DBS, OCBC and UOB All Reported Record Earnings: Which Bank Qualifies as the Best Pick?

The Smart Investor2023-05-17

The trio of local banks have been a big beneficiary of surging interest rates as the US Federal Reserve began its aggressive rate hikes in March 2022.Back then, no one thought that over the next year,...

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Deshost
2023-05-17
Deshost
Why are the prices so low huh!? This time, we're referring to the local trio banks which produce amazing financial gains and record profits. Is this flute? In my opinion and analysis of their financial records and historical performance, they're NOT. All 3 banks possess prudent management skills as well as strategic foresight as they work efficiently both at home and in the region they know best and any expansion outside familiar grounds is threaded cautiously to the benefits of us - the investors big or small. They operate differently from their US counterparts and think long term instead of short term and riskier endeavours which are proven wrong in recent financial banking crisis in the US, albeit the small and medium regional banks. In conclusion, it's astonishingly amazing
- jayc:
  👍
- HuatRocket:
  Why $3000 u cant cough? What makes u think it not worth for u to buy dbs now?
- VivianChua:
  ok
- SnakeToad:
  im guessing is the negative press for dbs due to their ebanking problem? by right the drop should be temporary
  
  but i dunno how to cough up $3000+ to buy into dbs [Cry]
- intheloop:
  wow...if the budget is allowed, truly support "the conviction of taking all 3"
V K
2023-05-17
V K
Good to know

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UOB’s NIM fell by 0.08 percentage points to 2.14% from 4Q 2022 while OCBC’s slid just 0.01 percentage points to 2.3%.This slight dip suggests that NIMs may have peaked for both UOB and OCBC, while there may still be some NIM upside for DBS Group.For loan growth, all three banks displayed relatively flat loan growth but DBS Group takes the cake here with a 0.2% year on year increase in its loan book.Winner: DBS GroupCost-to-income ratioThe cost-to-income ratio measures how efficiently a bank is run by comparing its expenses base to its total income.OCBC has shown an amazing ability to reduce its cost base with its cost-to-income ratio jumping from 43.3% in 4Q 2022 to 37.1%, making it the lowest among the three.It was also the largest improvement among the trio on a year on year basis as OCBC’s cost-to-income ratio stood at 45.6% in 1Q 2022.Winner: OCBCReturn on equityNext, we look at the important return on equity (ROE) metric that measures the profitability of each bank relative to its equity base.DBS easily takes the trophy here with an ROE of 18.6%, with UOB and OCBC coming in relatively close to each other at 14.9% and 14.7%, respectively.It should be noted that DBS’s ROE was already the highest in the prior quarter (4Q 2022) at 17.2%), but it has continued to maintain its lead as we head into 1Q 2023.Winner: DBS GroupNon-performing loans (NPL) ratioAs higher interest rates tend to dampen consumer spending and raise the probability of bad loans, we took a look at each bank’s non-performing loans (NPL) ratio.DBS also comes up as the winner here with a consistently low NPL ratio of 1.1% which is down from the prior year’s 1.3%.OCBC also fared well by reducing its NPL ratio to be on par with DBS Group, but its prior 4Q 2022’s NPL ratio was slightly higher than DBS at 1.2%.Winner: DBS GroupValuationAn analysis of the three banks would not be complete without a look at their valuations.Based on the price-to-book (P/B) for each bank, OCBC once again emerges as the cheapest of the trio at just 1.06 P/B.DBS is, as usual, the most expensive once again at 1.45 P/B while UOB is sandwiched in the middle with a 1.11 P/B.Winner: OCBCGet Smart: Other considerationsIt seems DBS has won this round with three attributes coming up tops, compared with two for OCBC and one for UOB.Of course, investors need to consider other factors too when evaluating all three lenders.For instance, DBS Group also pays out a quarterly dividend of S$0.42 per share.Income-seeking investors could view this aspect favourably when considering which bank to buy as Singapore’s largest bank is the only bank to dole out quarterly dividends.","kind":"highlight","is_publish_news":true,"is_publish_highlight":true,"is_publish_live":false,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"column":"","sentiment":"0","news_tag":"","news_rank":0,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":9970862056,"gmtCreate":1684289737675,"gmtModify":1684289744434,"author":{"id":"4090382051893560","authorId":"4090382051893560","name":"Deshost","avatar":"https://community-static.tradeup.com/news/7a8c57f0d0e18dca8d6ab148e9f7acce","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":1,"idStr":"4090382051893560","authorIdStr":"4090382051893560"},"htmlText":"Why are the prices so low huh!?&nbsp; This time, we're referring to the local trio banks which produce amazing financial gains and record profits. 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What makes u think it not worth for u to buy dbs now?</span>","text":"<span class=\"s1\">Why $3000 u cant cough? What makes u think it not worth for u to buy dbs now?</span>","html":"<span class=\"s1\">Why $3000 u cant cough? 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