A Comparative Study of Financial Performance of SBI and ICICI Banks in India

Abstract

The banking sector is very important for the economic development of a country. Traditionally the banks worked as finance depositor and finance provider only but presently as the scenario have changed and many policies and other technical changes have become the part of economies therefore now banks also play many roles in the development of economy. The study is an attempt to analyze the financial performance of SBI and ICICI banks. The State Bank of India, popularly known as SBI is one of the leading bank of public sector in India. SBI has 14 Local Head Offices and 57 Zonal Offices located at important cities throughout the country. ICICI bank is the second largest, leading bank of private sector in India The Bank has 2,533 branches and 6,800 ATMs in India. The study is descriptive and analytical in nature. The collected data was secondary in nature and collected from various reports issued by these banks through internet. The comparison of financial performance of these two banks was made on the basis of ratio analysis. The results indicated that the SBI is performing well and financially sound than ICICI Bank. Also the market position of SBI is better than ICICI in terms to earning per share, price ratio per share and dividend payout ratio, but on the other hand ICICI bank is performing well in terms of NPA and provision for NPA in comparison of SBI bank.