TRADING at a price-to-book value of Public Bank Bhd of 3.2 times, Public Bank is easily the most expensive financial institutions in the region, if not the world.
There are reasons for this. Its cost-to-income ratio at 31.7% as of end-March this year is the lowest in the region and earnings are relatively steady because its loans are largely for mortgages.
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