2.1 – Overview of Westpac Banking Corporation ………………..

2.2 – Company Ownership ……………………………………….

3.1 - Profitability Analysis ………………………………………..

3.2 - Financial Stability …………………………………………..

3.3 - Liquidity Analysis …………………………………………..

3.4 - Cash Flow Analysis …………………………………………

3. Contingent Liabilities and Capital Commitments ……………………. 20

3. Profitability of Industry and Geographic Segments

5.1 - Profitability of the Banking Industry ……………………….

5.2 - Geographic Segments ………………………………………

3. Analysis of the Company’s Triple Bottom Line (TBL) ........................ 28

4. Summary of Major Findings …………………………………………… 32

5. References ……………………………………………………………….. 33

Figure 3.3 – WBC Annual Percentage Change

From a financial management perspective it highlights the need to curb “other” expenses. For shareholders it demonstrates Westpac’s profitability and ability to pay dividends.

Figure 3.1 shows that all banks have performed strongly, but Westpac is a consistent performer, while CBA and NAB have been less consistent with their profits. Generally the top 5 banks have seen an increase on return on equity of 18.9% (normalised.) Westpac achieved 21.7 % (refer to Fig. 3.2), the industry benchmark is 20%. (www.kpmg.com)

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