STOCK REPORT

InvestmentNews Index

Up 3.15% to 1275.35

S&P 500

Up 1.17% to 1146.42

Dow Jones Industrials

Up 0.91% to 9025.26

Winners

week ending 7/2 % change

1. Hambrecht & Quist Group 37.75 27.70

2. National Western Life Insurance 133.50 19.20

3. Schwab Charles Corp. 35.13 16.36

4. Kent Finl Svcs Inc. 7.50 15.38

5. Data Broadcasting 6.69 11.46

6. First Republic Bank 38.00 10.55

7. Nationwide Financial Services 50.00 8.70

8. First Security Corp. Del. 23.50 8.67

9. Ameritrade Holding Corp. 29.00 8.41

10. Ryan Beck & Co. 9.75 8.33

11. Investment Tech Group 31.13 8.26

12. Advest Group 30.44 8.22

13. Marshall & Ilsley Corp. 55.63 8.01

14. Deluxe Corp. 36.88 6.88

15. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette 53.69 6.84

Losers

week ending 7/2 % change

1. Eastbrokers Intl Inc. 6.13 -16.24

2. Pioneer Group Inc. 25.50 -8.11

3. Lexington Global Asset 6.63 -5.36

4. Affiliated Managers Group 35.31 -4.88

5. Mackenzie Financial 13.25 -4.50

6. Value Line Inc. 39.88 -4.28

7. Duff & Phelps Credit Rating 55.00 -3.72

8. Amresco Inc. 29.88 -3.63

9. Stifel Financial Corp. 14.63 -3.31

10. SEI Investments Co. 62.50 -3.10

11. H.D. Vest 7.88 -3.08

12. U.S. Trust Corp. 75.75 -2.26

13. Hoenig Group Inc. 7.19 -1.71

14. Transamerica Corp. 114.88 -1.66

15. Bank of New York Co. 63.00 -1.66

At a glance: Firstar Corp.

1997 revenues: $1.89 billion 1996: $1.82 billion

1997 earnings: $295.2 million 1996: $250.2 million

52-week high: $46.375 52-week low: $30.50

P/E: 23 Price/Book: 3.8 Price/Cash flow: 26.1

Last spring, an angry Firstar Corp. director William W. Wirtz wrote a letter (InvestmentNews, March 23) denying a report he was pushing for a sale: “The idea that I would be interested in selling is preposterous.” Last week, the Milwaukee bank (assets: $19.8 billion) was acquired by Cincinnati’s Star Banc Corp. ($11 billion) in a $7.2 billion stock swap.

Source: Nordby International and Bloomberg News