financial Services Corp. Boston | 0.76 | 0.26 | 192.31 | 26,404 | 8,555,581 |
9 | Citizens Banking Corp. Flint, Mich. | 0.45 | -1.03 | 143.69 | 19,605 | 7,784,364 |
10 | 1st Source Corp. South Bend, Ind. | 0.22 | 0.1 | 120 | 4,643 | 3,206,248 |
11 | Downey Financial Corp. Newport Beach, Calif. | 1.05 | 0.52 | 101.92 | 29,251 | 11,159,367 |
12 | UCBH Holdings Inc. San Francisco | 0.36 | 0.18 | 100 | 16,768 | 5,427,674 |
13 | Flagstar Bancorp Inc. Troy, Mich. | 1.42 | 0.74 | 93.2 | 90,774 | 10,943,160 |
14 | Net Bank Inc. Alpharetta, Ga. | 0.32 | 0.17 | 88.24 | 15,589 | 5,060,604 |
15 | Fremont General Corp. Santa Monica, Calif. | 0.73 | 0.41 | 78.05 | 55,493 | 8,659,306 |
16 | MBNA Corp. Wilmington, Del. | 0.51 | 0.3 | 70 | 658,763 | 58,712,232 |
17 | Silicon Valley Bancshares Santa Clara, Calif. | 0.49 | 0.29 | 68.97 | 17,429 | 4,259,816 |
18 | Zions Bancorp Salt Lake City | 0.68 | 0.43 | 58.14 | 64,199 | 27,604,188 |
19 | Popular Inc. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | 0.96 | 0.65 | 47.69 | 130,926 | 35,777,187 |
20 | South Financial Group Inc. Greenville, S.C. | 0.5 | 0.35 | 42.86 | 23,893 | 9,216,362 |
21 | Doral Financial Corp. San Juan, Puerto Rico | 0.7 | 0.49 | 41.99 | 81,681 | 10,763,729 |
22 | Bank of Hawaii Corp. Honolulu | 0.61 | 0.43 | 41.86 | 36,687 | 9,370,755 |
Dime Community Bancshares Inc. Brooklyn, N.Y. | 0.61 | 0.43 | 41.86 | 15,172 | 3,085,131 | |
24 | R&G Financial Corp. Hato Rey, Puerto Rico | 0.89 | 0.63 | 41.27 | 34,292 | 7,835,001 |
25 | First Interstate BancSystem Inc. Billings, Mont. | 1.5 | 1.07 | 40.19 | 11,830 | 3,857,118 |
26 | IndyMac Bancorp Inc. Pasadena, Calif. | 0.87 | 0.64 | 35.94 | 49,704 | 12,067,467 |
27 | W Holding Co. Inc. Mayaguez, Puerto Rico | 0.26 | 0.2 | 33.16 | 34,638 | 10,813,063 |
28 | Wintrust Financial Corp. Lake Forest, Ill. | 0.53 | 0.4 | 32.5 | 9,907 | 4,304,877 |
29 | Bank of America Corp. Charlotte, N.C. | 1.92 | 1.45 | 32.41 | 2,922,000 | 737,088,000 |
30 | BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 0.3 | 0.23 | 30.43 | 18,508 | 5,197,060 |
31 | BancorpSouth Inc. Tupelo, Miss. | 0.43 | 0.33 | 30.3 | 33,874 | 10,185,547 |
32 | BankUnited Financial Corp. Coral Gables, Fla. | 0.37 | 0.29 | 27.59 | 11,101 | 7,145,143 |
33 | First Republic Bank San Francisco | 0.51 | 0.4 | 27.5 | 7,921 | 5,716,928 |
34 | Commerce Bancorp Inc. Cherry Hill, N.J. | 0.67 | 0.53 | 26.42 | 49,474 | 21,359,169 |
35 | Wachovia Corp. Charlotte | 0.83 | 0.66 | 25.76 | 1,105,000 | 388,767,000 |
36 | East West Bancorp Inc. San Marino, Calif. | 0.65 | 0.52 | 25 | 16,142 | 3,763,476 |
PFF Bancorp Inc. Pomona, Calif. | 0.58 | 0.46 | 25 | 9,601 | 3,205,458 | |
