Income Statement Basics
Banking Terms
ROE Model
Financial Formulas
Finance Concepts
100

This is the “bottom line” of the income statement.

What is Net Income?

100

Net interest income tends to be more important for these types of banks.

What are small banks?

100

This bank profitability measure is calculated as net interest income minus burden and provision for losses, plus securities gains, minus taxes.

What is Net Interest Income?

100

This equals total assets minus total liabilities.

What is Equity?

100

These are bank obligations that require the payment of interest, such as deposits and borrowed funds.

What are Interest-Bearing Liabilities?

200

This income statement item represents money earned from normal business operations.

What is Revenue?

200

This is the cost a bank pays on deposits and borrowed funds.

What is Interest Expense?

200

In the ROE model, this equals noninterest expense minus noninterest income divided by assets.

What is Burden?

200

This equals gross profit minus operating expenses.

What is Operating Income?

200

This refers to the mix of a bank’s funding sources, such as deposits, short-term borrowing, and long-term debt.

What is Liability Composition?

300

These are costs incurred to generate revenue during a period.

What are Expenses?

300

This type of income comes from fees and services rather than lending activity.

What is Non-interest Income?

300

In the ROE model, this equals income divided by assets

What is Asset Utilization?

300

This equals revenue minus all expenses, including taxes and interest.

What is Net Income?

300

This refers to the distribution of a bank’s liabilities between short-term and long-term borrowing.

What is Maturity?

400

This profit measure equals revenue minus cost of goods sold.

What is Gross Profit?

400

This expense reflects money set aside to cover expected loan defaults.

What is Provision for Loan Losses?

400

In the ROE model, this equals the assets divided by equity

What is Equity Multiplier?

400

This banking profitability measure equals net interest income divided by earning assets.

What is Net Interest Margin?

400

This refers to when a bank chooses to raise funds in order to match lending demand or interest rate conditions.

What is Timing of Borrowing?

500

This profitability measure is calculated before interest and taxes are deducted.

What is Operating Income?

500

This represents accumulated profits that are kept in the bank rather than paid out as dividends.

What are Retained Earnings?

500

In the ROE model, this equals noninterest expense divided by net interest income plus noninterest income

What is Efficiency Ratio?

500

This income statement measure equals revenue minus operating expenses, excluding interest and taxes.

What is Earnings Before Interest and Taxes?

500

This measures how much a bank uses borrowed funds relative to its equity to finance its assets.

What is Leverage?