Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited (BXRBF)

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The bank earns net interest income on the spread between what it pays depositors and charges borrowers, plus fees from banking services; net interest margin was 1.88% in the 2025 financial year. Around three-quarters of its loan book is home mortgages, funded mostly by customer deposits rather than wholesale borrowing, which keeps funding costs relatively low but leaves earnings sensitive to how central bank rate cuts squeeze the gap between deposit and lending rates.

The Community Bank model — local franchises that return a share of profit to their town rather than to shareholders alone — has built unusually high customer trust: Bendigo's Net Promoter Score sits about 36 points above the industry average, and its funding is 77% customer deposits versus lower shares at the major banks. That loyalty is real, but the underlying banking products are still substitutable.

Loan growth and credit quality follow the health of the Australian economy — unemployment, house prices and interest rates all move Bendigo's arrears and lending volumes — but a retail deposit-funded bank is more insulated from sudden shocks than a wholesale-funded lender. Residential mortgage arrears rose to 0.82% in the 2025 financial year, still low but trending up from a 2022 trough.