38 | First Tennessee National Corp. Memphis | 0.91 | 0.73 | 24.66 | 118,283 | 25,489,338 |
39 | New York Community Bancorp Inc. Westbury | 0.53 | 0.44 | 21.84 | 72,185 | 12,878,020 |
40 | Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. San Antonio | 0.62 | 0.51 | 21.57 | 32,763 | 9,651,783 |
41 | Republic Bancorp Inc. Owosso, Mich. | 0.27 | 0.22 | 21.08 | 15,790 | 5,160,325 |
42 | FirstMerit Corp. Akron | 0.46 | 0.38 | 21.05 | 39,278 | 10,648,301 |
43 | First BanCorp Santurce, Puerto Rico | 0.61 | 0.51 | 19.61 | 31,684 | 12,088,772 |
44 | Northern Trust Corp. Chicago | 0.51 | 0.43 | 18.6 | 113,800 | 40,744,200 |
45 | Citigroup Inc. New York | 0.9 | 0.76 | 18.42 | 4,691,000 | 1,208,923,000 |
46 | Golden West Financial Corp. Oakland, Calif. | 1.83 | 1.56 | 17.31 | 282,906 | 76,157,840 |
UMB Financial Corp. Kansas City, Mo. | 0.61 | 0.52 | 17.31 | 13,233 | 7,028,053 | |
48 | First Niagara Financial Group Lockport, N.Y. | 0.14 | 0.12 | 16.67 | 9,304 | 3,533,430 |
49 | FleetBoston Financial Corp. Boston | 0.64 | 0.55 | 16.36 | 675,000 | 196,398,000 |
Westcorp Irvine, Calif. | 0.64 | 0.55 | 16.36 | 29,335 | 14,238,588 | |
51 | Sterling Financial Corp. Spokane | 0.57 | 0.49 | 16.09 | 8,625 | 4,075,450 |
52 | UnionBanCal Corp. San Francisco | 1.02 | 0.88 | 15.91 | 155,045 | 42,602,745 |
53 | Sky Financial Group Inc. Bowling Green, Ohio | 0.46 | 0.4 | 15 | 41,568 | 12,618,607 |
Oriental Financial Group Inc. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico | 0.69 | 0.6 | 15 | 13,559 | 3,152,920 | |
55 | Provident Financial Group Inc. Cincinnati | 0.54 | 0.47 | 14.89 | 27,461 | 17,607,633 |
56 | International Bancshares Corp. Laredo, Tex. | 0.86 | 0.75 | 14.36 | 33,858 | 7,511,624 |
57 | WesBanco Inc. Wheeling, W.Va. | 0.49 | 0.43 | 13.95 | 9,792 | 3,412,846 |
58 | Commerce Bancshares Inc. Kansas City, Mo. | 0.79 | 0.7 | 13.67 | 54,948 | 13,647,314 |
59 | Hudson United Bancorp Mahwah, N.J. | 0.68 | 0.6 | 13.33 | 30,403 | 7,975,364 |
Whitney Holding Corp. New Orleans | 0.68 | 0.6 | 13.33 | 27,502 | 7,310,341 | |
U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis | 0.51 | 0.45 | 13.33 | 984,900 | 188,835,000 | |
62 | United Community Banks Inc. Blairsville, Ga. | 0.43 | 0.38 | 13.16 | 10,364 | 3,942,139 |
63 | Charter One Financial Inc. Cleveland | 0.69 | 0.61 | 13.11 | 159,149 | 43,279,252 |
64 | FirstFed Financial Corp. Santa Monica, Calif. | 1.04 | 0.92 | 13.04 | 18,203 | 4,525,127 |
65 | Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Milwaukee, Wis. | 0.61 | 0.54 | 12.96 | 140,299 | 33,749,262 |
66 | Bank One Corp. Chicago | 0.79 | 0.7 | 12.86 | 883,000 | 290,006,000 |
