Comparative Analysis of Financial Performance of Islamic vs. Conventional Banks in Bangladesh

Abstract

This paper analyzed the financial performance of Islamic and Conventional commercial banking sector in Bangladesh for the period of 5 years from 2008 to 2012. Financial ratios were employed to measure the profitability and performance of banks; in addition Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the significance differences of profitability means between Islamic and Conventional banks groups. The study found that overall bank’s financial performance increased considerably in the first three years of the analysis. A significant change in trend is noticed from year 2011 to 2012 as a result of stock market bubble bust at the end of 2010. Bangladeshi banking sectors financial performance faced a decreasing trend from 2011 due to significant investment of their fund in stock market. The study found that, there is no significant means difference of profitability between Islamic and Conventional banks groups in term of ROA, ROE and EPS. However, a significant difference in financial performance is existed in term of years.