Which banks are capitalized well?Is there a list or database of American banks, sorted by capitalization? I heard that the 'problem bank list' is confidential, but is it even impossible to know which banks are doing the best job in terms of capitalization? PS: I am asking about FDIC-insured banks, assuming that FCA's (credit unions)... |
Full List: America's Best And Worst Banks
Banks have made great strides since the financial crisis, but there is still a big gap between the best and worst banks in the U.S. With that in mind, we turned to Charlottesville, Va. financial data provider SNL Financial for a fourth straight year to gauge the health of the biggest banks.
SNL supplied data regarding the asset quality, capital adequacy and profitability of the 100 largest publicly traded banks and thrifts (we excluded nine thrifts that did not file data on capital ratios; we considered the next largest financial firms in their place).
The eight metrics of financial health we ranked the banks on included: return on average equity; net interest margin; nonperforming loans (NPLs) as a percentage of loans; nonperforming assets as percentage of assets; reserves as a percentage of NPLs; two capital ratios (Tier 1 and risk-based); and leverage ratio. The data is based on regulatory filings of public banks and thrifts through the third quarter of 2012. The banks range in size from 1st Source with $4.5 billion in assets to $2.3 trillion in assets banking giant JPMorgan Chase. SNL provides the data, but the rankings are done by Forbes. Click here for the full story.
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