Share the article
twitter-iconcopy-link-iconprint-icon
share-icon

Top 1000 World Banks - United National Corporation leapfrogs Banco Compartamos in ROA table

United National Corporation of the US is the bank with the highest return on assets in the 2018 Top 1000 ranking, pushing 2017 leader Banco Compartamos into second place. By Justin Pugsley.
Share the article
twitter-iconcopy-link-iconprint-icon
share-icon

United National Corporation of the US leads the ranking for return on assets (ROA) with a figure of 12.7%, dethroning 2017 leader Banco Compartamos of Mexico, which has been pushed into second place with an ROA of 11.48%. 

Indeed, the North America and Latin America and the Caribbean regions host many of the banks with the highest ROAs. However, United National Corporation and Banco Compartamos saw falls in their ROAs from the 2017 ranking, when they recorded figures of 13.54% and 13.99%, respectively.

The duo are the only banks to achieve double-digit ROAs in the 2018 ranking, compared with three in the 2017 version, when India’s Bandhan Bank joined them with an ROA of 10.61%. This year, however, no Indian banks make it into the top five ranking for the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China and Japan). The top performer in the region is Kazakhstan’s Kaspi Bank, with an ROA of 5.58%.  

The weakest performances tended to be concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region. In Japan, Seven Bank takes the top spot with an ROA of 3.73%, but the fifth placed lender, Suguru Bank, recorded an ROA of just 0.68%. In China, Bank of Taizhou is in first place with an ROA of only 2.72%, while fifth placed Bank of Luoyang managed 1.68%.

Top five ROA: Africa

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 579 Capitec Bank Holdings South Africa 7.25
2 576 Guaranty Trust Bank Nigeria 5.98
3 781 Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) Angola 5.27
4 799 Equity Bank Kenya 5.13
5 809 KCB Group Kenya 4.50

Top five ROA: Asia-Pacific (ex China and Japan)

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 977 Kaspi Bank Kazakhstan 5.58
2 870 Bank of South Pacific Papua New Guinea 4.78
3 612 National Bank of Uzbekistan (NBU) Uzbekistan 4.27
4 152 Bank Central Asia (BCA) Indonesia 3.89
5 131 Bank Rakyat Indonesia Indonesia 3.29

Top five ROA: Japan

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 977 Seven Bank Japan 3.73
2 870 Aozora Bank Japan 1.18
3 612 Rakuten Bank Japan 1.00
4 152 Nomura Holdings Japan 0.75
5 131 Suruga Bank Japan 0.68

Top five ROA: Western Europe

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 345 Schroders UK 3.38
2 473 Banca March Spain 2.92
3 962 Ringkjobing Landbobank Denmark 2.85
4 641 Close Brothers Group UK 2.79
5 764 Arbejdernes Landsbank Denmark 2.75

Top five ROA: LatAm and Caribbean

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 980 Banco Compartamos Mexico 11.48
2 450 Banco Macro Argentina 6.77
3 778 Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (BHU) Uruguay 5.95
4 979 Banco de San Juan Argentina 5.04
5 296 Banco Inbursa Mexico 4.48

Top five ROA: North America

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 607 United National Corporation US 12.70
2 382 Beal Bank US 4.23
3 106 American Express Company US 4.09
4 138 Discover Financial Services US 3.53
5 987 Briscoe Ranch US 3.23

Top five ROA: Middle East

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 104 Al Rajhi Bank Saudi Arabia 2.66
2 965 Bank of Jordan Jordan 2.63
3 684 National Bank of Umm Al Qaiwain United Arab Emirates 2.62
4 610 GFH Financial Group Bahrain 2.51
5 94 National Commercial Bank Saudi Arabia 2.24

Top five ROA: China

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 468 Bank of Taizhou China 2.72
2 554 Zhejiang Tailong Commercial Bank China 2.16
3 306 Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank China 1.71
4 446 Guangdong Nanhai Rural Commercial Bank China 1.69
5 373 Bank of Luoyang China 1.68

Top five ROA: CEE

Regional  Rank World Rank Bank  Country Return on assets (%)
1 739 Tinkoff Bank Russia 9.29
2 597 Sovcombank Russia 5.32
3 930 RosEvroBank Russia 3.90
4 31 Sberbank Russia 3.48
5 947 TBC Bank Georgia 3.04

Was this article helpful?

Thank you for your feedback!

Read more about:  Rankings & data , Top 1000 World Banks