1995 Performance of Top U.S. Banking Companies

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Performance Study Peer Groups

Asset Total Assets: Dec. 31

Rank $ millions

1995 Mega Banks 1995 1994

1 Citicorp, New York 256,853 250,489

2 BankAmerica Corp., San Francisco 232,446 215,475

3 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, N.C. 187,298 169,604

4 J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc., New York 184,879 154,917

5 Chemical Banking Corp., New York 182,926 171,423

6 First Union Corp., Charlotte, N.C.* 131,880 113,529

7 First Chicago NBD Corp., Chicago* 122,002 112,763

8 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York 121,173 114,038

9 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 104,002 97,016

10 Banc One Corp., Columbus, Ohio 90,454 88,923

11 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston* 84,432 81,026

Superregional Banks

1 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh* 73,404 77,461

2 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis 72,134 59,316

3 KeyCorp, Cleveland 66,339 66,801

4 First Interstate Bancorp, Los Angele 58,071 55,813

5 Bank of New York Co., Inc. 53,720 48,879

6 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 50,316 53,374

7 Bank of Boston Corp. 47,397 44,630

8 SunTrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 46,471 42,709

9 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, N.C. 44,981 39,188

10 Republic New York Corp. 43,882 41,068

11 Barnett Banks, Inc., Jacksonville, F 41,554 41,278

12 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh 40,646 38,644

13 National City Corp., Cleveland 36,199 32,114

14 Comerica Inc., Detroit 35,470 33,430

15 First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis 33,874 34,128

16 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., St. Loui 33,704 28,927

17 U.S. Bancorp, Portland, Ore.* 31,794 30,609

18 CoreStates Financial Corp, Philadelp 29,729 29,325

19 National Westminster Bancorp, Jersey 29,615 27,089

20 State Street Boston Corp.* 25,785 22,547

Large Regional Banks: The 20 Largest

1 First of America Bank Corp., Kalamaz 23,600 24,569

2 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, Ala. 20,787 17,632

3 HSBC Americas, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.* 20,519 18,698

4 Southern National Corp., Winston-Sal 20,493 19,855

5 Huntington Bancshares Inc., Columbus 20,255 17,771

6 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 19,934 18,562

7 Union Bank, San Francisco 19,518 16,867

8 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee* 18,556 17,994

9 Crestar Financial Corp., Richmond, V 18,303 16,483

10 AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, Ala. 17,739 16,778

11 Harris Bank, Chicago* 17,405 16,809

12 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 17,053 14,957

13 Mercantile Bancorp. Inc., St. Louis* 15,934 14,806

14 Summit Bancorp., Princeton, N.J. 15,886 15,429

15 BanPonce Corp., San Juan 15,676 12,778

16 LaSalle National Corp., Chicago 15,601 14,143

17 Meridian Bancorp, Inc., Reading, Pa. 14,758 15,053

18 Integra Financial Corp., Pittsburgh 14,346 13,755

19 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, 13,709 12,839

20 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee 13,344 12,613 ===

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