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Banco Popular Espanol, S.A.
Standard & Poors, Nov 2001
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Research Type: Full Analysis
Abstract
The ratings on Banco Popular Espa-ol, S.A. (Popular), which are the highest assigned to a private bank in Spain, reflect the bank's strong financial fundamentals. They notably take into account the bank's excellent earnings record, sound asset quality and good capitalization, as well as management's coherent and conservative strategy. Despite the substantial changes undergone by the Spanish financial system (including a wave of consolidation and convergence to low interest-rate levels), Popular has managed to maintain its strong profitability, posting a consistent return on average assets of close to 2% over the past six years. Its outstanding performance--a combination of the bank's focus on retail domestic banking, superior pricing policies, comparatively cheaper funding base and strong operating efficiency--is indisputably one of...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Banco Popular Espanol, S.A.,BPE Finance International Ltd.,BPE Capital International Ltd.
Action: Review
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