Top return on equity

Rank Company Headquarters Return on equity
1 Verizon Communications New York 90%
2 Koppers Pittsburgh 44.7%
3 Federated Investors Pittsburgh 43%
4 Covestro Germany 42.2%
5 Comcast Philadelphia 37.1%
6 PPG Pittsburgh 31.4%
7 Bayer Germany 21.9%
8 FedEx Corp. Memphis 20.1%
9 Eaton Ireland 18.5%
10 Emerson Electric St. Louis 18.5%
11 Kraft Heinz Pittsburgh/Chicago 17.8%
12 Dominion Energy Richmond, Va. 17.3%
13 American Eagle Outfitters South Side 16.7%
14 Dick's Sporting Goods Findlay 16.7%
15 Siemens AG Germany 15.6%
16 Royal Philips Electronics Netherlands 15.2%
17 U.S. Steel Pittsburgh 13.8%
18 Commercial National Financial Latrobe 11.9%
19 Ansys Cecil 11.6%
20 II-VI Saxonburg 11.3%
21 EQT Pittsburgh 11%
22 PNC Financial Services Group Pittsburgh 10.9%
23 TriState Capital Holdings Pittsburgh 10.3%
24 CNX Resources Cecil 9.9%
25 Matthews International Pittsburgh 9.9%
26 Bank of New York Mellon New York 9.8%
27 Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham, Mass. 9.5%
28 Wabtec Wilmerding 9%
29 AK Steel West Chester, Ohio 8.9%
30 S&T Bancorp Indiana 8.6%
31 Citizens Financial Group Providence, R.I. 8.2%
32 KeyCorp Cleveland 8.1%
33 Wesco International Pittsburgh 8%
34 Northwest Bancshares Warren 7.9%
35 WesBanco Wheeling 6.9%
36 First Commonwealth Financial Indiana 6.7%
37 Range Resources Fort Worth, Texas 6%
38 Mylan Netherlands 5.7%
39 FNB Pittsburgh 5.5%
40 Calgon Carbon Moon 5.2%
41 Kennametal Pittsburgh 5%
42 WVS Financial McCandless 5%
43 MSA Safety Cranberry 4.5%
44 Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Bridgeville 4.1%
45 AmeriServ Johnstown 3.4%
46 NiSource Merrillville, Ind. 3.1%
47 L.B. Foster Green Tree 2.9%
48 Lanxess Germany 2.4%
49 Evoqua Water Technologies Pittsburgh 1%
50 Alcoa Pittsburgh -1%