Case Study of HSBC Bank
Case Study of HSBC Bank
Case Study of HSBC Bank
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HSBC Bank
Financials of HSBC
HSBC is one of the leading private sector (Foreign) bank of India. The financial
position of the bank for the year ending 31 March, 2010 is given below.
Rs ‘000
Category As at 31 March 2010
Sub standard assets 11,571,850
Doubtful assets 1 year 2,789,001
Doubtful assets 2 year 662,165
Doubtful assets 3 year 239,436
Loss assets 1,570,474
Total 16,832,926
Capital Adequacy Ratio can be defined as ratio of the capital of the Bank,
to its assets, which are weighted or adjusted according to risk attached to
them.
Interpretation
The first table shows the Gross NPA ratio of the three banks. The gross
NPA means the NPA of the banks irrespective of the provisions. Gross
NPA reflects the quality of loans made by the bank and its credit
appraisal policy. High gross NPA reflects liberal appraisal policy. The
Gross NPA ratio for HSBC bank is the highest at 6.84% while Bank of
India has a lower G.P ratio.
The Net NPA ratio is obtained after deducting Provisions from the Gross
NPA. It shows the degree of risk in a bank’s portfolio and the actual
burden the bank has to bear. The net NPA of HSBC bank is the highest at
2.31 %. It shows they have less funds to make provisions against Gross
NPA.
The Problem asset ratio shows the percentage of risk attached to the
assets of the bank. High Problem-Asset ratio signifies more risk on the
assets. This ratio is very high for Bank of India where 5.99% of its assets
face risk while it’s the lowest for HSBC.
Capital Adequacy Ratio can be defined as ratio of the capital of the Bank,
to its assets, which are weighted/adjusted according to risk attached to
them. The banks with higher Capital adequacy ratio are in a better
position to manage their NPA. ICICI bank has a high capital adequacy
ratio of 18.93% while Bank of India has the lowest.
This ratio shows the percentage of Sub-Standard assets in the Gross NPA
of the bank. High Sub-Standard ratio means more proportion of
Sub-Standard asset in the Gross NPA. High ratio shows that there is a
chance of recovery of assets is high. The Sub standard asset ratio for
HSBC is at 68.74% while ICICI is at 52.9%.
This ratio shows the percentage of Doubtful assets in the Gross NPA of
bank. High Doubtful assets ratio means more proportion of Doubtful
asset in the Gross NPA. More Doubtful assets means Bank should take
action through recovery policy to reduce the level of Doubtful assets.
42.5% of the assets of ICICI bank are doubtful in nature so the bank
should take quick actions.
This ratio shows the percentage of loss assets in the Gross NPA of bank.
The high ratio indicates that bank has more fraudulent account and it
would not be possible to recover that amount. The loss assets are those
which the bank is certain that it would not be able to recover back. Bank
of India has the highest loss asset at 14.17% of its Gross NPA.