Financial Ratios of the Commercial Banking Group Common Stocks Before and After COVID-19

Abstract

In the past, investors or those with savings often deposit money with commercial banks to get returns in the form of high interest rates. However, nowadays, interest rates are tending to decline steadily and the inflation rate is even higher, causing the true value of money to decrease. For this reason, investors turn to other forms of investment that yields higher than interest rates. At present, one of the popular options to invest is to buy common stocks on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Which has both return in the form of dividends and capital gains. However, there is a high risk followed by. Also, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak or COVID-19 as a pandemic. This incident had a major impact on stock markets around the world. It is similar to the Tom Yam Kung crisis in 1997, causing the stock price to fall and some are priced lower than the base price. It is for this reason that we are interested in studying the financial rewards. We will study only the financial ratios of the commercial banking group common stocks before and after COVID-19, a total of 11 places only. This is to provide basic information for decision making and to build confidence in the investment.