Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/114642 
Year of Publication: 
1992
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Small Business Finance [ISSN:] 1057-2287 [Volume:] 1 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] JAI Press [Place:] Greenwich, CT [Year:] 1992 [Pages:] 289-296
Publisher: 
JAI Press, Greenwich, CT
Abstract: 
Unlike most other small firms, there is an excellent record of the initial equity capitalization details of banking organizations when they are formed, as well as subsequent changes, because of the chartering application and reporting requirements of the banking regulatory authorities. By combining these records with the actual approved acquisition price of small banks, the return received by small bank investors from the time of organization through acquisition is determined. For small banks organized after 1972 and acquired from 1980 and through 1988, yearly mean rates of return ranged from 23.07 percent to 10.49 percent. Generally, these returns exceed S&P 500 returns for similar holding periods, but on a Sharpe Performance Index risk adjusted basis were inferior to S&P portfolios in six of nine holding periods and consistently weaker by the same measure to small company investment on the NYSE for this entire period. This inferior risk adjusted performance was unexpected.
Subjects: 
Small Bank
Investment Returns
JEL: 
G21
L25
G32
G12
Document Type: 
Article

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