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A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF PROFITABILITY OF CANARA BANK
Mr. V. THAMBIGNANADHAYALAN
Assistant Professor,R.V.S Institute of Management Studies and Computer Application, Karaikal – 609 609.
Mrs. F.MARY JULIA VALARMATHI
Associate Professor of Commerce, Pope John Paul-II College of Education, Reddiyarpalayam, Pondicherry – 605 010.
Abstract
The study has been undertaken to analyse
profitability of Canara bank for the study
period of ten years from 2004-05 to
2013-14. The study required accounting data of
the bank; they were collected from their
annual reports for the above period and
other internet sources. The study used ratio
analysis as financial tool and mean, standard
deviation (SD), co-efficient of variation
(CV) and Compounded Annual Growth Rate
(CAGR) as statistical tools. The results of
the study reported that profitability
performance of the bank was good during
the study period. It was also found that total
interest income and interest expenses of the
bank increased considerably during the
study period, it revealed good operating
performance of the bank. Overall,
profitability of Canara bank was good
during the study period.
Key words: profitability, deposits, interest
income and interest expenses.
Introduction
Banking industry is the bank bone of all
financial activities in a country. In India
both public sector and private sector banks
are performing well. They route the surplus
money from people to the needy persons, it
helps for capital formation and economic
development of a country. Canara bank is
one of the major public sector banks in
India. It has many branches and ATM
centers all over the country next to State
Bank of India. Canara Bank is an Indian
state-owned bank headquartered in
Bangalore, Karnataka. It was established in
1906, making it one of the oldest banks in
the country; the bank was nationalised in
1969. As of July 2014, the bank had a
network of 5111 branches and more than
6000 ATMs spread across India. The bank
also has offices abroad in London, Hong
Kong, Moscow, Shanghai, Doha, Dubai, and
New York. As a major bank it is important
to study financial performance of the bank.
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business activity. Hence the researcher has
undertaken this aspect.
Statement of the Problem
A bank is a financial institution that
provides banking and other financial
services to their customers. A bank is
generally understood as an institution which
provides fundamental banking services such
as accepting deposits and providing loans.
In the sense banking business is
becoming one of the profitable businesses in
India. Until few decades ago public sector
banks were rendering banking services to
people. After allowing, private sector banks
banking sector has become competitive
sector. Primary motive of private banks are
earning profit, hence they started to
introduce innovative banking services and
products to their customers in order to retain
existing customers and attract new
customers. Hence public sector banks also
are pulled into the competitive field.
Among them Canara bank is one of the
leading public sector banks which has a
wide network across India even in rural
areas. Hence the researcher has studied
profitability of the bank.
Objectives
The study has been undertaken with the
following objectives.
1. To study the trend of net profit of Canara
bank for the study period and
2. To analyse profitability performance of
Canara bank in terms of various selected
ratios.
Methodology
The study has been undertaken to analyse
profitability of Canara bank for the study
period of ten years from 2004-05 to
2013-14. The study required accounting data of
the bank, they were collected from their
annual reports for the above period and
other internet sources. The study used ratio
analysis as financial tool and mean, standard
deviation (SD), co-efficient of variation
(CV) and Compounded Annual Growth Rate
(CAGR) as statistical tools.
Results and Interpretation
Net Profit and its Trend
Net profit is the common indicator to
measure the overall performance of any type
of business. Table 1 gives the results of net
profit of Canara bank and its percentage
change over previous year for the study
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Trend of Net profit
Rs. in crore
Year Net Profit % Change over previous Year
2004-2005 1109.05 -
2005-2006 1343.22 21.11 2006-2007 1420.81 5.78 2007-2008 1565.01 10.15 2008-2009 2072.42 32.42 2009-2010 3021.43 45.79 2010-2011 4025.89 33.24 2011-2012 3282.71 -18.46 2012-2013 3672.1 11.86 2013-2014 3063.2 -16.58 Mean 2457.58
SD 1073.96
CV 43.70
CAGR 10.69
Source: Computed from Secondary Data It was known from table 1 that Net profit of
Canara Bank for the study period had grown
except during 2011-12 and 2013-14. Net
profit of the bank ranged from Rs.1109.05
crore to 4025.89 crore over the study period.
Net profit of the bank increased at high rate
during 2009-10 by 45.79 per cent followed
by 2010-11 and 2008-09 by 33.24 per cent
and 32.42 per cent respectively. During the
years 2011-12 and 2013-14 net profit of the
bank decreased by 18.46 per cent and 16.58
per cent respectively. The results of mean,
standard deviation and co-efficient of
variation of net profit of Canara bank stood
at Rs. 2457.58 crore, Rs. 1073.96 crore and
43.70 per cent, it showed that there was
moderate level of fluctuation in net profit
during the study period. The calculated
value of CAGR of net profit of Canara bank
stood at 10.69 per cent, it seems to be
considerable and profit earning performance
of the bank was good.
