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Performance Study Peer Groups
Asset Total Assets: Dec. 31
Rank $ millions
1995 Mega Banks 1995 1994
1 Chase Manhattan Corp., New York * 336,099 304,099
2 Citicorp, New York 281,018 256,853
3 Bank America Corp., San Francisco 250,753 232,446
4 J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc., New York 215,043 178,510
5 NationsBank Corp., Charlotte, NC * 1 185,794 187,298
6 First Union Corp., Charlotte, NC 140,127 131,880
7 Bankers Trust New York Corp. 120,235 104,002
8 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco * 108,888 105,728
9 First Chicago NBD Corp., Chicago 104,619 122,002
10 Banc One Corp., Columbus * 96,398 90,454
11 Fleet Financial Group, Inc., Boston * 85,518 84,432
12 Norwest Corp., Minneapolis * 79,112 72,580
SUPEREGIONAL BANKS
1 PNC Bank Corp., Pittsburgh * 73,260 73,404
2 KeyCorp, Cleveland 67,621 66,339
3 Bank of Boston Corp., Boston * 59,523 55,744
4 Bank of New York Co., Inc., New York 55,891 53,720
5 Suntrust Banks, Inc., Atlanta 52,468 46,471
6 Republic NY, Corp., New York 52,299 43,882
7 National City Corp., Cleveland 50,859 50,542
8 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, NC 46,905 44,981
9 CoreStates Financial Corp., Philadelphia * 45,494 45,997
10 Mellon Bank Corp., Pittsburgh * 42,596 40,646
11 Barnett Banks Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. * 41,231 41,554
12 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla 41,200 33,704
13 First Bank System, Inc., Minneapolis 2 36,489 33,874
14 Comerica Inc., Detroit * 34,206 35,470
15 US Bancorp , Portland, Oregon * 2 33,260 31,794
16 State Street Boston Corp., Boston 31,524 25,785
17 Union Bk of CA NA * 28,234 27,547
18 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, Ala. * 26,223 20,787
LARGE REGIONAL BANKS:
1 HSBC Americas, Inc., Buffalo, NY 3 23,630 20,553
2 Crestar Financial Corp., Richmond, Va. 22,862 22,333
3 Summit Bancorp, Princeton, NJ * 22,668 21,537
4 First of America Bank Corp., Kalamazoo, Mich. 22,194 23,752
5 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 21,608 19,934
6 Southern National Corp., Winston-Salem, NC 21,247 20,636
7 Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Columbus, Ohio 20,852 20,255
8 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 20,549 17,053
9 Harris Bank, Chicago 3 20,121 17,405
10 Firstar Corp., Milwaukee 19,767 19,168
11 Mercantile Bancorp, Inc., St. Louis * 18,987 15,934
12 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, Ala. 18,930 16,852
13 La Salle National Corp, Chicago 3 18,789 15,596
14 AmSouth Bancorp, Birmingham, Ala. 18,047 17,739
15 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, Del. 17,035 13,231
16 BanPonce Corp., San Juan 16,712 15,676
17 Union Planters Corp., Memphis, Tenn. 15,223 14,383
18 Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Providence, R 15,159 10,195
19 Marshall & Ilsey Corp., Milwaukee 14,763 13,300
20 First Security Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah 14,708 13,035
Sources of Asset Data: American Banker Research, First Call Corp., ILX