Chapter 06 – Measuring and Evaluating the Performance of Banks and Their Principal Competitors
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$18 million
ROE = = 0.12 or 12 percent
$150 million
( )
12 percent – 13.33 percent
13.33 percent
d. What does ROE become if OK State’s assets and liabilities decrease by 10 percent, while
its operating revenues, taxes, and operating expenses do not change?
( )
14.81 percent – 13.33 percent
Change in ROE = = 11.11 percent
13.33 percent
6-8. Suppose a stockholder-owned thrift institution is projected to achieve a 0.90 percent
ROA during the coming year. What must its ratio of total assets to equity capital be if it is to
achieve its target ROE of 12 percent? If ROA unexpectedly falls to 0.80 percent, what assets-to–
capital ratio must it then have to reach a 12 percent ROE?
Total assets
ROE ROA Total equity capital
=
Total assets ROE 12 percent
= = = 13.33x
Total equity capital ROA 0.90 percent
If ROA unexpectedly falls to 0.80 percent and target ROE remains 12 percent:
Total assets
12 percent 0.8 percent Total equity capital
=
Total assets 12 percent
= = 15x
Total equity capital 0.80 percent
6-9. Conway County National Bank presents us with these figures for the year just concluded.
Please determine the net profit margin, equity multiplier, asset utilization ratio, and ROE.