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PERFORMANCE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SBI AND ICICI BANK
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ABSTRACT
Banking Sector plays an important role in economic development of a country. The banking system of India is featured by a large network of bank branches, serving many kinds of financial services of the people. The State Bank of India, popularly known as SBI is one of the leading bank of public sector in India. SBI has 14 Local Head Offices and 57 Zonal Offices located at important cities throughout the country. ICICI Bank is second largest and leading bank of private sector in India. The Bank has 2,533 branches and 6,800 ATMs in India. The purpose of the study is to examine the financial performance of SBI and ICICI Bank, public sector and private sector respectively. The research is descriptive and analytical in nature. The data used for the study was entirely secondary in nature. The present study is conducted to compare the financial performance of SBI and ICICI Bank on the basis of ratios such as credit deposit, net profit margin etc. The period of study taken is from the year 2007-08 to 2011-12. The study found that SBI is performing well and financially sound than ICICI Bank but in context of deposits and expenditure ICICI bank has better managing efficiency than SBI.
INTRODUCTION
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. The banking system of India is featured by a large network of bank branches, serving many kinds of financial needs of the people.
The State Bank of India, popularly known as SBI is one of the leading banks in India. The State Bank Group, with over 16,000 branches provides a wide range of banking products through its vast network of branches in India and overseas, including products aimed at Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). The headquarter of SBI is at Mumbai. SBI has 14 Local Head Offices and 57 Zonal Offices that are located at important cities throughout the country.
ICICI BANK-PROFILE
ICICI Bank is second largest and leading bank of private sector in India. It‟s headquarter is in Mumbai, India. According to Forbes State Bank of India is the 29th most reputed company in the world. The Bank has 2,533 branches and 6,800 ATMs in India. In 1998 ICICI Bank launched internet banking operations. The Bank offers a wide range of banking products and financial services to the corporate and retail customers. It also provides services in the areas of venture capital investment banking, asset management and life and non-life insurance.
LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
Due to constraints of time and resources, the study is likely to suffer from certain limitations. Some of these are mentioned here under so that the findings of the study may be understood in a proper perspective. The limitations of the study are:
The study is based on the secondary data and the limitation of using secondary data may affect the results.
The secondary data was taken from the annual reports of the SBI and ICICI Bank. It may be possible that the data shown in the annual reports may be window dressed which does not show the actual position of the banks.
Financial analysis is mainly done to compare the growth, profitability and financial soundness of the respective banks by diagnosing the information contained in the financial statements. Financial analysis is done to identify the financial strengths and weaknesses of the two banks by properly establishing relationship between the items of Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Account. It helps in better understanding of banks financial position, growth and performance by analyzing the financial statements with various tools and evaluating the relationship between various elements of financial statements.
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:-
The study found that the mean of Credit Deposit Ratio in ICICI was higher (89.302 %) than in SBI (76.184%). This shows that ICICI Bank has created more loan assets from its deposits as compared to SBI. The share of interest expenses in total expenses higher in ICICI (63.36 %) as compare to SBI (59.99 %) and the proportion of interest income to total income was higher in case of SBI(84.49 % ) as compared to ICICI (78.84%), which shows that people prefer ICICI to invest their savings and SBI to take loans & advances.