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U.S. Banker - Bank Rankings

May 01, 2001, 2:00 a.m. EDT 4 Min Read

 
 U.S. BANKER RANKINGS       

 Three-Year Ranking of the 100 Largest US Banking Companies 
 Based on Return on Equity and Growth in Per-Share Earnings - 2000
 Earnings based on EPS after extraordinary items
3-Yr   Av ROAE   3-Yr ROAE   3-Yr EPS   3-Yr EPS Gr   3-Yr
Rank  Company 98-'00 %   Rank Gr Rate %   Rank Score 
1 Charles Schwab Corp., San Francisco 26.30 6 34.4% 7 13
2 Capital One Financial Corp., Falls Church, VA 26.03 7 34.2% 8 15
3 Morgan Stanley, New York 28.06 5 32.4% 10 15
4 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, DE 29.96 3 26.3% 14 17
5 Lehman Brothers Holdings, New York 19.80 20 41.2% 4 24
6 Merrill Lynch & Co., New York 20.21 16 33.8% 9 25
7 Washington Mutual, Seattle 19.14 24 34.6% 6 30
8 Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, WI 18.21 29 69.4% 2 31
9 Household International, Prospect Heights, IL 18.11 31 55.7% 3 34
10 Citigroup, New York 18.98 25 27.3% 12 37
11 State Street Corp., Boston 21.83 11 17.6% 27 38
12 Bank of New York Co., New York 28.11 4 15.1% 36 40
13 Freddie Mac, McLean, VA 19.65 22 22.0% 20 42
14 Student Loan Corp., Stamford, CT 18.09 32 27.1% 13 45
15 Fannie Mae, Washington 23.70 8 14.9% 37 45
16 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 20.10 18 16.1% 33 51
17 City National Corp., Beverly Hills, CA 18.92 26 17.4% 28 54
18 FleetBoston Financial Corp., Boston 17.76 35 21.9% 21 56
19 Comerica Inc., Detroit 20.69 14 13.2% 44 58
20 Commerce Bancorp, Cherry Hill, NJ 17.67 36 19.5% 24 60
21 Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh 23.01 9 12.1% 51 60
22 Webster Financial Corp., Waterbury, CT 14.96 57 36.1% 5 62
23 Synovus Financial Corp, Columbus, GA 19.62 23 14.1% 40 63
24 Cullen/Frost Bankers, San Antonio, TX 18.18 30 15.6% 34 64
25 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 17.26 39 16.6% 30 69
26 TCF Financial Corp., Minneapolis 20.11 17 11.8% 53 70
27 PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh 20.79 13 9.6% 58 71
28 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis 15.34 51 19.7% 23 74
29 Raymond James Financial, St. Petersburg, FL 18.84 28 12.5% 48 76
30 Downey Financial Corp., Newport Beach, CA 14.19 68 31.0% 11 79
31 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 14.45 64 25.5% 16 80
32 Golden West Financial Corp., Oakland, CA 15.16 54 18.7% 26 80
33 Astoria Financial Corp., Lake Success, NY 12.34 80 140.1% 1 81
34 Wilmington Trust Corp., Wilmington, DE 21.55 12 6.6% 69 81
35 National City Corp., Cleveland 19.71 21 9.3% 61 82
36 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, NC 16.56 44 14.2% 39 83
37 Countrywide Credit Industries, Calabasas, CA   16.85 41 13.4% 42 83
38 USA Education, Reston, VA 66.04 1 0.0% 83 84
39 BOK Financial Corp., Tulsa, OK 16.43 45 13.5% 41 86
40 First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis 20.60 15 6.0% 72 87
41 Colonial BancGroup, Montgomery, AL 14.07 69 23.3% 19 88
42 Charter One Financial, Cleveland 13.92 72 23.7% 18 90
43 Bear Stearns Companies, New York 16.66 43 12.5% 47 90
44 Compass Bancshares, Birmingham, AL 17.44 37 11.5% 54 91
