Based on a comparison of 7 banks among Sberbank Group in 2017, Sberbank was the most cost efficient bank, followed by Sberbank Serbia and Sberbank Croatia.
Sberbank's cost to income ratio reached 35.3% in 2017, down from 39.9% when compared to the last year. Historically, the bank’s costs reached an all time high of 70.8% in 2003 and an all time low of 35.3% in 2017.
When compared to total assets, bank's cost amounted to 1.39% in 2017, down from 2.57% a year earlier.
Comparing Sberbank with its closest peers, Sberbank Serbia operated in 2017 with a cost to income ratio of 56.4%, Sberbank Croatia reached 60.1% and Prima Banka Slovakia some 63.4%.
You can see all the banks cost efficiency data on the Costs (As % Of Income) indicator page or you can download a report on the Sberbank Group banks in the reports section.
| Costs (As % Of Income) | Unit | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Sberbank Czech Republic | % | 56.5% | 62.8% | 62.2% | 83.0% | 70.8% | |||
| Sberbank Slovenia | % | 67.2% | 57.8% | 49.1% | 51.0% | 61.9% | ... | ||
| Sberbank Serbia | % | 47.2% | 47.5% | 48.5% | 67.4% | 59.2% | ... | ||
| Sberbank Slovakia | % | 88.3% | 84.6% | 79.1% | 79.9% | 93.9% | ... | ||
| Prima Banka Slovakia | % | 96.8% | 88.1% | 77.4% | 68.5% | 64.1% | ... | ||
| Sberbank | % | 49.0% | 46.6% | 43.4% | 43.6% | 39.9% | |||
| Sberbank Croatia | % | 75.1% | 70.7% | 63.2% | 72.2% | 61.9% | ... | ||
| AVERAGE | % | 63.0% | 68.6% | 65.4% | 60.4% | 66.5% | 64.5% | 59.5% | 50.7% |
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