67 | Associated Banc-Corp Green Bay, Wis. | 0.79 | 0.7 | 12.86 | 58,386 | 15,114,169 |
68 | SouthTrust Corp. Birmingham, Ala. | 0.53 | 0.47 | 12.77 | 178,575 | 51,561,933 |
69 | Alabama National Bancorp Birmingham | 0.8 | 0.71 | 12.68 | 10,581 | 3,852,941 |
70 | Chittenden Corp. Burlington, Vt. | 0.54 | 0.48 | 12.5 | 19,864 | 6,022,426 |
71 | Trustmark Corp. Jackson, Miss. | 0.55 | 0.49 | 12.24 | 32,418 | 7,633,104 |
72 | Sovereign Bancorp Inc. Philadelphia | 0.37 | 0.33 | 12.12 | 109,233 | 41,055,292 |
73 | City National Corp. Beverly Hills | 1.05 | 0.94 | 11.7 | 52,503 | 12,830,528 |
74 | Compass Bancshares Inc. Birmingham, Ala. | 0.68 | 0.61 | 11.48 | 86,557 | 26,156,918 |
75 | Corus Bankshares Inc. Chicago | 1.12 | 1.01 | 10.89 | 16,154 | 3,334,567 |
76 | M&T Bank Corp. Buffalo | 1.28 | 1.16 | 10.34 | 156,463 | 50,258,839 |
77 | First Citizens Bancorp of South Carolina Columbia | 11.24 | 10.19 | 10.3 | 10,236 | 4,219,308 |
78 | MB Financial Inc. Chicago | 0.75 | 0.68 | 10.29 | 13,618 | 4,285,703 |
79 | Hibernia Corp. New Orleans | 0.44 | 0.4 | 10 | 69,262 | 17,565,429 |
80 | Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco | 0.92 | 0.84 | 9.52 | 1,561,000 | 390,813,000 |
81 | First Commonwealth Financial Corp. Indiana, Pa. | 0.23 | 0.21 | 9.52 | 13,835 | 4,820,190 |
82 | Amcore Financial Inc. Rockford, Ill. | 0.47 | 0.43 | 9.3 | 11,680 | 4,418,885 |
83 | NBT Bancorp Inc. Norwich, N.Y. | 0.36 | 0.33 | 9.09 | 11,848 | 4,047,237 |
84 | Washington Mutual Inc. Seattle | 1.11 | 1.02 | 8.82 | 1,023,000 | 286,631,000 |
85 | Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati | 0.76 | 0.7 | 8.57 | 437,383 | 89,413,714 |
86 | Independence Community Bank Corp. Brooklyn, N.Y. | 0.64 | 0.59 | 8.47 | 33,672 | 8,935,090 |
87 | Huntington Bancshares Inc. Columbus, Ohio | 0.39 | 0.36 | 8.33 | 88,015 | 30,095,186 |
88 | Northwest Bancorp Inc. Warren, Pa. | 0.26 | 0.24 | 8.33 | 12,456 | 6,037,574 |
89 | National Penn Bancshares Inc. Boyertown, Pa. | 0.45 | 0.42 | 7.91 | 11,004 | 3,269,220 |
90 | Banknorth Group Inc. Portland, Maine | 0.55 | 0.51 | 7.84 | 90,278 | 25,740,937 |
91 | Westamerica Bancorp San Rafael, Calif. | 0.72 | 0.67 | 7.46 | 24,073 | 4,482,793 |
92 | State Street Corp. Boston | 0.6 | 0.56 | 7.14 | 202,000 | 81,776,000 |
93 | Colonial BancGroup Inc. Montgomery, Ala. | 0.31 | 0.29 | 6.9 | 38,812 | 15,834,519 |
94 | Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus, Ga. | 0.33 | 0.31 | 6.45 | 100,000 | 21,023,394 |
95 | Webster Financial Corp. Waterbury, Conn. | 0.89 | 0.84 | 5.95 | 41,315 | 14,608,783 |
96 | Texas Regional Bancshares Inc. McAllen | 0.52 | 0.49 | 5.91 | 15,569 | 4,185,625 |
