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04 October, 2024

Discuss the methods of measuring CAR (Capital adequacy ratio), ROA (Return on assets), and EPS (Earnings per share).

To calculate CAR, banks are required to calculate their Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) in respect of credit, market, and operational risks. Total RWA will be determined by multiplying capital charge for market risk and operational risk by the reciprocal of the minimum CAR and adding the resulting figures to the sum of risk weighted assets for credit risk. The CAR is calculated in the following ways:-

 CAR (Tier 1 Capital Tier 2 Capital)/Risk-Weighted Assets

 The Bank separates capital into Tier 1 and Tier 2 based on the function and quality of the capital. Such as: -

 ·        Tier 1 capital is the primary way to measure a bank's financial health. It includes shareholder's equity and retained earnings, which are disclosed on financial statements. As it is the core capital held in reserves, Tier 1 capital is capable of absorbing losses without impacting business operations.

 ·        On the other hand, Tier 2 capital includes revalued reserves, undisclosed reserves, and hybrid securities. Since this type of capital has lower quality, is less liquid, and is more difficult to measure, it is known as supplementary capital.

 The bottom half of the equation is risk-weighted assets. Risk-weighted assets are the sum of a bank's assets, weighted by risk Banks usually have different classes of assets, such as cash, debentures, and bonds, and each class of asset is associated with a different level of risk.

 Safe asset classes, such as government debt, have a risk weighting close to 0%. Other assets backed by little or no collateral, such as a debenture, have a higher risk weighting. This is because there is a higher likelihood the bank may not be able to collect the loan. Different risk weighting can also be applied to the same asset class.

 For example, if a bank has lent money to three different companies, the loans can have different risk weighting based on the ability of each company to pay back its loan.

 ROA is calculated by dividing a firm's net income by the average of its total assets. It is then expressed as a percentage. Net profit can be found at the bottom of a company's income statement and assets are found on its balance sheet. ROA can be used by management, analysts, and investors to determine whether a company uses its assets efficiently to generate a profit.

ROA is calculated by dividing a company's net income by its total assets. As a formula, it's expressed as:

ROA =  Average Total Assets/Net Income

 (ROA) helps investors measure how management is using its assets or resources to generate more income. It's important to compare companies of similar size and industry.

 Earnings per share (EPS), also called net income per share, is a market prospect ratio that measures the amount of net income earned per share of stock outstanding. In other words, this is the amount of money each share of stock would receive if all of the profits were distributed to the outstanding shares at the end of the year.

 Earnings per share or basic earnings per share is calculated by subtracting preferred dividends from net income and dividing by the weighted average common shares outstanding. The earnings per share formula looks like this.

 Earnings per Share= (Net Income- Preferred Dividends )/ End-of-Period Common Shares Outstanding

 Earnings per share is the same as any profitability or market prospect ratio. Higher earnings per share is always better than a lower ratio because this means the company is more profitable and the company has more profits to distribute to its shareholders.

 Although many investors don't pay much attention to the EPS, a higher earnings per share ratio often makes the stock price of a company rise. Since so many things can manipulate this ratio, investors tend to look at it but don't let it influence their decisions