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Top 10 in Earnings Per Share Growth*
EPS MkB- EPS Percent
Rank Rank 3Q96 Gain*
1 1 MBNA Corp. (L) 0.55 30.95
2 50 BanPonce Corp. (L) 0.67 21.82
3 34 First Security Corp. (L) 0.61 19.61
4 4 State Street Boston Corp. (S) 0.91 16.67
5 51 Bankers Trust New York Corp. (M) 1.99 15.7
6 5 Northern Trust Corp. (L) 1.14 15.15
7 53 Republic New York Corp. (S) 1.8 14.65
8 10 "Comerica, Inc. (S)" 1.04 14.29
9 32 "Chase Manhattan Corp. (M,r)" 1.8 13.92
10 14 Mellon Bank Corp. (S) 1.31 13.91
(*)- The change in EPS from 3Q95 to 3Q96
Top 10 in 12-Month Stock Price Growth*
Grth MkB Stk pricPercent
Rank Rank 9/30/96Gain*
1 2 Fifth Third Bancorp (L) 58.125 51.96
2 7 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.(S,r) 55.875 51.01
3 4 State Street Boston Corp. (S) 57.375 43.44
4 5 Northern Trust Corp. (L) 65.75 42.93
5 10 Comerica, Inc. (S) 51.5 41.58
6 44 Wells Fargo & Co. (M) 260 40.07
7 13 U.S. Bancorp (S,r) 39.5 39.82
8 50 BanPonce Corp. (L) 27 39.35
9 3 First Bank System, Inc. (S) 66.875 38.96
10 49 BankAmerica Corp. (M) 82.125 37.16
(*)- The change in stock price from 9/30/95 to 9/30/96
Top 10 in Total Return Year-to-Date
T.R. MkB Total ReMkt-Book
Rank Rank YTD (%) % Chge*
1 1 MBNA Corp. (L) 55.96 1.6
2 28 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc.(S,r) 52.85 45.4
3 48 Chase Manhattan Corp. (M,r) 50.51 28.2
4 13 Citicorp (M) 50.5 25
5 53 BankAmerica Corp. (M) 44.38 25.5
6 15 Bank of Boston Corp.(S,r) 42.95 12.3
7 7 State Street Boston Corp. (S) 42.33 32.1
8 19 Bank of New York Co., Inc. (S) 40.5 22.9
9 54 BanPonce Corp. (L) 38.38 25.1
10 17 SunTrust Banks, Inc. (S) 38.34 3.6
(*)- The change in market-to-book ratio from 9/30/95 to 9/30/96