45 Dime Bancorp, New York 14.56 63 16.9% 29 92
46 Valley National Bancorp, Wayne, NJ 18.91 27 8.0% 65 92
47 North Fork Bancorp., New York 19.84 19 5.7% 75 94
48 FirstMerit Corp., Akron, OH 13.59 73 20.1% 22 95
49 Trustmark Corp., Jackson, MS 14.71 61 15.3% 35 96
50 SunTrust Banks, Atlanta 15.27 53 13.3% 43 96
51 Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO 15.40 50 12.7% 46 96
52 Citizens Banking Corp., Flint, MI 12.26 82 26.3% 15 97
53 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, MI 17.78 34 8.1% 64 98
54 Sky Financial Group, Bowling Green, OH 13.17 74 19.3% 25 99
55 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, AL 15.31 52 12.2% 50 102
56 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, NC 16.83 42 9.5% 60 102
57 Fulton Financial Corp., Lancaster, PA 15.83 49 11.4% 55 104
58 Mercantile Bankshares Corp., Baltimore 16.02 47 10.9% 57 104
59 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, AL 16.02 48 9.1% 62 110
60 Banknorth Group, Portland, ME 14.69 62 12.2% 49 111
61 Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, NC 14.79 59 11.9% 52 111
62 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York 17.85 33 4.5% 78 111
63 Huntington Bancshares, Columbus, OH 16.23 46 7.9% 66 112
64 Hudson United Bancorp, Mahwah, NJ 8.94 97 24.0% 17 114
65 Union Planters Corp., Memphis 12.01 83 16.5% 31 114
66 National Commerce Bancorp., Memphis 17.40 38 4.9% 76 114
67 Popular Inc., San Juan, PR 14.88 58 9.5% 59 117
68 KeyCorp, Cleveland 17.01 40 3.8% 79 119
69 Commercial Federal Corp., Omaha 10.59 89 16.2% 32 121
70 M&T Bank Corp., Buffalo, NY 14.41 65 11.2% 56 121
71 First Citizens BancShares, Raleigh, NC 11.99 84 14.6% 38 122
72 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee 15.04 56 6.6% 70 126
73 UnionBanCal Corp., San Francisco 15.14 55 6.0% 73 128
74 BancWest Corp., Honolulu 9.99 92 12.7% 45 137
75 First Virginia Banks, Falls Church 13.94 71 7.4% 67 138
76 Washington Federal, Seattle 14.74 60 3.2% 80 140
77 Santander BanCorp, Hato Rey, PR 14.35 66 1.6% 81 147
78 People's Bank, Bridgeport, CT 12.85 78 6.3% 71 149
79 Hibernia Corp., New Orleans 12.97 76 5.9% 74 150
80 GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York 10.44 90 8.7% 63 153
81 Provident Financial Group,Cincinnati 14.23 67 -9.3% 89 156
82 Centura Banks, Rocky Mount, NC 13.96 70 -6.7% 87 157
83 Old National Bancorp, Evansville, IN 12.96 77 -2.2% 85 162
84 BancorpSouth, Tupelo, MS 12.27 81 -1.7% 84 165
85 First Union Corp., Charlotte, NC 13.01 75 -26.6% 91 166
86 AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, AL 12.53 79 -8.9% 88 167
87 Zions Bancorp., Salt Lake City 11.02 87 0.9% 82 169
88 UMB Financial Corp., Kansas City, MO 9.24 96 4.7% 77 173
89 Pacific Century Financial Corp., Honolulu 9.81 94 -4.1% 86 180
90 Bank One Corp., Chicago 10.05 91 -31.6% 92 183
91 Sovereign Bancorp, Philadelphia 8.00 98 -21.8% 90 188
92 Westcorp, Irvine, CA 9.63 95 -189.4% 94 189
93 Comdisco Inc., Rosemont, IL 5.14 99 -95.1% 93 192
94 E*TRADE Group, Menlo Park, CA -1.22 100 -806.5% 95 195

Note:  Excludes companies for which ROE or EPS data was not available for years 1999 or 2000Source:  Raw data from SNL Securities  

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