This year's America's Finest Companies list contains only 307 out of more
than 19,000 public U.S.-based companies. To be included, companies must have
at least 10 straight years of higher earnings and/or dividends per share.
National
For the fifth consecutive year, National Penn Bancshares, Inc. was named to Staton's "Super 50 Team," which comprises only 20 public U.S. companies that have a combined total of at least 50 years of higher earnings and dividends per share.
The Staton Institute also named National Penn to the following lists this year:
-- Earnings All-Stars, i.e., companies that have achieved higher earnings per share for at least 20 consecutive years.
-- America's Smartest Companies for posting at least 10 straight years of higher earnings per share and paying a higher cash dividend every year since 1993 or earlier. Fewer than 6 percent of the companies in the America's Finest Companies annual listing qualify to be in this elite group. Out of all publicly traded companies in the US, the companies named as America's Smartest are in the top 0.1 percent.
"Being named to this elite group of companies for the eleventh consecutive
year speaks to the performance of our directors and employees in providing
value for our shareholders and customers," said
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National Penn Bancshares, Inc. common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol "NPBC". Additional information about the National Penn family is available on the Company's Web site at http://www.nationalpennbancshares.com.
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