U.S. Banker - Bank Rankings

 
 U.S. BANKER RANKINGS       

 Profitability Ranking of the Second Hundred Largest Banking Companies
 Based on return on equity and growth in per-share earnings* — Fiscal 1998-2000
 THREE YEAR

    3-Yr Av 3-Yr 3-Yr EPS 3-Yr 3-Yr
3-Yr   ROAE ROAE Gr Rate EPS Gr Total
Rank Company (%) Rank (%) Rank Score
1 Silicon Valley Bancshares, Santa Clara, CA 23.24 1 80.8 8 9
2 Southwest Securities Group, Dallas+ 22.91 2 70.5 9 11
3 Doral Financial Corp., San Juan, PR 20.11 10 60.0 10 20
4 Metris Companies, Minnetonka, MN 21.23 7 44.2 14 21
5 Ryder System, Miami 19.50 11 34.4 18 29
6 Westamerica Bancorp., San Rafael, CA 22.86 3 26.9 29 32
7 Greater Bay Bancorp, Palo Alto, CA 19.49 12 32.8 21 33
8 East West Bancorp, San Marino, CA 17.79 21 50.4 12 33
9 Investors Financial Services Corp., Boston 19.32 13 32.6 22 35
10 Local Financial Corp., Oklahoma City 17.52 23 47.4 13 36
11 Legg Mason, Baltimore+++ 18.42 17 32.4 23 40
12 A.G. Edwards, St. Louis++ 20.52 9 22.6 35 44
13 UCBH Holdings, San Francisco 17.12 26 33.9 19 45
14 Flagstar Bancorp, Troy, MI 21.87 4 17.6 42 46
15 Cathay Bancorp, Los Angeles 18.47 16 23.5 34 50
16 Irwin Financial Corp., Columbus, IN 21.70 5 15.9 47 52
17 W Holding Co., Mayaguez, PR 18.97 15 19.9 38 53
18 CVB Financial Corp., Ontario, CA 19.31 14 18.4 40 54
19 WFS Financial, Irvine, CA 13.44 49 89.7 5 54
20 Corus Bankshares, Chicago 15.91 33 30.9 24 57
21 PBOC Holdings, Los Angeles 14.39 43 41.9 16 59
22 Advanta Corp., Spring House, PA 12.83 57 149.1 4 61
23 R & G Financial Corp., Hato Rey, PR 17.33 24 18.0 41 65
24 FirstFed Financial Corp., Santa Monica, CA 14.75 40 28.4 26 66
25 Southwest Bancorporation of Texas, Houston 15.93 32 22.4 36 68
26 First BanCorp, Santurce, PR 20.94 8 11.8 61 69
27 International Bancshares Corp., Laredo, TX 18.09 18 13.7 52 70
28 Republic Bancorp, Owosso, MI 12.55 59 53.8 11 70
29 Pacific Capital Bancorp, Santa Barbara, CA 17.04 28 17.4 43 71
30 Coastal Bancorp, Houston 12.95 54 37.5 17 71
31 United National Bancorp, Bridgewater, NJ 14.00 45 27.7 27 72
32 TrustCo Bank Corp of NY, Schenectady 21.47 6 9.7 68 74
33 Alabama National BanCorp., Birmington, AL 15.52 35 19.5 39 74
34 First Banks America, Clayton, MO 12.54 60 42.3 15 75
35 Provident Bankshares Corp., Baltimore 14.21 44 24.2 33 77
36 Chittenden Corp., Burlington, VT 9.88 77 791.0 1 78
37 Texas Regional Bancshares, McAllen, TX 15.79 34 16.1 45 79
38 First Midwest Bancorp, Itasca, IL 16.11 31 14.4 50 81
39 Intrust Financial Corp., Wichita, KS 15.47 36 16.0 46 82
40 Interpool, Inc., Princeton, NJ 11.88 63 33.5 20 83
41 Community First Bankshares, Fargo, ND 16.33 30 13.5 54 84
42 PFF Bancorp, Pomona, CA+++ 8.63 82 208.6 3 85
43 First Federal Capital Corp., La Crosse, WI 17.08 27 12.5 59 86
44 National Penn Bancshares, Boyertown, PA 17.31 25 11.8 62 87
45 Park National Corp., Newark, OH 17.78 22 10.4 66 88
46 MAF Bancorp, Clarendon Hills, IL 14.81 39 15.1 49 88
47 S&T Bancorp, Indiana, PA 16.33 29 12.4 60 89
48 Ocwen Financial Corp., West Palm Beach, FL 1.48 89 486.1 2 91
49 Area Bancshares Corp., Owensboro, KY 12.90 55 22.2 37 92
50 BankAtlantic Bancorp, Fort Lauderdale, FL 6.25 86 83.7 6 92
