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| Rank | Firm | Deal Value ($ Million) | Deals (#) | Deal Value ($ Million) | Deals (#) |
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| 1 | J.P. Morgan & Co. (1) | 39,956.80 | 5 | 39,615.40 | 4 |
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| 2 | Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. (4) | 36,806.10 | 6 | 9,444.90 | 8 |
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| 3 | Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1) | 32,325.90 | 4 | 147 | 1 |
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| 4 | Merrill Lynch & Co. (1) (2) | 14,647.70 | 7 | 3,083.10 | 7 |
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| 5 | Salomon Smith Barney (1) | 5,893.80 | 4 | 946.8 | 3 |
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| 6 | Sandler O’Neill & Partners | 3,292.50 | 18 | 3,786.90 | 19 |
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| 7 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. | 3,122.90 | 19 | 4,539.60 | 29 |
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| 8 | Lazard Freres & Co. (1) | 2,750.00 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
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| 9 | Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. (1) | 1,916.60 | 1 | 1,916.60 | 1 |
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| 10 | Lehman Brothers (1) | 1,704.50 | 2 | 187.3 | 1 |
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| 11 | Robinson-Humphrey Co. (1) | 783.3 | 4 | 564.2 | 2 |
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| 12 | Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. (1) | 748.8 | 6 | 573.5 | 4 |
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| 13 | Austin Associates Inc. | 703.5 | 10 | 155.4 | 7 |
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| 14 | McDonald Investments (3) | 521.5 | 16 | 415.2 | 6 |
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| 15 | Alex Sheshunoff & Co. (2) | 514.8 | 10 | 353.8 | 10 |
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| 16 | Ryan, Beck & Co. | 504.4 | 6 | 661.9 | 8 |
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| 17 | RP Financial | 489.2 | 13 | 412.9 | 12 |
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| 18 | Danielson Associates Inc. | 469.5 | 4 | 121 | 3 |
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| 19 | Stephens Inc. (2) | 455.8 | 2 | 455.8 | 1 |
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| 20 | McConnell, Budd & Downes Inc. | 434.2 | 8 | 821.9 | 11 |
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| 21 | MG Advisors Inc. | 395.8 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 |
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| 22 | CIBC World Markets (1) | 375.9 | 1 | 994.6 | 2 |
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| 23 | Hoefer & Arnett Inc. (2) | 357.1 | 12 | 384.7 | 15 |
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| 24 | The Orr Group | 303.7 | 1 | 303.7 | 1 |
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| 25 | Southard Financial (1) | 237.6 | 3 | 275.9 | 4 |
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| 26 | Dain Rauscher Wessels | 213.3 | 5 | 4.1 | 1 |
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| 27 | Hovde Financial | 199.9 | 8 | 664.2 | 10 |
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| 28 | Tucker Anthony Sutro | 188.9 | 5 | 125.9 | 3 |
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| 29 | Berwind Financial Group | 179.6 | 4 | N/A | N/A |
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| 30 | Advest Inc. (1) | 178.8 | 1 | 382.9 | 4 |
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| 31 | W.Y. Campbell & Co. (1) | 173.5 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
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| 32 | Northeast Capital & Advisory Inc. | 160.7 | 1 | 593.6 | 1 |
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| 33 | D.A. Davidson & Co. (1) | 158.8 | 4 | 15.2 | 1 |
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| 34 | Garland McPherson & Associates | 147.7 | 2 | 161.7 | 2 |
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| 35 | Gerrish & McCreary (1) | 147 | 1 | 147.7 | 2 |
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| 36 | Baxter Fentriss & Co. | 145.9 | 7 | 230.9 | 9 |
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| 37 | The Carson Medlin Co. | 141.3 | 6 | 261.6 | 4 |
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| 38 | Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc. (1) | 135 | 1 | 135 | 1 |
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| 39 | Austin Financial Services Inc. | 118 | 5 | 146.8 | 5 |
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| 40 | Bank Advisory Group Inc. | 114.6 | 6 | 269.9 | 5 |
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| 41 | Janney Montgomery Scott Inc. (1) | 101 | 2 | 92.6 | 1 |
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| 42 | Putnam Lovell (1) | 100.3 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
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| 43 | Endicott Group | 96.6 | 2 | 80.3 | 1 |
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| 44 | First Security Van Kasper (1) | 90.8 | 1 | 38.1 | 2 |
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| 45 | The Findley Group | 86 | 7 | 56.8 | 4 |
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| 46 | The Findley Group | 86 | 7 | 56.8 | 4 |
