U.S. Banker - Bank Rankings
March 01, 2001, 2:00 a.m. EST 1 Min Read
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| | | U.S. BANKER RANKINGS | | Top Financial Advisors -- 2000 Thrift Mergers Ranked by announced deal value (excludes terminated deals) | | | ANNOUNCED | COMPLETED | | Rank | Firm | Deal Value ($ Million) | Deals (#) | Deal Value ($ Million) | Deals (#) |  | | 1 | Lehman Brothers (1) | 1,704.50 | 2 | 187.3 | 1 |  | | 2 | Goldman, Sachs & Co. (1) | 1,517.31 | | 1,794.50 | 1 |  | | 3 | Sandler O’Neill & Partners | 963.5 | 10 | 1,171.70 | 11 |  | | 4 | Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. | 811.4 | 10 | 701.5 | 11 |  | | 5 | Ryan, Beck & Co. | 504.4 | 6 | 577.9 | 7 |  | | 6 | McDonald Investments (3) | 483.8 | 14 | 491.7 | 15 |  | | 7 | RP Financial | 482.4 | 12 | 406.1 | 11 |  | | 8 | Danielson Associates Inc. | 202.5 | 2 | 202.5 | 2 |  | | 9 | Salomon Smith Barney (1) | 187.3 | 1 | 187.3 | 1 |  | | 10 | Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. (1) | 183.7 | 2 | 37.5 | 1 |  | | 11 | Advest Inc. (1) | 178.8 | 1 | 178.8 | 1 |  | | 12 | Northeast Capital & Advisory Inc. | 160.7 | 1 | 593.6 | 1 |  | | 13 | Tucker Anthony Sutro | 135.5 | 3 | 96.8 | 2 |  | | 14 | McConnell, Budd & Downes Inc. | 129.9 | 3 | 144.9 | 4 |  | | 15 | D.A. Davidson & Co. (1) | 100.3 | 1 | N/A | N/A |  | | - | Putnam Lovell (1) | 100.3 | 1 | N/A | N/A |  | | 17 | Endicott Group | 80.3 | 1 | 80.3 | 1 |  | | 18 | Berwind Financial Group | 67 | 2 | N/A | N/A |  | | 19 | William Blair & Co. (1) | 43.6 | 1 | 309.7 | 1 |  | | 20 | Capital Resources Group Inc. (1) | 41.6 | 1 | 133.6 | 2 |  | | 21 | Austin Financial Services Inc. | 40.4 | 1 | 40.4 | 1 |  | | - | Raymond James & Associates | 40.4 | 1 | 40.4 | 1 |  | | 23 | FinPro Inc. | 34.4 | 2 | 7.5 | 1 |  | | 24 | David A. Noyes (1) | 27.5 | 1 | 27.5 | 1 |  | | 25 | Howe Barnes Investments Inc. | 25.6 | 1 | 129.9 | 2 |  | | 26 | U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray | 22.1 | 1 | N/A | N/A |  | | 27 | Scott & Stringfellow Inc. | 21.7 | 1 | N/A | N/A |  | | 28 | Baxter Fentriss & Co. | 20.2 | 1 | 52.3 | 2 |  | | 29 | MG Advisors Inc. | 19.8 | 1 | 19.8 | 1 |  | | 30 | Ferguson & Co. (1) | 8.8 | 1 | 86.7 | 2 |  | | 31 | The Carson Medlin Co. | 8.7 | 1 | 8.5 | 1 |  | | 32 | Hoefer & Arnett Inc. | 8.6 | 1 | 19.3 | 2 |  | | 33 | Feldman Financial Advisors Inc. (2) | 1.1 | 2 | 15.1 | 3 |  | | 34 | HAS Associates Inc. (2) | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A |  | | 35 | Merrill Lynch & Co. (1) (2) | N/A | 1 | 373.1 | 4 |  | | 36 | Stephens Inc. (2) | N/A | 1 | N/A | N/A |  | (1) Did not respond to survey (2) Value not available for at least one deal (3) Includes Trident Securities, a subsidiary 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. |  | | |