A crise financeira mundial e a análise de múltiplos contábeis no setor bancário brasileiro

Abstract

In 2007, it unleashes in the United States the crisis that has to be considered the largest since 1929, with the broke of the New York stock exchange. This event affected substantially the whole world economic scenario, because it caused lack of liquidity in the financial market. Known as the crisis in the sub-prime, it began originally in the real estate market, going to the banks, stock exchange until it reaches the economy of the countries.Brazil has felt the impact of global crisis, reflected in its PIB. Research indicates that the financial market was the second biggest hit and the banks have been affected since the foreign credits were restricted. In this scenario, analysts and investors are looking for tools that provide an analytical overview of the performance of affected companies. The valuation of companies through multiple accounting is used because of its simple approach and allows the use of standardized variables common to comparable companies. This work intends to comparatively evaluate, through analysis of financial statements, the performance of Brazilian banks in the period 2007 to 2010, analyzing the effects of the 2008 financial crisis on its assets.