97 | United Bankshares Inc. Charleston, W.Va. | 0.55 | 0.52 | 5.77 | 22,920 | 5,731,984 |
98 | First Banks Inc. Clayton, Mo. | 565.09 | 534.32 | 5.76 | 13,700 | 7,168,921 |
99 | Regions Financial Corp. Birmingham, Ala. | 0.74 | 0.7 | 5.71 | 164,722 | 48,794,215 |
100 | Hancock Holding Co. Gulfport, Miss. | 0.82 | 0.78 | 5.13 | 13,661 | 4,142,520 |
101 | National Commerce Financial Corp. Memphis | 0.42 | 0.4 | 5 | 85,809 | 22,890,089 |
Valley National Bancorp Wayne, N.J. | 0.42 | 0.4 | 5 | 39,336 | 9,735,580 | |
103 | Gold Banc Corp. Leawood, Kan. | 0.22 | 0.21 | 4.76 | 8,216 | 4,158,782 |
104 | AmSouth Bancorp Birmingham, Ala. | 0.45 | 0.43 | 4.65 | 157,388 | 44,342,699 |
105 | Hudson City Bancorp Inc. Paramus, N.J. | 0.27 | 0.26 | 3.85 | 50,263 | 15,898,409 |
106 | Capital One Financial Corp. McLean, Va. | 1.17 | 1.13 | 3.54 | 276,267 | 43,446,337 |
107 | Chemical Financial Corp. Midland, Mich. | 0.61 | 0.59 | 3.39 | 14,469 | 3,591,026 |
108 | Provident Bankshares Corp. Baltimore | 0.53 | 0.52 | 1.92 | 13,308 | 4,985,445 |
109 | Fulton Financial Corp. Lancaster, Pa. | 0.32 | 0.31 | 1.91 | 34,382 | 9,280,289 |
110 | National City Corp. Cleveland | 0.62 | 0.61 | 1.64 | 379,337 | 121,065,218 |
111 | CVB Financial Corp. Ontario, Calif. | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.35 | 13,502 | 3,661,827 |
112 | PNC Financial Services Group Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 281,000 | 72,284,000 |
Union Planters Corp. Memphis | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0 | 132,161 | 32,168,577 | |
Peoples Bank Bridgeport, Conn. | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0 | 14,900 | 11,762,800 | |
Wilmington Trust Corp. Del. | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0 | 34,410 | 9,099,864 | |
Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. Lititz, Pa. | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 15,974 | 5,853,412 | |
Bremer Financial Corp. St. Paul | 1.28 | 1.28 | 0 | 15,311 | 5,532,203 | |
Cathay General Bancorp Los Angeles | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0 | 13,030 | 3,201,632 | |
119 | SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta | 1.18 | 1.2 | -1.67 | 331,583 | 126,654,376 |
120 | Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. Madison | 0.48 | 0.49 | -2.04 | 11,200 | 3,661,558 |
121 | First Midwest Bancorp Inc. Itasca, Ill. | 0.45 | 0.47 | -4.26 | 21,202 | 6,299,237 |
122 | North Fork Bancorp Inc. Melville, N.Y. | 0.63 | 0.66 | -4.55 | 94,330 | 20,468,598 |
Mellon Financial Corp. Pittsburgh | 0.42 | 0.44 | -4.55 | 181,000 | 32,953,000 | |