51 New York Community Bancorp, Westbury, NY 17.85 20 8.3 73 93
52 1st Source Corp., South Bend, IN 15.31 37 13.2 56 93
53 BankUnited Financial Corp., Coral Gables, FL++++ 3.59 88 82.7 7 95
54 AMCORE Financial, Rockford, IL 13.51 48 15.1 48 96
55 Wintrust Financial Corp., Lake Forest, IL 10.59 73 28.5 25 98
56 Jefferies Group, Los Angeles 17.96 19 -6.5 83 102
57 First Financial Holdings, Charleston, SC++++ 14.85 38 11.3 64 102
58 First Commonwealth Financial Corp., Indiana, PA 13.41 50 13.5 53 103
59 Northwest Bancorp, Inc., Warren, PA 10.18 75 26.3 31 106
60 Dime Community Bancshares, Brooklyn, NY+ 9.35 79 27.3 28 107
61 First Financial Bancorp., Hamilton, OH 14.56 42 8.4 71 113
62 BancFirst Corp., Oklahoma City 12.80 58 13.3 55 113
63 Sterling Financial Corp., Spokane, WA 9.03 81 24.7 32 113
64 Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Washington 8.36 83 26.9 30 113
65 F&M National Corp., Winchester, VA 13.77 47 10.1 67 114
66 First Indiana Corp., Indianapolis 12.87 56 12.8 58 114
67 United Bankshares, Charleston, WV 13.92 46 9.5 69 115
68 Alliance Bancorp, Hinsdale, IL 10.48 74 17.1 44 118
69 First Republic Bank, San Francisco 12.00 62 13.0 57 119
70 Trust Company of New Jersey, Jersey City 14.66 41 -5.6 82 123
71 First Citizens Bancorp. of SC, Columbia 13.34 51 8.4 72 123
72 Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin, Madison, WI+++ 13.19 53 9.0 70 123
73 First Financial Corp., Terre Haute, IN 12.10 61 10.5 65 126
74 Community Trust Bancorp, Pikeville, KY 11.37 65 11.7 63 128
75 F.N.B. Corp., Naples, FL 13.22 52 4.5 80 132
76 First Charter Corp., Concord, NC 8.02 84 13.9 51 135
77 Susquehanna Bancshares, Lititz, PA 11.69 64 7.2 75 139
78 Integra Bank Corp., Evansville, IN 11.16 66 7.3 74 140
79 St. Francis Capital Corp., Brookfield, WI++++ 11.04 67 4.9 78 145
80 Whitney Holding Corp., New Orleans 10.75 70 6.8 76 146
81 Hancock Holding Co., Gulfport, MS 10.75 71 6.6 77 148
82 Promistar Financial Corp., Johnstown, PA 10.80 69 -3.2 81 150
83 NBT Bancorp, Norwich, NY 10.93 68 -17.0 85 153
84 WesBanco, Wheeling, WV 9.94 76 4.7 79 155
85 Pacific Northwest Bancorp, Seattle 10.71 72 -22.7 86 158
86 Riggs National Corp., Washington 9.60 78 -15.0 84 162
87 BSB Bancorp, Binghamton, NY 9.20 80 -29.4 87 167
88 Gold Banc Corp., Leawood, KS 7.15 85 -55.0 89 174
89 South Financial Group, Greenville, SC 6.13 87 -34.9 88 175
90 Republic Bancshares, St. Petersburg, FL -1.46 90 -70.1 90 180
91 City Holding Co., Charleston, WV -4.72 91 -258.3 92 183
92 Bank Plus Corp., Los Angeles -33.45 93 -177.6 91 184
93 Bay View Capital Corp., San Mateo, CA -15.31 92 -269.4 93 185
94 Imperial Credit Industries, Torrance, CA -53.30 94 -2086.1 94 188

*EPS growth on fully diluted basis after extraordinary items
Excludes companies for which EPS was not available for 1997, 1998 or 1999
Where score is equal, company with higher ROAE receives the superior ranking
+ Fiscal year June 30, 2000; ++ Fiscal year Feb. 29, 2000; +++ Fiscal year March 31, 2000; ++++ Fiscal year Sept. 30, 2000
Source: Raw data from SNL Securities

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