For over 20,000 companies, Icon Group International uses a proprietary methodology to generate international benchmarks and measure gaps that might be revealed from such an exercise. First, for a given company Icon Group searches across over 26,000 firms for others producing similar products, offering similar services, or are in the same stage of the value chain for a particular industrial classification. We then collect the financials for each of these firms and standardize these into comparable categories (assets, liabilities, income and ratios). From there, we eliminate all currency effects by standardizing within each category and country. All benchmarks are updated quarterly. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1
INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY
1.1 What does this report cover? 2
ASSET STRUCTURE: 2000
2.1 Asset Structure: Benchmarks
2.2 Large Gaps to Competitors: Assets 3
LIABILITY STRUCTURE: 2000
3.1 Liability Structure: Benchmarks
3.2 Large Gaps to Competitors: Liabilities 4
INCOME STRUCTURE: 2000
4.1 Income Structure: Benchmarks
4.2 Large Gaps to Competitors: Income 5
RATIO STRUCTURE: 2000
5.1 Ratio Structure: Benchmarks
5.2 Large Gaps to Competitors: Ratio
Icon Group publishes a number of other benchmarks for firms in related product areas, including: -- ABACO GRUPO FINANCIERO S.A. de C.V. -- ABIGAIL ADAMS NATIONAL BANCORP, INC. -- AFSALA BANCORP, INC. -- AMERIANA BANCORP -- AREA BANCSHARES CORP. -- ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORP. -- BANCFIRST CORP ZANESVILLE OH -- BANCORP CONNECTICUT, INC. -- BANK OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA -- BEDFORD BANCSHARES, INC. -- BK VISION AG -- C & F FINANCIAL CORP. -- CAPITAL SAVINGS BANCORP, INC. -- CAPITOL BANCORP LTD -- CARNEGIE BANCORP -- CASS COMMERCIAL CORP. -- CATHAY BANCORP, INC. -- CCBT BANCORP, INC. -- COLUMBIA FINL KY INC -- COMMUNITY BANKSHARES INC VA -- COMMUNITY SAVINGS BANKSHARES, INC. -- COMSOUTH BANKSHARES, INC. -- COVEST BANCSHARES, INC. -- CRESTAR FINANCIAL CORP. -- DIME FINANCIAL CORP. -- DORAL FINANCIAL CORP. -- DSL HOLDING AG -- EVERGREEN BANCORP, INC. -- FED ONE BANCORP, INC. -- FIDELITY NATIONAL CORP. -- FIRST CITIZENS CORP. -- FIRST PALM BEACH BANCORP, INC. -- FIRST SAVINGS BANCORP, INC. -- FIRST SENTINEL BANCORP, INC. -- FIRSTAR CORP. -- FIRSTBANK CORP DEL -- FNB FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP. -- FORT BEND HOLDING CORP. -- GPO FINANCIERO SANTANDER MEXICANO -- GREATER COMMUNITY BANCORP -- GRUPO FINANC. BANAMEX ACCIVAL SA BANACCI -- GRUPO FINANCIERO BANCOMER S.A. DE C.V. -- GRUPO FINANCIERO BANCRECER SA -- GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE S.A. DE C.V. -- GRUPO FINANCIERO BBV PROBURSA SA DE CV -- GRUPO FINANCIERO SERFIN S.A. -- GSB FINANCIAL CORP. -- HANCOCK HOLDING COMPANY -- HARLEYSVILLE NATIONAL CORP. -- HOME BANCORP -- HOME BANCORP OF ELGIN, INC. -- HORIZON BANCORP, INC. -- INDEPENDENT BANK CORP. -- INSINGER SA -- INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP. -- ITLA CAPITAL CORP. -- MAINSTREET BANKGROUP, INC. -- MARYLAND FEDERAL BANCORP, INC. -- MERCANTILE BANKSHARES CORP. -- MID AM, INC. -- MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BANCSHARES, INC. -- MONOCACY BANCSHARES, INC. -- NATIONAL BANCSHARES CORP. OF TEXAS -- NATIONAL CITY BANCSHARES, INC. -- PEOPLES HERITAGE FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. -- PEOPLES-SIDNEY FINANCIAL CORP. -- PERMANENT BANCORP, INC. -- PNB FINANCIAL GROUP -- POPULAR, INC. -- PRIME FINANCE & SECURITIES PUBLIC CO LTD -- QUEENS COUNTY BANCORP, INC. -- REPUBLIC BANKING CORP. OF FLORIDA -- SINAR MAS MULTIARTHA PT -- SIS BANCORP, INC. -- SUMITOMO BANK OF CALIFORNIA -- SUMMIT BANCORP. -- WEST COAST BANCORP -- WESTERFED FINANCIAL CORP.