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U.S. Banker - Bank Rankings

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

 
 U.S. BANKER RANKINGS       

 Five-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
5-Yr   Av ROAE   5-Yr ROAE   5-Yr EPS   5-Yr EPS Gr   5-Yr
Rank   Company 96-'00 %   Rank Gr Rate %   Rank Score 
1 Morgan Stanley, New York. 24.52 6 33.75% 12 18
2 Charles Schwab Corp., San Francisco 27.47 3 29.10% 16 19
3 Merrill Lynch & Co., New York 22.08 8 33.83% 11 19
4 MBNA Corp., Wilmington, DE 31.98 2 27.18% 18 20
5 Capital One Fin. Corp., Falls Church, VA 24.80 5 28.71% 17 22
6 PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh 19.72 15 36.96% 9 24
7 FleetBoston Financial Corp., Boston 17.59 27 46.96% 3 30
8 Household International, Prospect Heights, IL 17.78 26 43.63% 5 31
9 Raymond James Fin., St. Petersburg, FL 21.03 11 25.22% 21 32
10 Lehman Brothers Holdings, New York 17.16 31 50.65% 2 33
11 Bear Stearns Companies, New York 17.92 25 35.56% 10 35
12 Fannie Mae, Washington 23.50 7 17.18% 33 40
13 State Street Corp., Boston 20.83 13 20.84% 27 40
14 USA Education, Reston, VA 62.67 1 14.29% 41 42
15 TCF Financial Corp., Minneapolis 19.31 20 23.13% 22 42
16 North Fork Bancorp., New York 20.22 14 18.71% 29 43
17 Freddie Mac, McLean, VA 19.65 16 19.36% 28 44
18 Countrywide Credit Industries, Calabasas, CA   17.08 33 33.67% 13 46
19 Bank of New York Co., New York 25.19 4 13.77% 44 48
20 City National Corp., Beverly Hills, CA 18.30 23 21.05% 26 49
21 Northern Trust Corp., Chicago 19.34 19 17.49% 31 50
22 Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, GA 19.55 17 15.93% 38 55
23 Washington Mutual, Seattle 14.77 52 44.57% 4 56
24 Comerica Inc., Detroit 19.51 18 14.84% 40 58
25 U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis 16.93 35 22.96% 23 58
26 Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh 21.82 9 12.44% 53 62
27 Commerce Bancorp, Cherry Hill, NJ 17.26 30 17.39% 32 62
28 Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, WI 14.93 49 30.11% 14 63
29 FirstMerit Corp., Akron, OH 14.02 59 42.08% 6 65
30 Cullen/Frost Bankers, San Antonio, TX 17.31 29 15.72% 39 68
31 Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati 16.84 36 16.14% 36 72
32 Student Loan Corp., Stamford, CT 17.45 28 13.58% 47 75
33 BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, NC 16.55 39 16.11% 37 76
34 Charter One Financial, Cleveland 13.12 69 40.13% 8 77
35 National City Corp., Cleveland 18.79 21 11.13% 59 80
36 Golden West Financial Corp., Oakland, CA 13.41 65 29.31% 15 80
37 Wilmington Trust Corp., Wilmington, DE 21.63 10 8.10% 71 81
38 BOK Financial Corp., Tulsa, OK 16.57 38 13.93% 43 81
39 Colonial BancGroup, Montgomery, AL 14.44 57 21.41% 24 81
40 Astoria Financial Corp., Lake Success, NY 10.65 80 87.82% 1 81
41 First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis 20.87 12 8.31% 70 82
42 Downey Financial Corp., Newport Beach, CA 11.80 75 41.82% 7 82
43 National Commerce Bancorp., Memphis 18.50 22 10.43% 61 83
44 M&T Bank Corp., Buffalo, NY 15.85 41 14.15% 42 83
45 Valley National Bancorp, Wayne, NJ 18.18 24 9.39% 64 88
46 Dime Bancorp, New York 13.02 71 27.16% 19 90
47 Sky Financial Group, Bowling Green, OH 13.91 61 17.62% 30 91
48 Popular Inc., San Juan, PR 15.09 47 13.63% 46 93
49 J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York 16.62 37 11.60% 57 94
50 SouthTrust Corp., Birmingham, AL 15.52 44 12.78% 52 96
51 Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, MI 16.97 34 10.16% 63 97
52 Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco 13.71 63 17.07% 34 97
53 Webster Financial Corp., Waterbury, CT 12.94 72 21.24% 25 97
54 Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO 14.74 54 13.13% 49 103
55 Mercantile Bankshares Corp., Baltimore 15.49 46 11.45% 58 104
56 Hudson United Bancorp, Mahwah, NJ 9.47 84 27.09% 20 104
57 KeyCorp, Cleveland 17.11 32 6.62% 75 107
58 Banknorth Group, Portland, ME 13.89 62 13.71% 45 107
59 UnionBanCal Corp., San Francisco 14.27 58 13.12% 50 108
60 SunTrust Banks, Atlanta 14.64 55 12.44% 54 109
61 Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, AL 15.73 43 8.93% 67 110
62 Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee 15.50 45 9.26% 65 110
63 Trustmark Corp., Jackson, MS 13.98 60 11.89% 55 115
64 Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, NC 15.95 40 6.33% 76 116
65 GreenPoint Financial Corp., New York 10.26 81 16.34% 35 116
66 Santander BanCorp, Hato Rey, PR 13.37 66 13.12% 51 117
67 Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, NC 15.03 48 7.72% 72 120
68 Provident Financial Group, Cincinnati 15.77 42 2.02% 79 121
69 Washington Federal, Seattle 14.75 53 8.66% 69 122
70 Zions Bancorp., Salt Lake City 14.80 51 7.04% 73 124
71 Citizens Banking Corp., Flint, MI 11.56 77 13.56% 48 125
72 First Citizens BancShares, Raleigh, NC 11.67 76 11.81% 56 132
73 First Union Corp., Charlotte, NC 14.86 50 -10.39% 83 133
74 People's Bank, Bridgeport, CT 13.25 68 9.22% 66 134
75 Centura Banks, Rocky Mount, NC 14.63 56 1.43% 80 136
76 Union Planters Corp., Memphis 12.10 74 10.24% 62 136
77 First Virginia Banks, Falls Church 13.66 64 6.84% 74 138
78 BancWest Corp., Honolulu 10.73 79 10.57% 60 139
79 Old National Bancorp, Evansville, IN 13.03 70 2.43% 77 147
80 AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, AL 13.36 67 1.11% 81 148
81 BancorpSouth, Tupelo, MS 12.85 73 2.03% 78 151
82 UMB Financial Corp., Kansas City, MO 9.61 83 8.87% 68 151
83 Pacific Century Financial Corp., Honolulu 10.88 78 1.09% 82 160
84 Westcorp, Irvine, CA 10.07 82 -111.74% 85 167
85 Comdisco Inc., Rosemont, IL 9.13 85 -50.24% 84 169

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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