A Study On The Financial Performance of Scheduled Commercial Banks
A Study On The Financial Performance of Scheduled Commercial Banks
A Study On The Financial Performance of Scheduled Commercial Banks
Abstract: Banking Sector plays an important role in economic development of a country. The purpose of the
study is to examine the financial performance of public sector, private sector and Foreign banks. The data used
for the study was entirely secondary in nature. The present study is conducted to compare the financial
performance of Bank on the basis of ratios such as, Net interest Margin, Return on equity, Scheduled
Commercial Banks (SCBs),Financial Performance, Cash Deposit Ratio, Credit Deposit Ratio, Investment
Deposit Ratio, Investment + Credit to total Ratio, Ratio of Deposits to total Liabilities, Ratio of Demand and
Savings to total deposits Ratio, Ratio of Priority sector Advances to Total Advances, Ratio of Term loans to
Total Advances, Ratio of Secured Advances to Total Advances, Ratio of investments in non approved securities
to Total Investments, Ratio of Interest income to Total Assets, Ratio of Non Interest Income to Total Assets,
Ratio of Intermediation to Total Assets,Ratio of Wage Bills to Intermediation Cost, Ratio of Wage Bills to Total
Expenses, Ratio of Wage Bills to Total Income,Ratio of Burden to Total Assets,Ratio of Burden to Interst
Income, Ratio of Operating Profits to Total Assets, Return on Assets,Cost of Deposits,Cost of Borrowings,Cost
of Funds,Return on Advances,Return on Investments and Return on Advances Adjusted to Cost of
Funds.Financial performance analysis is aimed at keeping the banks in checks by highlighting low and high
performance areas with the understanding that it will bring about improvement in performance.The period of
study taken is from the year 2011 -12 to 2015 – 16 . The study found that private sector banks is performing
well and they are financially sound than comparing to other bank groups
Key words: Net interest Margin, Priority sector Advances, Wage Bills, Ratio of Burden to Interst
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Date of Submission: 23-01-2018 Date of acceptance: 12-02-2018
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I. INTRODUCTION
Banking sector plays an important role in sustaining financial markets and has a significant impact on
the success of the economy. An efficient banking system is recognized as basic requirement for the economic
development of any economy. Banks mobilize the savings of community into productive channels. Sound
financial health of a bank is the guarantee not only to its depositors but is equally significant for the
shareholders, employees and whole economy as well Financial Performance refers to the achievement of the
bank in terms of profitability. Profitability of a bank denotes the efficiency with which a bank deploys its total
resources to optimize its net profits and thus serves as an index to the degree of asset utilization and managerial
effectiveness. As a sequel to this maxim, efforts have been made from time to time, to measure the financial
position of bank and manage it efficiently and effectively. In this article an attempt is made to evaluate and
compare the financial performance of banks-Group wise
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window of banking acidity that has huge impact on any countries trade and overall development. To complete
the process of banking or trading financial intermediaries and institution act like as
safe gateway between two sides. As an institution, bank has been contributing towards the development of any
economy for a long time and at the moment it is treated as an important banking industry in modern world. Now
days the functioning area of bank not limited within
same geographical limit of any country. Therefore bank has to manage large volume transaction. Industry
related stakeholder need to know about the financial performance of the bank. To analyse financial performance
ratio analysis is the most logical way to show the bank financial position. So this study has conduct to expose
restriction of the function area and process of financial performance through ratio analysis, particularly return on
Equity and Net Interest Margin.
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3) Anitha Makkar and Shveta Singh, “Analysis of the Financial Performance of Indian Commercial Banks: A
Comparative Study”,Indian Journal of Finance,7(5),May 2013
items of the balance sheet and profit&loss account. The present study is a comparative analysis of the financial
performance of Indian commercial banks. The study considered a sample of 37 banks (22 public sector banks
and
15 private sector banks) for the period from 2006-07 to 2010-11. CAMELS rating methodology was used in the
study to measure the performance of the considered banks. The study found that the IDBI Bank was the best
performing bank followed by Kotak Mahindra Bank and ICICI Bank. Dhanalaxmi Bank had the worst
performance followed by J&K Bank and Karnataka Bank Ltd. The results of the 't' - test disclosed that there is a
significant difference in the Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality and Earning Capacity of public and private sector
banks in India, while there is no significant difference in the Management, Liquidity Position and Sensitivity to
market risk of the two different banks groups. The study concluded that on an average, there is no statistically
significant difference in the financial performance of the public and private sector banks in India, but still, there
is a need for overall improvement in the public sector banks to make their position strong in the competitive
market.
