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A commonly calculated measure of bank productivity is the efficiency ratio: noninterest expense/(net interest income + noninterest income). Banks routinely include the results in their quarterly and ...

As an individual investor, you’re constantly seeking insights into a company’s financial health and operational prowess. While revenue growth and net profit capture headlines, true strength often lies ...

This easy-to-calculate metric lies at the heart of successful bank stock investing. I've come to the opinion over the years that the efficiency ratio is the single most important metric for individual ...

Operational efficiency refers to how well a business manages its resources and uses them to produce profits. While the best practices for maximizing operational efficiency are different for each ...

The measures of a company's success go beyond the hard cash it generates as reflected in corporate dividends. Business success also is gauged by the likelihood that the level of the dividends will ...