It would appear Mr market is not entirely convinced with some of the banks' performances.
Kcb at the current price of 32 has a trailing PER of about 4.6! That is some thorough beating. Whatever is getting discounted must be huge.
Save for Nbk (for obvious reasons) is there any other bank trading at such a multiple? If it slides any further it will get to par level versus its book value.
Still not convinced by their rescheduling of the rights issue and sudden about turn on Chase bank(after a less than transparent stint with Imperial bank). Plus their ratios and provisions are not exactly awe-inspiring.
Nic and Stanbic have the ignominy of trading at a discount to NAV - the position previously held by Nbk.
Despite all the above, banks are still churning out impressive numbers quarter after quarter. Something has to give here. This show is yet to come to an end.
The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many people as possible.