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| 47 | Mercer Capital Management | 84.3 | 3 | 20.8 | 2 |
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| 48 | Davenport & Co. LLC | 82.2 | 2 | 373 | 5 |
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| 49 | Castle Creek Financial | 74.3 | 3 | 65.7 | 2 |
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| 50 | Scott & Stringfellow Inc. | 64.1 | 4 | 29.2 | 2 |
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| 51 | Sterne, Agee & Leach (1) | 63.6 | 1 | 77.9 | 1 |
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| 52 | First Capital Group | 53.3 | 1 | 7.5 | 1 |
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| 53 | SAMCO Capital Markets (1) | 44 | 1 | 108.7 | 3 |
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| 54 | William Blair & Co. (1) | 43.6 | 1 | 309.7 | 1 |
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| 55 | Leslie Childress Inc. (1) | 41.6 | 1 | 41.6 | 1 |
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| 56 | Capital Resources Group Inc. (1) | 41.6 | 1 | 133.6 | 2 |
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| 57 | Raymond James & Associates | 40.4 | 1 | 40.4 | 1 |
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| 58 | Feldman Financial Advisors Inc. (2) | 38.6 | 4 | 52.6 | 4 |
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| 59 | Crowe Chizek & Co. (1) | 37.5 | 2 | 8.5 | 1 |
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| 60 | Fister & Associates Inc. | 34.8 | 1 | 365.2 | 6 |
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| - | The Capital Corp. (2) | 34.8 | 2 | 34.8 | 2 |
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| 62 | FinPro Inc. | 34.4 | 2 | 13.9 | 1 |
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| 63 | Renninger and Associates (1) | 33.4 | 1 | 33.4 | 1 |
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| 64 | Chaffe & Associates Inc. (1) | 33.3 | 2 | 22.1 | 1 |
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| 65 | Chartwell Capital Ltd. (1) | 32.4 | 1 | 32.4 | 1 |
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| 66 | Brown, Burke Capital Partners Inc. | 32 | 2 | 725.3 | 2 |
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| 67 | Allen C. Ewing & Co. | 29.5 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
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| 68 | David A. Noyes (1) | 27.5 | 1 | 27.5 | 1 |
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| 69 | Professional Bank Services Inc. (1) | 26.9 | 1 | 167.9 | 6 |
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| 70 | Howe Barnes Investments Inc. | 25.6 | 1 | 133.5 | 3 |
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| 71 | Columbia Financial Advisors Inc. | 24.2 | 2 | 63.1 | 3 |
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| 72 | U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray | 22.1 | 1 | 96 | 2 |
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| 73 | Carpenter & Co. | 18 | 3 | 48.1 | 2 |
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| 74 | Fox-Pitt, Kelton | 17.2 | 1 | 34.8 | 1 |
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| 75 | Holder and Associates | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 |
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| 76 | McKinnon & Co. (1) | 15.3 | 1 | 15.3 | 1 |
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| 77 | Olive Corporate Finance (1) | 15.2 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 |
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| 78 | Marshall Financial Consulting (1) | 14.5 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
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| 79 | Ferris, Baker, Watts Inc. (1) | 13.9 | 1 | 86.7 | 2 |
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| 80 | GRA, Thompson, White & Co. (1) | 10 | 3 | 5,817.00 | 3 |
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| 81 | Ferguson & Co. (1) | 8.8 | 1 | 19.4 | 1 |
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| 82 | Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. | 8.8 | 1 | 1,403.90 | 1 |
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| 83 | RSM McGladrey Inc. (1) | 6.5 | 1 | N/A | N/A |
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| 84 | National Capital | 5.3 | 1 | 5.3 | 1 |
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| 85 | Sage Capital (1) | 4.1 | 1 | 4.1 | 1 |
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| 86 | DD&F Consulting Group | 3.1 | 1 | 40.3 | 5 |
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| 87 | Young & Associates (1) | 2.3 | 1 | 32.2 | 2 |
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| 88 | Berkshire Capital Corp. (2) | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A |
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| 89 | HAS Associates Inc. (2) | N/A | 2 | N/A | N/A |
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(1) Did not respond to survey (2) Value not available for at least one deal (3) Includes Trident Securities and The Wallach Co., subsidiaries of McDonald Investments (4) Includes Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. *To be added to the survey list, please call (512) 236-6200, or e-mail at ross.finley@thomsonmedia.com Source: Sheshunoff Information Services Inc., Austin, Texas, a subsidiary of Thomson Financial Corp. |
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