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Empirical Findings on the Profitability of Banks in Qatar: Islamic vs Conventional

The study aims at providing an empirical analysis of the profitability of Islamic and conventional banks in Qatar within the period of 2010-2014 by looking at how capital adequacy, liquidity and bank size impact profitability for the two bank types. A total of 8 banks are studied within a 5-year period with five conventional and three islamic banks respectively. Descriptive statistics were used to compute and understand the differences in characteristics of the two bank types. A t-test on each variable was carried out with the objective of determining if there was a significant difference among the two bank types and finally, a correlation and regression analyses is carried out to assess the effect of the variables on the profitability of banks. It is found that the ROA, Liquidity, capital adequacy values are higher for Islamic banks compared to conventional banks. With bank size, conventional banks showed greater values than Islamic banks. According to the regression output, bank size and liquidity were found to be significant in affecting profitability of both bank types.