Oil keeps recovery in Arab banking on track
| Rank | Total capital ($ ,000s) | Total assets ($ ,000s) | Net | ||||||||||
| ‘05 | ‘04 | Bank | Country | Year end | Current | Growth y-o-y % | Current | y-o-y % | Profit($ ,000s) | Growth y-o-y % | ROE '05 % | ETA '05 % | ROA '05 % |
| 1 | 1 | The National Commercial Bank | Saudi Arabia | Dec ‘05 | 5,777,399 | 57.08 | 38,928,939 | 11.79 | 1,338,053 | 41.91 | 23.16 | 14.84 | 3.44 |
| 2 | 2 | Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp | Saudi Arabia | Dec ‘05 | 3,596,607 | 32.25 | 25,377,298 | 22.07 | 1,504,226 | 91.88 | 41.82 | 14.17 | 5.93 |
| 3 | 3 | Samba Financial Group | Saudi Arabia | Dec ‘05 | 3,446,239 | 27.36 | 28,920,253 | 14.35 | 1,072,964 | 60.36 | 31.13 | 11.92 | 3.71 |
| 4 | 4 | Riyad Bank | Saudi Arabia | Dec ‘05 | 2,908,241 | 10.61 | |||||||