Evaluating Performance of Commercial Banks: An Empirical Study in Jordan

Banks are one of the important financial intermediaries in the financial system in Jordan. This study examined the performance of banking sector in Jordan based on the sample of thirteen Jordanian commercial banks, using CAMEL ratios as dependent variable, ROA and ROE as independent variables to ind...

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Main Author: Al Freahat, Khaled Issa Abedalqader
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/1742/1/Khaled_Issa_Abedalqader_Al_freahat.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/1742/2/1.Khaled_Issa_Abedalqader_Al_freahat.pdf
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Summary:Banks are one of the important financial intermediaries in the financial system in Jordan. This study examined the performance of banking sector in Jordan based on the sample of thirteen Jordanian commercial banks, using CAMEL ratios as dependent variable, ROA and ROE as independent variables to indicate on the banks performance. The study reveals that Jordanian banks performance represented by the thirteen banks sample of this study was influenced by all The Independent Variables represented by CAMEL ratios. These ratios are capital adequacy (CA), assets quality (AQ), management (MNG) and earnings (ERN) according to their influence on ROA and ROE.