survey and comparison of performance of govermental and private banks: an application of camel model

with change technology and globalization process, financial bazaars has accost with competitive pressure for improve performance. a way to address such circumstance is through privatization. therefore, present study tries to evaluate and compare the financial performance of public and private commercial banks between 2006 through 2009 by using the constituents of camel model. statistical sample includes 4 public and 4 private commercial banks selected by random sampling method. needed data are gathered by referring to financial statements among selected banks. based on kolomogrov – smirnov test results, it was recognized that sample distribution is normal. to analyze research hypotheses, t test was used. the results of statistical tests indicates better performance of private banks in terms of liquidity and earnings while in terms of management quality, the performance of public banks is better than private ones. no significant difference was observed in terms of other variables. likewise, the results of research major hypothesis show no significant difference between public and private banks. although the total averages show better performance of private banks compared to public ones, it is not a significant difference. therefore, private banks should attempt to improve their performance.