Discuss whether Raymond James Bank can be a peer comparable to BankUnited.

FIN 6326 Commercial Banking Assignment 1
DuPont analysis is an analytical tool created for evaluating a firm’s internal efficiency with regard to its
performance and financial condition. We have already conducted the analysis for BankUnited. To better
understand the adequacy of the level of its (in)efficiencies, we should implement a peer group comparison.
For simplicity, we picked one bank, Raymond James Bank as its peer.
1. Discuss whether Raymond James Bank can be a peer comparable to BankUnited.
2. Conduct a DuPont analysis for Raymond James Bank. (Note: the analysis for BankUnited has been
done in class.)
3. Compare the results of Raymond James Bank with those of BankUnited.
4. Discuss the implications of the peer bank analysis for BankUnited.