Return on Assets (ROA)
ROA is defined as net profit divided by
average total assets. This ratio measures a
banks profit per currency unit of assets. This
is the main indicator of profitability used in
international comparisons and it is one
among the guidelines of RBI for balance
sheet analysis of banks. The return on assets
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Return on Assets
Rs. in crore
Year Net Profit Total Assets Return on Assets (%)
2004-2005 1109.05 110,188.24 1.01 2005-2006 1343.22 132,708.48 1.01 2006-2007 1420.81 163,718.17 0.87 2007-2008 1565.01 178,323.83 0.88 2008-2009 2072.42 217,477.64 0.95 2009-2010 3021.43 264741.08 1.14 2010-2011 4025.89 335944.86 1.20 2011-2012 3282.71 374160.19 0.88 2012-2013 3672.10 412342.61 0.89 2013-2014 3063.20 491921.85 0.62 Mean 2457.58 268152.70
SD 1073.96 129764.76
CV 43.70 48.39
CAGR 10.69 16.14
Source: Computed from Secondary Data
Return on assets of Canara bank was found low during all the years of the study period. But
during first two years and during 2009-10 and 2010-11 it was more than one and during other
years it was less than one per cent. The results of mean, standard deviation and co-efficient of
variation of total assets of Canara bank showed that there was moderate level of variation in total
assets over the study period from its mean value. The calculated value of CAGR of total assets
stood at 16.14 per cent, it was considered high and there was high growth in total assets of the
bank, where as CAGR of net profit of the bank was lower than the growth rate of total assets. It
was summarized that the performance of Canara bank was not good in terms of return on assets
during the study period.
Net Profit to Total Income Ratio
Net profit is the total revenue and gains minus the expenses and losses. For companies that are
not in the financial industry. Table 3.3 gives the details of net profit, total income and the ratio
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Net Profit to Total Income Ratio
Rs. in Crore
Year Net Profit Total Income Net Profit To Total Income Ratio
2004-2005 1109.05 9115.80 12.17 2005-2006 1343.22 10089.02 13.31 2006-2007 1420.81 12876.36 11.03
2007-2008 1565.01 16509.05 9.48
2008-2009 2072.42 19546.15 10.60 2009-2010 3021.43 21752.78 13.89 2010-2011 4025.89 25890.99 15.55
2011-2012 3282.71 33800.37 9.71
2012-2013 3672.10 37230.94 9.86
2013-2014 3063.20 43480.37 7.04
Mean 2457.58 23029.18
SD 1073.96 11853.42
CV 43.70 51.47
CAGR 10.69 16.91
Source: Computed from Secondary Data Table 3 indicates that net profit of the bank
increased at a considerable rate during the
study period as shown by CAGR. Total
income of the bank stood at Rs.9115.80
crore during 2004-05 and it increased to Rs.
43480.37 crore during 2013-14. The
calculated values of mean, standard
deviation and co-efficient of variation of
total income of Canara bank stood at
Rs.23029.18 crore, Rs.11853.42 crore and
51.47 per cent respectively, it showed there
was moderate level of deviation in total
assets of the bank from its mean value. The
calculated value of CAGR of total income of
the bank was 16.91 per cent, it was
considered high and therefore there was high
growth in total income of the bank during
the study period, growth rate of total income
was higher than growth rate of net profit, it
indicated high increase of expenses by the
bank. The ratio of net profit to total income
of the bank was in decreasing trend over the
study period. The ratio ranged between 7.04
and 15.55 per cent. The performance of
Canara bank in terms of net profit to total
income was found to be considerable.
Net Profit to Total Deposits
Table 4 is demonstrating the results related
to net profit to total deposits of Canara bank.
This ratio is a direct measure to know the
returns to total deposits and can be
calculated as the percentage of net profit to
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Net Profit to Total Deposits Ratio
Rs. in crore
Year Net Profit Total Deposits
Net Profit to Total Deposits Ratio (%)
2004-2005 1109.05 96908.42 1.14 2005-2006 1343.22 116,803.23 1.15 2006-2007 1420.81 142,381.45 1.00 2007-2008 1565.01 154,072.42 1.02 2008-2009 2072.42 186,892.51 1.11 2009-2010 3021.43 234651.44 1.29 2010-2011 4025.89 293436.64 1.37 2011-2012 3282.71 327053.73 1.00 2012-2013 3672.10 355855.99 1.03 2013-2014 3063.20 420722.82 0.73
Mean 2457.58 232877.87 SD 1073.96 111267.70 CV 43.70 47.78 CAGR 10.69 15.81
Source: Computed from Secondary Data It was noted from table 4 that net profit of
Canara bank increased considerably during
the study period as shown by the result of
CAGR. Total deposit of the bank was in
increasing trend over the study period. The
amount of total deposit increased from
Rs.96908.42 crore during 2004-05 to
Rs.420722.82 crore during 2013-14.
