Five-Year Summary


Group 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
Selected income statement items ($ millions)          
Total income 8,927 8,064 7,631 7,066 6,603
Profit before allowances 5,009 4,450 4,328 4,141 3,999
Allowances 770 417 722 911 1,529
Profit before tax 4,318 4,157 3,733 3,332 2,536
Net profit excluding one-time items and goodwill charges 3,501 3,359 3,035 2,650 2,064
One-time items(1) 171 450 (23)
Goodwill charges 1,018
Net profit 3,672 3,809 3,035 1,632 2,041
Selected balance sheet items ($ millions)          
Total assets 402,008 353,033 340,847 283,710 258,644
Customer loans 248,654 210,519 194,720 152,094 130,583
Total liabilities 364,322 317,035 307,778 250,608 229,145
Customer deposits(2) 292,365 253,464 225,346 193,692 183,432
Total shareholders’ funds 34,233 31,737 28,794 26,599 25,373
Per ordinary share ($)          
Earnings excluding one-time items and goodwill charges 1.43 1.39 1.30 1.15 0.91
Earnings 1.50 1.57 1.30 0.70 0.90
Net asset value 13.61 12.96 11.99 11.25 10.85
Dividends 0.58 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.56
Selected financial ratios (%)          
Dividend cover for ordinary shares (number of times) 2.58 2.79 2.28 1.25 1.57
Net interest margin 1.62 1.70 1.77 1.84 2.02
Cost-to-income 43.9 44.8 43.3 41.4 39.4
Return on assets(3) 0.91 0.97 0.97 0.98 0.80
Return on shareholders’ funds (3)(4) 10.8 11.2 11.0 10.2 8.4
Loan/deposit ratio 85.0 83.1 86.4 78.5 71.2
Non-performing loan rate 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.9 2.9
Loss allowance coverage 135 142 126 100 83
Capital adequacy(5)          
    Common Equity Tier 1 – Transitional 13.7
    Common Equity Tier 1 – Final 11.9
    Tier I 13.7 14.0 12.9 15.1 13.1
    Total 16.3 17.1 15.8 18.4 16.7
(1) One-time items include gains on sale of investments, impairment charges for investments, and an amount set aside to establish the DBS Foundation
(2) Includes deposits related to fund management activities of institutional investors from 2012 onwards. Prior to 2012, these deposits were classified as ”Due to Banks”
(3) Excluding one-time items and goodwill charges
(4) Calculated based on net profit attributable to the shareholders net of dividends on preference shares and other equity instruments. Non-controlling interests, preference shares and other equity instruments are not included as equity in the computation of return of equity
(5) With effect from 1 January 2013, Basel III capital adequacy requirements came into effect in Singapore. Changes due to Basel III affected both eligible capital and risk-weighted assets. Unless otherwise stated, capital adequacy disclosures relating to dates prior to 1 January 2013 are calculated in accordance with the then prevailing capital adequacy regulations and are thus not directly comparable to those pertaining to dates from 1 January 2013
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