: high ownership concentration, moderate ownership concentration and disperse ownership. We find that banks with high … ownership concentration have higher return on assets, higher net interest margin and higher recurring earning power while banks … improves the return on assets of widely-held banks and the return on equity of banks with moderate ownership. The findings have …

The research objective of the study is to investigate the determinants of profitability of banks' operating in GCC … (Gulf Cooperation Council) countries. The existing studies highlight the banks' internal attributes and external factors … that significantly influence profitability. The unbalanced panel data of 59 banks from the Bank scope database operating in …