s Post-Gazette Top 50: Companies ranked by return on equity

Post-Gazette Top 50Companies ranked by return on equity

Post-Gazette Top 50
Companies ranked by return on equity

Return on equity, or ROE, is determined by dividing a company's income for its most recently reported fiscal year by stockholder equity.

green = rise in stock price; red = fall in stock price; black = no change

Company Headquarters Return on Equity (%) Current Stock Price
1 Koppers Pittsburgh 492.4
2 Verizon Communications New York 65.0
3 Federated Investors Pittsburgh 33.6
4 Emerson Electric St. Louis 20.8
5 American Eagle Outfitters South Side 18.8
6 PPG Pittsburgh 17.6
7 MSA Safety Cranberry 17.1
8 Comcast Philadelphia 16.4
9 Bayer Germany 16.3
10 Siemens AG Germany 15.9
11 Wabtec Wilmerding 15.6
12 Dick's Sporting Goods Findlay 15.5
13 Covestro Germany 14.9
14 Dominion Resources Richmond, Va. 13.9
15 Eaton Cleveland 12.8
16 FedEx Corp. Memphis 12.6
17 Ansys Cecil 12.1
18 Royal Philips Electronics Netherlands 11.9
19 Thermo Fisher Scientific Waltham, Mass. 9.4
20 Matthews International Pittsburgh 9.2
21 Bank of New York Mellon New York 8.9
22 II-VI Saxonburg 8.7
23 S&T Bancorp Indiana 8.7
24 TriState Capital Holdings Pittsburgh 8.5
25 NiSource Merrillville, Ind. 8.4
26 PNC Financial Services Group Pittsburgh 8.2
27 First Commonwealth Financial Indiana 8.1
28 Commercial National Financial Latrobe 7.3
29 FNB Pittsburgh 7.0
30 WesBanco Wheeling 7.0
31 Lanxess Germany 6.3
32 KeyCorp Cleveland 6.1
33 Kraft Heinz Pittsburgh/Chicago 6.0
34 Wesco International Pittsburgh 5.4
35 Citizens Financial Group Providence, R.I. 5.2
36 Northwest Bancshares Warren 4.3
37 WVS Financial McCandless 4.1
38 Calgon Carbon Moon 3.6
39 AmeriServ Johnstown 2.1
40 Mylan Netherlands 0.5
41 Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Bridgeville -2.9
42 Joy Global Milwaukee -4.2
43 Alcoa New York -5.3
44 EQT Pittsburgh -8.3
45 Treehouse Foods Oak Brook, Ill. -10.5
46 Arconic New York -10.8
47 Range Resources Fort Worth, Texas -12.8
48 ExOne Company North Huntingdon -16.5
49 U.S. Steel Pittsburgh -18.7
50 Consol Energy Cecil -18.7
Source: Company reports