OCBC, UOB and DBS Reported Record Profits: Which One Should You Pick?

The Smart Investor2023-08-09

It is a tough decision but we line the three banks side by side to see which makes the best investment.Singapore BanksHigher interest rates have been a bane for the REIT sector and businesses with ...

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Catlim
2023-08-10
Catlim
Will pick OCBC Cheapest bank stock - with long term growth and affordability
PhoenixBee
2023-08-09
PhoenixBee
Not a good combo. It's same basket
Azwin
2023-08-09
Azwin
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net profit for 2023’s second quarter (2Q 2023) excluding the integration costs from its acquisition of Citigroup’s (NYSE: C) consumer banking franchise.DBS Group (SGX: D05) came along and reported a net profit of S$2.6 billion for 2Q 2023, up 45% year on year.And finally, OCBC Ltd (SGX: O39) was the last to announce its results and impressed with a 34% year-on-year increase in net profit to S$1.7 billion for the quarter.With all three banks announcing stellar results, which should investors pick for their portfolio?We compare all three blue-chip banks on various metrics to try and figure this out.FinancialsStarting with the financials for each lender, all three banks saw total income shoot up sharply because of higher NII brought about by higher interest rates.Consequently, profit before allowances also rose sharply as expenses rose less than total income.However, DBS is the leader here as it logged the strongest year-on-year rise in total income.Singapore’s largest bank also clocked up the best year-on-year increase in net profit of 44.8%.Winner: DBSNet interest margin and loan growthNext, we look at the banks’ NIMs and the growth of their loan books.All three banks saw their loan books shrink year on year as high interest rates begin to bite, causing individuals and businesses to become hesitant to take on more debt.DBS saw the worst fall of the three at 2.1% while OCBC experienced the gentlest decline at just 0.3%.For NIM, OCBC is the clear winner with the highest NIM of the three at 2.26%.However, DBS managed to chalk up the highest increase in its NIM on a year-on-year basis at 0.58 percentage points.It was also the only bank to report a quarter-on-quarter increase in NIM, going from 2.12% to 2.16%.DBS’ CEO Piyush Gupta also believes there could be more upside to NIMs as 20% of DBS’ commercial book has yet to reprice while the US central bank seems intent on further raising interest rates to combat inflation.Despite these trends, OCBC still emerges as the winner with the lowest loan book decline while sporting the highest NIM.Winner: OCBCCost-to-income ratioThe cost-to-income ratio (CIR) measures the efficiency of a bank’s operations by comparing its operating expenses with its total income.A lower CIR is preferred as it means the bank is running more efficiently compared to its peers.In this regard, DBS has the lowest CIR of the three at 38.3% but OCBC has come close with a CIR of 38.5%.That said, DBS saw its CIR increase by just 0.02 percentage points from 1Q 2023 while OCBC’s CIR jumped 0.14 percentage points.Winner: DBSNon-performing loans ratioNow we come to the non-performing loans ratio, or NPL ratio, which measures the proportion of a bank’s loans that may go sour.A lower NPL ratio implies that the bank expects less of its loans to go bad and that its borrowers are doing fine.Both DBS and OCBC are tied with an NPL ratio of 1.1%.Winner: DBS and OCBC (tie)ValuationWhen it comes to valuation, DBS has the highest price-to-book (PB) ratio by far at 1.57 times.UOB, on the other hand, is trading just above its book value of S$28.26.OCBC remains relatively cheap as well with a PB ratio of 1.15 times.Winner: UOBDividend yieldFor dividend yield, we took the trailing 12-month dividend paid out by each lender but excluded any special, one-off dividends.Using each bank’s core dividend, OCBC had the highest dividend yield at 6.1% with DBS registering the lowest at 4.9%.However, DBS had just upped its quarterly dividend from S$0.42 in 1Q 2023 to S$0.48 in the current quarter.Hence, it has an annualised dividend of S$1.92 per share and its forward dividend yield stands at 5.6%.Investors should note that with the strong results momentum, all three banks could raise their final dividends when they release their earnings in February 2024.Winner: OCBCGet Smart: Considering other factorsDBS and OCBC are tied with three winning factors each but investors need to consider other aspects to decide which bank to buy.For instance, UOB expects to achieve an annualised revenue uplift of S$1 billion from its Citigroup acquisition and integration for 2023.OCBC introduced a refreshed logo and has identified strategic initiatives to garner S$3 billion in incremental revenue from 2023 to 2025.","kind":null,"is_publish_news":null,"is_publish_highlight":null,"is_publish_live":null,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[{"id":207370718642344,"gmtCreate":1691656692838,"gmtModify":1691656697933,"author":{"id":"3582764354772355","authorId":"3582764354772355","name":"Catlim","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d2c76e88dd6b2adc4e239fbc79700856","vip":1,"hat":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a3dee1aa3a3a3c1814833a4d3f8a5669","crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"Will pick OCBC&nbsp; Cheapest bank stock - with long term growth and affordability&nbsp;","listText":"Will pick OCBC&nbsp; Cheapest bank stock - with long term growth and affordability&nbsp;","text":"Will pick OCBC 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It's same basket&nbsp;","listText":"Not a good combo. It's same basket&nbsp;","text":"Not a good combo. It's same basket","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/206919152373888","repostId":2358027076,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"},{"id":206916306538664,"gmtCreate":1691546951038,"gmtModify":1691546954872,"author":{"id":"3573429714697192","authorId":"3573429714697192","name":"Azwin","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":1},"htmlText":"Great ariticle, would you like to share it?","listText":"Great ariticle, would you like to share it?","text":"Great ariticle, would you like to share it?","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://ttm.financial/post/206916306538664","repostId":2358027076,"repostType":2,"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"EN"}],"isCommentEnd":false,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":29,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":3,"favoriteSize":3,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.22.5","shortVersion":"4.22.5","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2358027076"}