Islam, Md Aminul, (2014)4, in his attempted primarily to measure the financial performance of
National Bank Limited which one of the largest and prominent private commercial banks in Bangladesh for the
period 2008-2013 and to identify whether any difference exists between a banks’s years of operation and its
performance classifying two period (2008-10 & 2011-13). To complete my task I have to use various materials
and take help form online source. Analyse the ratio here used financial ratio analysis (FRA) method which help
to draw a overview about financial performance of the National bank limited in terms of profitability, liquidity
and credit performance. To test the hypothesis the study has been worked on Student t-test by using SPSS.
These analyses helps to see the current performance condition of this bank compare past performance. Because
now a day’s banking sector of Bangladesh is suffering the disease of default culture which is the consequence or
result of bad performance of most banks. The performances of banks are dependent more on the management’s
ability in formulating strategic plans and the efficient implementation of its strategies. The study findings can be
helpful for management of National bank ltd. always for private commercial banks in Bangladesh to improve
their financial performance and formulate policies that will improve their performance. The study also identified
specific areas for bank to work on which can ensure sustainable growth for these banks.
Manvinder Tandon,Bimal Anjum and Julee (2014) 5 in their paper opined that the the Indian banking
sector plays an important role in the economic development of the country and is the most dominant segment of
the financial sector. The banking sector has shown a remarkable responsiveness to the needs of the planned
economy. It has brought about a considerable progress in its efforts at deposit mobilization and has taken a
number of measures in the recent past for accelerating the rate of growth of deposits. Banks play a positive role
in economic development of a country as repositories of community’s savings and as purveyors of credit. It also
helps channel savings to investments and encourage.This study analyses that PNB has the highest return on Net
Worth (mean) which is a sign that management of Punjab national bank is at using leverage to increase profits
and profit margins. It is also indicating a sign of good management.SBI and PNB has the highest return on
capital employed (mean) which indicates that SBI and PNB are realizing highest return from its capital
employed. State bank of India has highest Dividend Payout Ratio (Mean) which is a sign that the SBI has
highest ercentage of profit distribute as dividend to equity shareholders.Bank of Baroda has the Return on
Assets (mean) which is a sign that management of Bank is using Assets fund more efficiently to increase
earning capacity. It is also suggested that Bank of India has lowest Divided per share & Earning per share so
bank has improved its profit accordingly increase in its DPS EPS.
Mustafa Hassan Mohammad Adam(2014)6,This study investigates the financial performance of Erbil
Bank for Investment and Finance , Kurdistan Region of Iraq during the period of 2009-2013. Several financial
performance parameters are used such as financial ratios analysis which is used to measure the financial position
for the bank and on broader range statistical tools also have been used for analysis purpose of several variables
which would affect the banking system in general.in order to know whether these variables are significantly
correlated with the financial performance for the bank. The findings of the study show the positive behaviour of
the financial position
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4) Islam, Md Aminul. "An Analysis of the Financial Performance of National Bank Limited Using Financial
Ratio." Journal of Behavioural Economics, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Accounting and Transport 2.5 (2014):
121-129.
5)Manvinder Tandon,Bimal Anjum and Julee, “A Study on Financial Performance of Selected Indian
Banks”,International Journal of Research in Management, Science & Technology Vol. 2, No. 3, December
2014,
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6) Mustafa Hassan Mohammad Adam , “Evaluating The Financial Performance Of Banks Using Financial
Ratios A Case Study Of Erbil Bank For Investment And Finance”European Journal of Accounting Auditing and
Finance Research Vol.2,No.2,August 2014, 156- 170,
for Erbil Bank and some of their financial factors variables influence the financial performance for the bank.
Then, it is found that the overall financial performance of Erbil Bank is improving in terms of liquidityratios,
assets qualityratios or credit performance, profitability ratios (NPM, ROA, ROE).This study suggests a set of
recommendations regardingthe development and enhancing of some banking operations which will boost the
bank's profitabilityand improve the financial performance for the bank.
Jeevan Jayant Nagarkar,(2015)7,in his article stated that Business cycles are not new to the Indian
economy. In last ten years India witnessed two major phases of business cycle. High growth tide lifted all boats
and high revenue high profits were taken for granted. The last four years have been the phase of recession.
Banking industry which was growing at a high growth of +30% now is struggling to achieve 19% growth. This
paper is an attempt to analyze performance of five major public, private and foreign sector banks with principle
component analysis on the financial parameters. The weights are assigned on the basis of importance of the
parameters on financials.
