Top performing banks
Publicly traded institutions, ranked by income as a percentage of average assets.
| Rank |
Company |
2002 assets ($ millions) |
| 1 | FleetBoston Financial Corp. | 190,453.0 |
| 2 | State Street Corp. | 85,794.0 |
| 3 | Investors Financial Services Corp. | 7,214.8 |
| 4 | Seacoast Financial Services Corp. | 3,701.0 |
| 5 | Firstfed America Bancorp | 2,529.9 |
| 6 | Independent Bank Corp. | 2,285.4 |
| 7 | Boston Private Financial Holdings | 1,820.7 |
| 8 | First Essex Bancorp | 1,775.9 |
| 9 | Century Bancorp | 1,557.2 |
| 10 | BostonFed Bancorp | 1,525.6 |
Data compiled by Compustat. |
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