RANKED BY PRICE/EARNINGS RATIO

May 01, 2000, 1:00 a.m. EDT 3 Min Read

RANKED BY PRICE/EARNINGS RATIO
P/E Rank	Overall Rank	Company Name, Headquarters	P/E Ratio
1	93	Berkshire Hathaway, Omaha	64.1
2	2	Charles Schwab Corp., San Francisco	52.1
3	20	Northern Trust Corp., Chicago	34.7
4	48	American International Group, New York	31.5
5	8	State Street Corp., Boston	28.7
6	49	Marsh & McLennan Cos., New York	25.7
7	17	American Express Co., New York	24.8
8	94	Cincinnati Financial Corp., Fairfield, OH	23.9
9	35	Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati	23.1
10	7	Bank of New York Co., New York	21.9
11	22	Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, GA	21.8
12	5	Capital One Fin'l Corp., Falls Church, VA	20.7
13	32	AFLAC Inc., Columbus, GA	19.6
14	100	CNA Financial Corp., Chicago	18.9
15	13	Citigroup, New York	18.2
16	6	MBNA Corp., Wilmington, DE	17.7
17	42	Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco	16.9
18	3	Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co., New York	16.6
19	1	Providian Financial Corp., San Francisco	16.2
20	91	Chubb Corp., Warren, NJ	16.1
21	97	SAFECO Corp., Seattle	15.9
22	16	Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh	15.8
23	30	Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee	15.8
24	82	Firstar Corp., Milwaukee	15.7
25	10	Merrill Lynch & Co., New York	15.5
26	39	Jefferson-Pilot Corp., Greensboro, NC	14.9
27	89	Aon Corp., Chicago	14.4
28	57	Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City	14.1
29	11	Chase Manhattan Corp., New York	13.7
30	26	AXA Financial, New York	13.6
31	36	BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, NC	13.5
32	37	Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, MI	13.4
33	66	SunTrust Banks, Atlanta	13.4
34	67	Bank One Corp., Chicago	13
35	54	J.P. Morgan & Co., New York	12.9
36	34	M&T Bank Corp., Buffalo, NY	12.7
37	15	Hartford Life Inc., Simsbury, CT	12.6
38	50	Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, NC	12.5
39	92	CIGNA Corp., Philadelphia	12.3
40	61	Hartford Fin'l Services Group, Hartford, CT	12.1
41	81	St. Paul Companies, St. Paul, MN	12
42	44	Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, OH	11.9
43	88	Aetna Inc., Hartford, CT	11.7
44	38	Protective Life Corp., Birmingham, AL	11.4
45	46	Travelers Property Casualty, Hartford, CT	11.3
46	76	Fleet Boston Fin'l Corp., Boston	11.3
47	63	Popular Inc., San Juan, PR	11.2
48	65	American General Corp., Houston	11.1
49	70	Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO	11.1
50	86	BancWest Corp., Honolulu	11.1
51	9	Household International, Prospect Hill, IL	10.8
52	12	Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, New York	10.8
53	62	Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, WI	10.7
54	31	PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh	10.6
55	29	First Union Corp., Charlotte, NC	10.5
56	73	Union Planters Corp., Memphis	10.5
57	56	Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, NC	10.3
58	68	Golden West Fin'l Corp., Oakland, CA	10.3
59	25	First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis	10.2
60	19	U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis	10.1
61	69	Ambac Financial Group, New York	10
62	95	MBIA Inc., Armonk, NY	10
63	27	Associates First Capital Corp., Dallas	9.7
64	60	Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, AL	9.7
65	75	Lincoln National Corp., Ft. Wayne, IN	9.6
66	87	Pacific Century Fin'l Corp., Honolulu	9.6
67	4	North Fork Bancorp, Melville, NY	9.5
68	23	Comerica Inc., Detroit	9.5
69	33	Compass Bancshares, Birmingham, AL	9.5
70	53	SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, AL	9.5
71	18	National City Corp., Cleveland	9.3
72	64	First Security Corp., Salt Lake City	9.2
73	71	Charter One Financial, Cleveland	9
74	78	ReliaStar Financial Corp., Minneapolis	9
75	90	AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, AL	9
76	55	Summit Bancorp, Princeton, NJ	8.9
77	59	Peoples Heritage Fin'l Group, Portland, ME	8.9
78	40	Allstate Corp., Northbrook, IL	8.8
79	84	Heller Financial, Chicago	8.8
80	14	Lehman Brothers Holdings, New York	8.4
81	77	Commercial Federal Corp., Omaha	8.4
82	83	Hibernia Corp., New Orleans	8.4
83	45	KeyCorp, Cleveland	8.2
84	85	Torchmark Corp., Birmingham	8.2
85	24	Washington Mutual, Seattle	8.1
86	47	UnionBanCal Corp., San Francisco	7.9
87	80	Bank United Corp., Houston	7.8
88	41	Countrywide Credit Industries, Calabasas, CA	7.4
89	58	Dime Bancorp, New York	7.4
90	74	GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York	7.4
91	52	Bear Stearns Companies, New York	7.2
92	79	CIT Group, New York	7.1
93	43	Astoria Financial Corp., Lake Success, NY	6.7
94	96	Liberty Financial Companies, Boston	6.7
95	99	UNUMProvident Corp., Portland, ME	6.5
96	28	Golden State Bancorp, San Francisco	6.4
97	72	Sovereign Bancorp, Philadelphia	5.8
98	98	Reliance Group Holdings, New York	5.8
99	51	FINOVA Group, Scottsdale, AZ	5.1
100	21	Conseco Inc., Carmel, IN	3.5