| 5-Yr | | Av ROAE | 5-Yr ROAE | 5-Yr ESP | 5-Yr EPS Gr | 5-Yr |
| Rank | Company | 96-'00 % | Rank | Gr Rate % | Rank | Score |
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| 1 | PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh | 19.72 | 7 | 36.96% | 3 | 10 |
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| 2 | State Street Corp., Boston | 20.83 | 5 | 20.84% | 10 | 15 |
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| 3 | North Fork Bancorp., New York | 20.22 | 6 | 18.71% | 11 | 17 |
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| 4 | TCF Financial Corp., Minneapolis | 19.31 | 11 | 23.13% | 6 | 17 |
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| 5 | FleetBoston Financial Corp., Boston | 17.59 | 16 | 46.96% | 1 | 17 |
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| 6 | Northern Trust Corp., Chicago | 19.34 | 10 | 17.49% | 13 | 23 |
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| 7 | City National Corp., Beverly Hills, CA | 18.30 | 14 | 21.05% | 9 | 23 |
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| 8 | Bank of New York Co., New York | 25.19 | 1 | 13.77% | 23 | 24 |
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| 9 | Synovus Financial Corp., Columbus, GA | 19.55 | 8 | 15.93% | 18 | 26 |
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| 10 | U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis | 16.93 | 21 | 22.96% | 7 | 28 |
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| 11 | Comerica Inc., Detroit | 19.51 | 9 | 14.84% | 20 | 29 |
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| 12 | Mellon Financial Corp., Pittsburgh | 21.82 | 2 | 12.44% | 30 | 32 |
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| 13 | Commerce Bancorp, Cherry Hill, NJ | 17.26 | 18 | 17.39% | 14 | 32 |
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| 14 | Cullen/Frost Bankers, San Antonio, TX | 17.31 | 17 | 15.72% | 19 | 36 |
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| 15 | Fifth Third Bancorp, Cincinnati | 16.84 | 22 | 16.14% | 16 | 38 |
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| 16 | Associated Banc-Corp, Green Bay, WI | 14.93 | 34 | 30.11% | 4 | 38 |
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| 17 | BB&T Corp., Winston-Salem, NC | 16.55 | 25 | 16.11% | 17 | 42 |
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| 18 | FirstMerit Corp., Akron, OH | 14.02 | 42 | 42.08% | 2 | 44 |
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| 19 | BOK Financial Corp., Tulsa, OK | 16.57 | 24 | 13.93% | 22 | 46 |
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| 20 | National City Corp., Cleveland | 18.79 | 12 | 11.13% | 36 | 48 |
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| 21 | M&T Bank Corp., Buffalo, NY | 15.85 | 27 | 14.15% | 21 | 48 |
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| 22 | Colonial BancGroup, Montgomery, AL | 14.44 | 40 | 21.41% | 8 | 48 |
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| 23 | Wilmington Trust Corp., Wilmington, DE | 21.63 | 3 | 8.10% | 46 | 49 |
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| 24 | First Tennessee National Corp., Memphis | 20.87 | 4 | 8.31% | 45 | 49 |
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| 25 | National Commerce Bancorp., Memphis | 18.50 | 13 | 10.43% | 38 | 51 |
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| 26 | Valley National Bancorp, Wayne, NJ | 18.18 | 15 | 9.39% | 41 | 56 |
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| 27 | Sky Financial Group, Bowling Green, OH | 13.91 | 44 | 17.62% | 12 | 56 |
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| 28 | J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York | 16.62 | 23 | 11.60% | 34 | 57 |
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| 29 | Popular Inc., San Juan, PR | 15.09 | 32 | 13.63% | 25 | 57 |
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| 30 | Old Kent Financial Corp., Grand Rapids, MI | 16.97 | 20 | 10.16% | 40 | 60 |
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| 31 | Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco | 13.71 | 46 | 17.07% | 15 | 61 |
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| 32 | Hudson United Bancorp, Mahwah, NJ | 9.47 | 58 | 27.09% | 5 | 63 |
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| 33 | Commerce Bancshares, Kansas City, MO | 14.74 | 37 | 13.13% | 27 | 64 |
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| 34 | Mercantile Bankshares Corp., Baltimore | 15.49 | 31 | 11.45% | 35 | 66 |
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| 35 | KeyCorp, Cleveland | 17.11 | 19 | 6.62% | 50 | 69 |
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| 36 | SunTrust Banks, Atlanta | 14.64 | 38 | 12.44% | 31 | 69 |
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| 37 | UnionBanCal Corp., San Francisco | 14.27 | 41 | 13.12% | 28 | 69 |
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| 38 | Banknorth Group, Portland, ME | 13.89 | 45 | 13.71% | 24 | 69 |
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| 39 | Regions Financial Corp., Birmingham, AL | 15.73 | 29 | 8.93% | 43 | 72 |
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| 40 | Marshall & Ilsley Corp., Milwaukee | 15.50 | 30 | 9.26% | 42 | 72 |
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| 41 | Trustmark Corp., Jackson, MS | 13.98 | 43 | 11.89% | 32 | 75 |
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| 42 | Wachovia Corp., Winston-Salem, NC | 15.95 | 26 | 6.33% | 51 | 77 |
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| 43 | Santander BanCorp, Hato Rey, PR | 13.37 | 48 | 13.12% | 29 | 77 |
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| 44 | Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, NC | 15.03 | 33 | 7.72% | 47 | 80 |
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| 45 | Citizens Banking Corp., Flint, MI | 11.56 | 54 | 13.56% | 26 | 80 |
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| 46 | Provident Financial Group, Cincinnati | 15.77 | 28 | 2.02% | 54 | 82 |
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| 47 | Zions Bancorp., Salt Lake City | 14.80 | 36 | 7.04% | 48 | 84 |
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| 48 | First Citizens BancShares, Raleigh, NC | 11.67 | 53 | 11.81% | 33 | 86 |
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| 49 | Union Planters Corp., Memphis | 12.10 | 52 | 10.24% | 39 | 91 |
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| 50 | First Union Corp., Charlotte, NC | 14.86 | 35 | -10.39% | 58 | 93 |
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| 51 | BancWest Corp., Honolulu | 10.73 | 56 | 10.57% | 37 | 93 |
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| 52 | Centura Banks, Rocky Mount, NC | 14.63 | 39 | 1.43% | 55 | 94 |
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| 53 | First Virginia Banks, Falls Church | 13.66 | 47 | 6.84% | 49 | 96 |
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| 54 | UMB Financial Corp., Kansas City, MO | 9.61 | 57 | 8.87% | 44 | 101 |
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| 55 | Old National Bancorp, Evansville, IN | 13.03 | 50 | 2.43% | 52 | 102 |
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| 56 | BancorpSouth, Tupelo, MS | 12.85 | 51 | 2.03% | 53 | 104 |
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| 57 | AmSouth Bancorp., Birmingham, AL | 13.36 | 49 | 1.11% | 56 | 105 |
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| 58 | Pacific Century Financial Corp., Honolulu | 10.88 | 55 | 1.09% | 57 | 112 |
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Note: Where total score is equal, company with the higher ROAE receives the superior rank
Source: Raw data from SNL Securities |
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