Shalini Shukla (2016)8 in her paper “Performance of the Indian Banking Industry: A Comparison of
Public and Private Sector Banks” sought to analyze the performance of the banking industry in India on the
basis of established financial parameters. By using the purposive sampling technique, 46 scheduled commercial
banks were studied and the business standard banking annual database was explored to collect the relevant
information. Both public and private sector banks were included in the sample and analyzed on the basis of four
parameters (size, growth, profitability, and soundness) segregated into 11 financial performance indicators. The
findings highlighted that public and private sector banks were not very much different in terms of size and
growth parameters. However, significant differences were found in terms of profitability and soundness of
business, indicating robust growth prospects for private sector banks. The study represented a pioneering and
seminal attempt to provide a number of implications for policy makers, budding researchers, and professionals.
7) Jeevan Jayant Nagarkar, “Analysis of Financial Performance of Banks in India”,Annual Research Journal of
Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Pune Vol. 3, April 2015, pp. 26–37
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8) Shalini Shukla, “ Performance of the Indian Banking Industry:A Comparison of Public and Private Sector
Banks”, Indian Journal Of Finance,10(1), January 2016
Cash -Deposit Ratio is the ratio of how much a bank lends out of the deposits it has mobilized. It indicates how
much of a bank’s core funds are being used for lending, the main banking activity. It can also be defined as total
of cash in hand.
Cash -Deposit Ratio (%) = cash in hand +balances with RBI/ Total deposits
The above table represents that the mean of Cash Deposit Ratio in foreign banks is higher (6.78) than all the
other banks during entire study period. This shows that the foreign banks has created more cash assets from its
deposits as compared to all the other banks.
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Table 3 Investment Deposit Ratio
Public Sector Banks Private Sector Banks Foreign Banks
2011-2012 30.13 44.78 72.45
2012-13 30.62 44.86 79.19
2013-14 29.96 40.76 73.9
2014-15 28.59 36.42 62.3
2015-16 28.76 34.45 61.3
MEAN 29.61 40.25 69.83
STDEV 0.89 4.75 7.75
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Source: RBI Annual Report,Annual Accounts of Banks, 2011-12 to 2015-16
As per the above table the ratio of Investments in non approved securities in total investments is low in
public sector banks (18.08) with a minimum variation of (1.80) as compared to foreign banks (20.58 &8.27) and
private sector banks (31.17 & 4.80)
Table 12 Ratio of Net Interest Income to Total Assets (Net Interest Margin)
Public Sector Banks Private Sector Banks Foreign Banks
2011-12 2.76 3.09 3.89
2012 – 13 2.57 3.22 3.89
2013-14 2.45 3.31 3.54
2014-15 2.35 3.37 3.54
2015-16 2.23 3.45 3.6
MEAN 2.47 3.29 3.69
STDEV 0.20 0.14 0.18
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Table 14 Ratio of Intermediation cost to Total Assets
Lower ratios imply lower operating costs and indicate a more efficient process of intermediation. The
ratio of intermediation cost to total assets is high in case of Private sector banks (2.22) followed by the foreign
banks (2.15) but the ICR showed a gradual decline in case of foreign banks In case of public sector banks this
ratio is low (1.62)
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The above table represents the ratio of wage bills to total income .The formulae is Wage bills/ Total income.
This metric indicates the proportion of a bank’s income taken up by the wage bill. In case of foreign banks this
ratio is high (11.08) followed by the public sector banks (10.81) .private sector banks mean (8.80) indicates that
the proportion of banks income taken by the wage bill is low.
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MEAN 6.42 6.41 4.55
STDEV 0.16 0.23 0.22
Source: RBI Annual Report,Annual Accounts of Banks, 2011-12 to 2015-16
It is observed from the above table that the cost of deposits is high in case of public sector banks (6.42)
with the minimum variation of 0.16 followed by private sector banks with a mean of 6.41. The cost of deposits
is low in foreign banks; this indicates that the deposits in foreign banks are less as compared to private banks
and public sector banks
Cost of funds is the interest rate paid by banks for the funds that they deploy in their business. The cost of funds
is one of the most important input costs for a bank, since a lower cost will generate better returns when the funds
are deployed in the form of short-term and long-term loans to borrowers.
The spread between the cost of funds and the interest rate charged to borrowers represents one of the
main sources of profit for most for the banks. The above table shows that the foreign banks have low cost of
funds (4.62), with high deviations (0.83) followed by private sector banks (6.22 & 0.28). In case of public sector
banks the cost of funds is high .since a high cost will generate low returns there is a need to take care about cost
of funds by public sector banks.