124 | BFC Financial Corp. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | 0.12 | 0.13 | -4.76 | 2,261 | 5,189,071 |
125 | Seacoast Financial Services Corp. New Bedford, Mass. | 0.38 | 0.4 | -5 | 9,700 | 4,476,594 |
126 | Community First Bankshares Inc. Fargo, N.D. | 0.48 | 0.51 | -5.88 | 18,341 | 5,483,458 |
127 | KeyCorp Cleveland | 0.53 | 0.57 | -7.02 | 227,000 | 84,460,000 |
128 | Trust Co. of New Jersey Jersey City | 0.53 | 0.57 | -7.02 | 9,974 | 4,291,333 |
129 | Waypoint Financial Corp. Harrisburg, Pa. | 0.3 | 0.32 | -7.41 | 9,860 | 5,429,818 |
130 | MAF Bancorp Inc. Clarendon Hills, Ill. | 0.79 | 0.86 | -8.14 | 20,506 | 6,715,321 |
131 | Park National Corp. Newark, Ohio | 1.46 | 1.59 | -8.18 | 20,200 | 4,685,782 |
132 | Mercantile Bankshares Corp. Baltimore | 0.63 | 0.69 | -8.7 | 47,173 | 13,876,148 |
133 | First Charter Corp. Charlotte | 0.3 | 0.33 | -9.09 | 8,894 | 4,087,967 |
134 | Southwest Bancorp of Texas Inc. Houston | 0.38 | 0.42 | -9.52 | 13,380 | 5,663,510 |
135 | Commercial Federal Corp. Omaha | 0.51 | 0.58 | -12.07 | 22,311 | 12,503,518 |
136 | GreenPoint Financial Corp. New York | 0.82 | 0.94 | -12.77 | 101,300 | 22,866,000 |
137 | First Merchants Corp. Muncie, Ind. | 0.39 | 0.46 | -14.66 | 7349 | 3011720 |
138 | BOK Financial Corp. Tulsa | 0.6 | 0.71 | -15.37 | 38,816 | 13,100,796 |
139 | First Citizens Bancshares Inc. Raleigh | 1.87 | 2.27 | -17.62 | 19,547 | 12,387,281 |
140 | Pacific Capital Bancorp Santa Barbara, Calif. | 0.39 | 0.5 | -22 | 13,257 | 4,721,607 |
141 | First Financial Bancorp Hamilton, Ohio | 0.18 | 0.24 | -25 | 7,824 | 3,948,133 |
142 | Astoria Financial Corp. Lake Success, N.Y. | 0.53 | 0.72 | -26.39 | 41,601 | 22,069,088 |
143 | Greater Bay Bancorp Palo Alto, Calif. | 0.39 | 0.6 | -35 | 22,361 | 7,787,990 |
144 | TCF Financial Corp. Minneapolis | 0.51 | 0.8 | -36.25 | 35,964 | 11,253,906 |
145 | United National Bancorp Bridgewater, N.J. | 0.17 | 0.34 | -50 | 3,216 | 3,149,528 |
146 | Old National Bancorp Evansville, Ind. | 0.18 | 0.51 | -64.98 | 11,810 | 9,517,748 |
147 | BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem, N.C. | 0.21 | 0.68 | -69.12 | 115,891 | 90,355,131 |
148 | Staten Island Bancorp Inc. N.Y. | 0.17 | 0.78 | -78.21 | 9,823 | 7,554,089 |
149 | F.N.B. Corp. Naples, Fla. | 0.01 | 0.51 | -98.05 | 484 | 8,288,487 |
150 | Riggs National Corp. Washington | 0 | 0.19 | -97.37 | 139 | 5,861,765 |
Source: Shesunoff Information Services, a division of Thomson Corp.
Notes: Largest companies by assets. Fully diluted earnings
*Where profit followed loss, gross change divided by the absolute value of the 2002 figure
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