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F E D E R A L R E SE R V E B A N K
O F DALLAS
March 29,1946
OPERATING RATIOS OF MEMBER BANKS
To Member Banks in the
Eleventh Federal Reserve District:
It is a pleasure to present the operating1 ratios of member banks in the Eleventh Federal
Reserve District for the year 1945, with comparative figures for the year 1944. In the report for
1945 the asset and liability items are the averages of the amounts taken from the reports of condi
tion as of December 30, 1944, June 30, 1945, and December 31, 1945, while the earnings and expense
items are the amounts reported by member banks for the calendar year 1945. In view of the con
tinued rapid growth of deposits during 1945, many of the banks have again moved into a larger
size deposit group and this fact should be taken into consideration in studying the ratios for the
several groups of banks. The ratios for the various groups represent unweighted averages of the
percentages for individual banks rather than the ratios computed from the aggregates of all banks
included in the respective groups.
Net profits after taxes realized by member banks in this district increased further during 1945,
averaging 11.1 per cent on total capital accounts, as compared with 10.6 per cent in 1944 and 9.0
per cent in 1943. This increase, however, was not shared by all member banks in the district since
more than 200 of them, or about 37 per cent of the total, showed smaller net profits in 1945 than
in 1944. Moreover, the declines in net profits during 1945 occurred at banks in every size group and
in all sections of the district. The diversity of experience among banks suggests the need for watch
fulness and study in the period immediately ahead when banks might be confronted in varying
degrees with such factors as deposit shifts, declining interest rates on loans and yields on securities,
and increases in expenses.
Reflecting the large increase in the holdings of Government securities during 1945, the propor
tion of total earnings derived from interest and dividends on securities increased further, amount
ing to 35.2 per cent in 1945 as compared with 31.3 per cent in 1944. On the other hand, the propor
tion of total earnings derived from interest on loans declined, although banks with deposits of less
than $2,000,000 continued to derive on the average more than 50 per cent of their total earnings
from loans. The proportion of total earnings derived from service charges on deposit accounts
declined at banks in all size groups.
It is significant that in recent years, when net profits have been increasing, the majority of
member banks in the district have continued conservative dividend policies and have added a large
part of their net profits to capital accounts. During 1945, dividends to stockholders amounted to
4.1 per cent on total capital accounts as compared with 4.3 per cent in 1944. Taxes on net incomes
were generally higher in 1945 than in the preceding year, amounting to 7.1 per cent of total earnings
as compared with 5.6 per cent in 1944.
As in former years, the ratios of your bank have been entered on your confidential copy to per
mit a convenient review of your operations for the past two years and a comparison with the
operations of a group of banks of similar size.
It is hoped that this information will be interesting and valuable to your bank.
Sincerely yours,
R. R. GILBERT
President
This publication was digitized and made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Historical Library (FedHistory@dal.frb.org)
Operating Ratios of Member lks for the Years 1945 and 1944
ELEVENTH FEDE RESERVE DISTRICT
BANKS WITH AVERAGE DEPOSITS (in thousands of dollars)
Under $500
1945
Number of Banks
1944
$50(D
$1,000
$1,999
$2,000 $4,999
$5,000 $9,999
$10,000-$24,999
$25,000 and Over
All Groups
1945
1944
1945*14
1945
1944
1945
1944
1945
1944
1945
1944
1945
1944
1945
1944
30
45
69)2
143
155
199
171
54
38
48
39
36
31
579
571
6.8
7.7
6.4
3.1
8.3
7.4
5.9
3.1
10.7 .4
10 .6 \0
8.6 .4
4-1,5
13.7
13.7
11.1
4.6
12.3
13.0
11.0
4.9
14.0
14.5
12.1
4.3
13.4*
13.7*
11.7
4.4
16.2
16.4
12.3
4.2
16.8
16.0
12.3
4.0
13.8
15.8
12.1
3.2
13.5
13.0
10.5
3.4
13.5
16.0
11.1
3.4
13.0
14.0
10.5
3.3
13.3
13.8
11.1
4.1
12.2
12.7
10.6
4.3
1
2
3
4
2.5
.8
.7
2.9
1.0
.7
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2.3 4
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c
2.1
.8
.7
2.2
• .8
.7
1.8
.6
.6
2.0
.7
.6
1.8
.7
.5
2.0
.7
.5
1.7
.6
.5
1.8
.6
.5
1.5
.5
.4
1.5
.6
.4
1.9
.7
.6
2.1
.8
.7
5
6
7
15.6j
22.4 ?.l)
f
4- h >
58.3-5.5
14J °-4
100.0 *Yo
7.3 5.1
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Your Bank
SUMMARY RATIOS
Percentage of Total Capital Accounts
1.
2.
3.
4.
Net current earnings....................................
Profits before income taxes.........................
Net profits after taxes...................................
Cash dividends declared...............................
Percentage of Total Assets
5. Total earnings.............
6. Net current earnings...
7. Net profits after taxes.
SOURCES AND DISPOSITION OF EARNINGS
Percentage of Total Earnings
8. Interest and dividends on:
a. Government securities...................................................
b. Other securities..............................................................
9. Earnings on loans......................................................................
. All other earnings......................................................................
Total earnings............................................................ ...........
11.
12. Service charges on deposit accounts (Included in item 10)'
13. Trust department earnings (Included in item 10) * * ...........
14. Salaries and wages....................................................................
15. Interest on time and savings deposits.....................................
16. All other expenses.....................................................................
Total expenses.......................................................................
17.
