...Imran Khan; Mehreen Khan; Muhammad Tahir Purpose This study aims to investigate the performance differences of Islamic and conventional banks in Pakistan by using financial ratios. Design/methodology/approach This study analyzed 5 Islamic and 19 conventional banks for the periods of 2007-2014...

... of two levels – the business activity (qualitative) screen and financial ratio (quantitative) screen. For the business activity screen, a company must derive its revenue or profit from Shari’ah-compliant activities. Profit is prohibited from non-permissible sources, such as alcohol...

.../approach Nine banks representing the most active and large banks are used as a sample for this analysis. The study applied factor analysis to a large set of financial ratios that are commonly used in financial analysis of banks. Findings The study found that six factors are able to explain most...