Calculated value of mean of total deposits
stood at Rs.232877.87 crore, its standard
deviation and co-efficient of variation were
Rs.111267.70 crore and 47.78 per cent
respectively, they showed moderate level of
deviation in total deposits of the bank from
its mean value. The result of CAGR of total
deposits (15.81 per cent) showed good
growth during the study period. The ratio of
net profit to total deposits of Canara bank
was found to be low during the study period.
It ranged from 0.73 per cent to 1.37 per cent.
The ratio stood at 1.29 per cent during
2009-10, it went up to 1.37 per cent during
2010-11, during 2011-12 it met a slight decrease
and stood at 1 per cent, even though during
2012-13 the ratio met an increase to 1.03 per
cent during 2013-14 the ratio went down to
0.73 per cent due to major decrease in net
profit during such year. The performance of
Canara bank in terms of net profit to total
deposit was not good during the study
period.
Income and its Trend
Table 5 gives the results of income, its
components and its trend of Canara bank for
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Income and its Trend
Rs. in crore
Year Interest Income
Non-Interest Income
Total Income
% Change over PV 2004-2005 7572 1544 9116
2005-2006 8712 1378 10089 10.68 2006-2007 11365 1512 12876 27.63 2007-2008 14201 2308 16509 28.21 2008-2009 17119 2427 19546 18.40 2009-2010 18752 3001 21753 11.29 2010-2011 23064 2827 25891 19.02 2011-2012 30851 2950 33800 30.55 2012-2013 34078 3153 37231 10.15 2013-2014 39548 3933 43480 16.79
Mean 20526 2503 23029
SD 11079 832 11853
CV 53.97 33.24 51.47
CAGR 17.98 9.80 16.91 Source: Computed from Secondary Data Table 5 shows that interest income was the
major component of total income of Canara
bank during all the years of the study period.
Both interest income and non-interest
income of the bank were in increasing trend
during the study period. The calculated
value of CAGR of interest income (17.98
per cent) was higher than CAGR of
non-interest income (9.80 per cent) of the bank.
It showed good operating efficiency of
Canara bank during the study period. Total
income of the bank increased more than
double over the study period. The amount
of total income of Canara bank increased
from Rs.9116 crore in 2004-05 to
Rs.43480.37 crore in 2013-14. Total
income of the bank increased at high rate
during 2011-12, 2006-07 and 2007-08.
During all the years total income of the bank
increased over the previous year.
Expenses and its Trend
Table 6 gives the results of expenses, its
components and its trend of Canara bank for
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Table 6
Expenses and its Trend
Rs. in crore
Year Interest Expenses
Non-Interest Expenses
Total Expenses
% Change over PV
2004-2005 4422 3585 8007
2005-2006 5,130 3616 8,746 9.24
2006-2007 7,338 4118 11,456 30.98 2007-2008 10,663 4281 14,944 30.45 2008-2009 12,401 5073 17,474 16.93
2009-2010 13071 5660 18731 7.19
2010-2011 15241 6624 21865 16.73 2011-2012 20040 10478 30518 39.57
2012-2013 26199 7360 33559 9.96
2013-2014 30603 9814 40417 20.44
Mean 14511 6061 20572
SD 8751 2490 10998
CV 60.31 41.08 53.46
CAGR 21.34 10.60 17.57
Source: Computed from Secondary Data Table 6 indicates that both interest expenses
and non-interest expenses of Canara bank
increased over the study period. The growth
rate as per the results of CAGR of interest
income (21.34 per cent) was higher than
CAGR of non-interest expenses (10.60 per
cent), these results showed that Canara bank
increased its deposits from its customers
over the study period. It is also a sign of
good operating performance of Canara bank
during the study period. Total expenditure
of the bank increased around five times
during the study period. Total expenses of
the bank increased at high rates during
2011-12, 2006-07 and 2007-08. The result
of CAGR of total expenses of Canara bank
was 17.57 per cent, it was considered high
and there was high rate of growth in total
expenses of the bank.
Conclusion
Canara bank is one of the leading public
sector banks in India next to State Bank of
India. It has branches in all nook and
corners of the country. As a major banking
company in India, the researcher has
analysed profitability of the bank for the
period of ten years from 2004-05 to
2013-14. The study has dealt with various
profitability ratios and tested its profitability
performance. The results of the study
reported that profitability performance of the
bank was good during the study period. It
was also found that total interest income and
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considerably during the study period, it
revealed good operating performance of the
bank. Overall, profitability of Canara bank
was good during the study period.
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