18. Net current earnings.................................................................
19. Net charge-offs (— ) or recoveries ( + ) ...............................
20. Taxes on net incomes...............................................................
21. Net profits after taxes...............................................................
10
100.0
100.0
16.7
3.6
65.3
14.4
100.0
5.8
**
41.5
.9
29.5
71.9
28.1
+ 3.5
5.4
26.2
71.0
13.4
100.0
6.7
**
39.6
1.6
26.9
68.1
31.9
— 3.3
6.2
22.4
36.8 5.4
1.9 7
'9.1 -0
33.2 h-9
+ 1.1 f-1
6.1 >.0
28.2.0
25.7
6.5
51.3
16.5
100.0
27.5)
i
53.8
18.7
100.0
29.9
6.6
44.7
1S.8
100.0
34.2)
J
46.2
19.6
100.0
30.6
7.1
43.9
18.4
100.0
39.9)
38.2
21.9
100.0
38.8
7.0
32.2
22.0
100.0
31.5
24.4
100.0
44.1)
\
46.2
4.0
30.8
19.0
100.0
49.2)
1
31.2
19.6
100.0
29.1
6.1
47.1
31.3j
9.8
100.0
8.3
•fr#
10.0
**
35.3
1.1
26.9
63.3
36.7
+ 1.3
6.7
31.3
9.6
.6
49.8
18.9
100.0
*
8.0
3.0
10.5
2.8
8.5
3.2
9.0
3.7
5.6
2.1
5.9
2.0
8.4
2.5
37.2
1.3
27.0
65.5
34.5
+ 2.8
5.4
31.9
9.3
3.4
35.5
1.9
27.8
65.2
34.8
+ 2 .2
6.1
30.9
35.6
2.0
28.1
65.7
34.3
+ 1.7
4.9
31.1
33.5
2.9
28.3
64.7
35.3
+ 1.0
8.7
27.6
34.1
2.9
27.3
64.3
35.7
— .5
6.8
28.4
33.6
3.9
30.2
67.7
32.3
+ 5.3
8.0
29.6
32.8
'4.0
29.7
66.5
33.5
+
.1
5.9
27.7
29.4
4.5
30.5
64.4
35.6
+ 6 .7
13.2
29.1
30.0
3.9
30.3
64.2
35.8
+ 3.0
9.8
29.0
35.2
2.0
28.1
65.3
34.7
+ 2 .3
7.1
29.9
36.2
2.1
28.0
66.3
33.7
+ 2.3
5.6
30.4
1.7)
J
— .1
1.4
2.8
+ .2
1.7)
j
— .2
1.3
3.0
+ .1
3.3
.1
17.7
8
a
b
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
RATES OF EARNINGS ON LOANS AND SECURITIES
Percentage of Tofal Securities
22. Interest and dividends o n :
a. Government securities.....................................................
b. Other securities................................................................
23. Net losses (— ) or recoveries and profits ( + ) on securities.
1.7
3.3
—
+
2.1)
1
.1
—
7.5
.3
3.4 |
— .•1
1.6
3.6
+ .1
1.8)
1
1.4
3.3
—
L 7)
1
1.4
3.2
—
+
1.5)
{
.1
1.5
3.3
+ .1
+
3.6
.8
+
1.8)
{
22
a
b
23
5.9
.3
24
25
Percentage of Total Loans
24. Earnings on loans........................................................................
25. Net losses (— ) or recoveries ( + ) on loans...........................
+
7.9
.3
+
6.5 8
.K 2
_ -t-—
+
6.3
.1
+
6.1
.2
+
5.5
.2
+
5.5
.2
5.1
— .1
+
5.8
.3
+
4.3
.2
+
4.4
.2
+
5.7
.1
+
DISTRIBUTIONS OF TOTAL ASSETS
Percentage of Total Assets
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
Government securities......................................................................
Other securities.................................................................................
Loans..................................................................................................
Cash assets........................................................................................
Real estate assets...............................................................................
All other assets..................................................................................
26.2
2.2
24.8
46.0
.6
.2
19.4
2.3
32.6
44.8
.8
.1
2 9 .5 \?
2.8 ’9
25"
4k *
.5*7
.1 -
34.5
3.5
20.7
40.7
.5
.1
29.9
4.4
24.9
40.0
.7
.1
38.5
3.8
18.4
38.8
.5
—
35.5
4.9
20.3
38.6
.7
•—
39.7
4.4
18.2
37.1
.6
—
40.0
5.6
15.4
38.3
.7
—
45.4
4.5
14.7
34.5
.8
.1
45.1
4.2
15.3
34.1
1.2
.1
50.7
1.3
15.1
31.5
.8
.1
49.2
2.1
14.6
33.0
1.0
.1
37.2
3.5
19.6
39.0
.6
.1
33.0
4.2
22.5
39.4
.8
.1
26
27
28
29
30
31
11.1
48.8
12.7
1.5
12.3*
42.2
14.2
2.9
7.9'-h
38.9 2
SJ'J
2 .8j£
6.0
31.0
6.5
2.2
6.8
28.8
7.4
2.8
5.0
29.2
5.3
3.3
5.6
27.5
6.0
3.9
4.3
22.6
4.5
6.8
5.1
29.6
5.4
8.4
4.4
32.3
4.6
9.3
5.0
31.1
5.3
10.0
3.9
26.0
4.1
10.0
4.3
27.4
4.5
9.3
5.7
31.3
6.2
4.1
6.8
31.0
7.5
4.4
32
33
34
35
CAPITAL AND DEPOSIT RATIOS (In Percentage)
32. Capital accounts to total assets........................................................
33. Capital accounts to total assets less Government and cash assets.
34. Capital accounts to total deposits...................................................
35. Time to total deposits..................... .................................................
* Revised.
.
** Banks reporting zero amounts were excluded in computing this average and figures are not shown where there werelthan three banks in a group.
Note: Balance sheet figures used as a basis for ratios are averages of amounts reported December 30, 1944, June 3 0 ,1W December 31, 1945.
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