Fundamental Data for SOV

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. is the parent company of Sovereign Bank. Sovereign Bank is a financial institution with community banking offices and ATMs in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. (Company Press Release)

# Employees: 11976

Address: 1500 Market Street,Philadelphia,PA,USA

Phone: 215 557-4630

Fax: 610-320-8448

Website: www.sovereignbank.com

Email: investor@sovereignbank.com

Sector: Finance

Industry: FIN-SVGS & LOAN

Executive Officers

Brian Hard (Dir.)

Joseph P. Campanelli (Presi.; C.E.O.)

Mark R. McCollom Jr. (Exec. V.P.; C.F.O.)

Thomas D. Cestare (Exec. V.P.; Chief Acctg. Off.)

Marian L. Heard (Dir.,)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: N/A

Annual Dividend: N/A

Current Dividend Yield: N/A

Dividend Paid (3 months): N/A

Indicated Dividend: N/A

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2008

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 1/28/2009

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.12

Mean EPS (Year): $0.50

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $6.00

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 5.320

Number of Estimates: 5

Shares Performance

Period	SOV	Compare to S&P
YTD	-11.07 %	-21.67 %
4 Weeks	-11.67 %	-9.99 %
12 Weeks	-13.40 %	-0.35 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 12902763

Shares Outstanding: 663M

Market Cap: $1.76B

52 Week High: $13.07

52 Week Low: $1.63

P/E Ratio: -0.010

PEG Ratio: 0.890

Split: On 6/13/2006 SOV split by factor of 1.050

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: -772.73 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: -1,333.33 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -7.14 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -13.20 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $0.25

Cash Flow/Share: $1.56

Change in Payout Ratio: -0.010

Price/Sales: -0.010