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Source: RBI Annual Report,Annual Accounts of Banks, 2011-12 to 2015-16
The above table reveals about the return on advances. The formulae are Interest Earned on Advances /
Advances. The private sector banks has highest return on advances (11.04) followed by public sector banks
(9.72). The foreign banks have low return on advances (9.35) as compared to private sector banks and public
sector banks. There is a declining trend for all the bank groups during the above period of study
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IV. Summary and Conclusion
This paper measured the performance of Scheduled commercial banking sector over the period 2012-2016. The
results indicate that
The Ratio of Deposits to Total Liabilities is high in case of public sector banks with low standard
deviation as compared to private sector banks and foreign banks This shows the confidence of public towards
the public sector banks.
The ratio of secured advances to total advances is high in case of public sector banks followed by
private sector banks but when it comes to standard deviation there is very less variation in case of private banks
and more variation in public sector banks.
The ratio of term loans is more in private sector banks followed by public sector banks .But the
deviations are more in private sector banks as compared to public sector banks
Investments in non approved securities in total investments is low in public sector banks with a
minimum variation of as compared to foreign banks and private sector banks
The ratio of interest income to total assets is high in private sector banks with minimum standard
deviation as compared to public sector banks and foreign banks
During the study period there has been an high volatility (standard deviation) in case of public sector
banks as compared to private sector banks and foreign banks. In terms of mean the foreign banks is showing a
highest NIM ,which means that interest earned by foreign bank is much more than expended and other banks are
earning less interest. Interest earned by bank is there foremost income which is more in case of foreign banks
and private sector banks following are almost at same level Particularly if the scenario of trend is observed, it
is noticed that the private banks is moving in an increasing trend and in case of public sector banks it is
showing decreasing trend .
The ratio of non interest income to total assets is high in case of foreign banks with a high variation
When it comes to private sector banks and public sector banks the variation is same in both bank groups, i.e.,
0.04 but the mean is high in case of private sector banks as compared to public sector banks
The ratio of intermediation cost to total assets is high in case of Private sector banks followed by the
foreign banks but the ICR showed a gradual decline in case of foreign banks .In case of public sector banks this
ratio is low
The average WBOER is high in case of public sector banks during the period covered by the study. But
the ratio declined marginally during the study period, while the foreign banks experienced a fluctuating trend
with a minimum standard deviation of 0.86 as compared to public sector banks and private sector banks during
study period
In case of both ratio of wage bills of total expenses and ratio of wage bills of total income The foreign
banks has high ratio as compared to private sector banks and public sector banks.
In case of both ratio of burden to total Assets and ratio of burden to interest income the foreign banks
has low ratio as compared to other two banks in the study
In case of ratio of operating profits to total assets the foreign banks has high ratio with a low variation
as compared to other two banks in the study
In case of return on assets the foreign banks resulted with high mean followed by the private sector
banks
In case of return on equity the private sector banks performed well, followed by foreign banks
The cost of deposits is high in case of public sector banks, but with the minimum variation followed by
private sector banks . The cost of deposits is low in foreign banks, this indicates that the deposits in foreign
banks are less as compared to private banks and public sector banks
The cost of borrowings is high in private sector banks followed by public sector banks as compared to
foreign banks
The foreign banks has low cost of funds with high deviations, followed by private sector banks .In case
of public sector banks the cost of funds is high. Since a high cost will generate low returns there is a need to take
care about cost of funds by public sector banks.
The private sector banks has highest return on advances followed by public sector banks i.e., the
foreign banks has low return on advances as compared to private sector banks and public sector banks . There is
a declining trend for all the bank groups during the above period of study
In case of all the bank groups are having positive ROI . But the highest ROI is in the case of Foreign
banks followed by public sector banks i.e., among all the bank groups private sector bank has low ROI
In case of Return on advances adjusted to Cost of funds and return on investments adjusted ti cost of
funds foreign banks ha resulted with high mean as compared to private sector banks and public sector banks
In terms of overall bank group performance the total deposits, secured advances of public sector banks is high.
The Private sector banks mean in terms of term loans, none approved securities investment, Interest income,
return on equity return on advances is high. Performance of foreign banks is high in terms of net interest
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Margin, on interest income, operating profit, return on assets, and return on investments.It is concluded that
there is a need to show a better performance of public sector banks in case of NIM, Return on Equity, operating
profit, return on advances, return on assets and return on investments.
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