10 U.S. banks that have been the best earnings performers over the past 15 years — are any of them bargain stocks now?

Now that the market has calmed down a bit following the pummeling of financial stocks in the wake of the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank of New York, it might help to focus on consistent quality.

Below is a list of U.S. banks and bank holding companies that have had the highest average returns on assets (ROAA) over the past 15 full years. This might be of use to investors looking for bargains, following a 25% decline for the KBW Nasdaq Bank Index BKX for one week through Monday. At the same time, the financial…