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Banks earn the spread between what they pay for deposits and what they charge on loans, plus fees from cards, trading, and advising on deals. Net interest income, credit quality, and capital ratios are the levers, and results move with interest rates and the health of the borrower.
| # | Company | Price | Day | Market cap | P/E | Health | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPM JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase, the largest US bank by assets, earns net interest income on loans and deposits through its Chase consumer franchise, and adds fees from credit cards, investment banking, markets trading, and asset management. | $336.47 | +0.30% | $901.6B | 16.8× | 3/7 | Open → |
| 2 | BAC Bank of America Bank of America takes deposits and makes loans through the second-largest US retail bank, manages wealth through Merrill, and runs trading and underwriting desks for institutions. | $59.67 | +0.71% | $423.5B | 15.7× | 5/7 | Open → |
| 3 | MS Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley gets about half its revenue from wealth management, including the E*Trade retail brokerage, with the rest coming from institutional trading, investment banking, and asset management through Eaton Vance. | $222.28 | +0.07% | $350.6B | 21.8× | 4/5 | Open → |
| 4 | GS Goldman Sachs Trading and investment banking produce most of Goldman Sachs' revenue: advising on mergers, underwriting stock and bond offerings, and making markets in equities and fixed income. | $1055.18 | -0.07% | $311.3B | 20.6× | — | Open → |
| 5 | WFC Wells Fargo Wells Fargo concentrates on US consumer and commercial banking: checking accounts, mortgages, auto loans, and credit cards across roughly 4,000 branches. | $87.16 | +0.29% | $266.7B | 13.9× | 3/6 | Open → |
| 6 | C Citigroup Citigroup banks multinational corporations, moving money across roughly 95 countries through its treasury and trade services unit, alongside markets trading, US branded credit cards, and wealth management. | $140.79 | +0.87% | $246.3B | 20.1× | 2/6 | Open → |
| 7 | BLK BlackRock BlackRock manages more than $11 trillion for clients, collecting fees as a percentage of assets, much of it through iShares ETFs. | $1036.11 | +1.61% | $160.5B | 29.3× | 4/7 | Open → |
Company groupings are curated; figures are real — market caps and prices from EOD market data, health from SEC XBRL filings, and the smart-money activity from Form 4 and STOCK Act disclosures. Educational only, not financial advice.