Reference / SEEP Framework

SEEP Ratio Glossary

The shipping MiyarLens dashboard has 29 entries across four groups, covering 18 SEEP ratio families and their adjusted presentations. These formulas follow the displayed product descriptors; calculation conventions still need owner confirmation.

The 2005 SEEP Framework defined 18 ratio families and already described adjusted forms. Twenty-nine dashboard entries are not 29 distinct official SEEP ratios. Later MFRS standards added, revised and renumbered measures; this glossary retains the product’s R1–R18 references and identifies its adjusted variants rather than adding unshipped later-standard ratios.

06

PAR & Portfolio Quality

R9

Portfolio at Risk > 30 Days (PAR30)

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Outstanding principal of loans with an instalment more than 30 days overdue, divided by the gross outstanding loan portfolio.

Why it matters. Shows portfolio exposure to repayment delay, not only overdue instalments.

Displayed product formula

Outstanding principal of loans >30 days overdue ÷ gross loan portfolio outstanding

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R9

Adjusted PAR30 (excl. Written-off, incl. Rescheduled)

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. The product’s PAR30 balance excludes the over-180-day bucket written off by A5, includes rescheduled exposure and uses the adjusted gross loan portfolio.

Why it matters. Separates the effects of write-offs and rescheduling from the unadjusted PAR30 view.

Displayed product formula

(PAR30 balance excluding the >180-day A5 write-off bucket, including rescheduled loans) ÷ adjusted gross loan portfolio

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R10

Write-off Ratio

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Reported value of loans written off during the period, divided by average gross loan portfolio.

Why it matters. Reveals losses removed from the active loan portfolio.

Displayed product formula

Loans written off during period ÷ average gross loan portfolio

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R10

Adjusted Write-off Ratio

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Reported loan write-offs plus the A5 write-off adjustment, divided by adjusted average gross loan portfolio.

Why it matters. Includes the additional write-off treatment applied by the product.

Displayed product formula

(Reported loan write-offs + A5 write-off adjustment) ÷ adjusted average gross loan portfolio

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R11

Risk Coverage Ratio

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Closing loan-loss reserve divided by the outstanding PAR30 balance.

Why it matters. Shows the reserve available against the identified at-risk exposure.

Displayed product formula

Closing loan-loss reserve ÷ PAR30 outstanding balance

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R11

Adjusted Risk Coverage Ratio

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Adjusted loan-loss reserve, labelled reported reserve + A4.C − A5, divided by adjusted PAR30 exposure excluding the over-180-day bucket and including rescheduled loans.

Why it matters. Shows reserve coverage after the displayed provisioning and write-off adjustments.

Displayed product formula

(Reported loan-loss reserve + A4.C − A5) ÷ (PAR30 balance excluding >180-day loans, including rescheduled loans)

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
06

Sustainability & Profitability

R1

Operational Self-Sufficiency Ratio

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Financial revenue divided by financial expense, impairment losses on loans and operating expense.

Why it matters. Tests whether core financial revenue covers the displayed operating costs.

Displayed product formula

Financial revenue ÷ (financial expense + impairment losses on loans + operating expense)

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R1

Financial Self-Sufficiency Ratio

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. The same financial revenue divided by adjusted financial expense, adjusted loan impairment and adjusted operating expense. The displayed numerator is not adjusted revenue.

Why it matters. Tests cost coverage after the product’s analytical adjustments.

Displayed product formula

Financial revenue ÷ (adjusted financial expense + adjusted impairment losses on loans + adjusted operating expense)

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R2

Return on Assets (ROA)

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Net operating income less taxes, divided by average total assets.

Why it matters. Shows earnings relative to the institution’s asset base.

Displayed product formula

(Net operating income − taxes) ÷ average total assets

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R2

Adjusted Return on Assets (AROA)

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Adjusted net operating income less the reported taxes, divided by adjusted average total assets.

Why it matters. Shows how analytical adjustments change the return on assets.

Displayed product formula

(Adjusted net operating income − taxes) ÷ adjusted average total assets

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R3

Return on Equity (ROE)

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Net operating income less taxes, divided by average total equity.

Why it matters. Shows earnings relative to the institution’s capital.

Displayed product formula

(Net operating income − taxes) ÷ average total equity

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R3

Adjusted Return on Equity (AROE)

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Adjusted net operating income less the reported taxes, divided by balance-preserving adjusted average equity, consistent with the adjusted balance sheet.

Why it matters. Shows the adjusted return while retaining the product’s balance-sheet equity convention.

Displayed product formula

(Adjusted net operating income − taxes) ÷ balance-preserving adjusted average total equity

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
10

Efficiency & Productivity

R12

Operating Expense Ratio

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Operating expense divided by average gross loan portfolio.

Why it matters. Shows the cost of managing the lending portfolio.

Displayed product formula

Operating expense ÷ average gross loan portfolio

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R12

Adjusted Operating Expense Ratio

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Adjusted operating expense divided by adjusted average gross loan portfolio.

Why it matters. Shows operating cost relative to the portfolio after analytical adjustments.

Displayed product formula

Adjusted operating expense ÷ adjusted average gross loan portfolio

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R13

Cost per Active Client

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Operating expense per average active borrower. Despite its active-client title, the shipping descriptor uses borrowers, not all deposit or service clients.

Why it matters. Connects delivery costs to the borrower population actually used by the product.

Displayed product formula

Operating expense ÷ average active borrowers

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R13

Adjusted Cost per Active Client

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Adjusted operating expense per average active borrower; the borrower denominator is not adjusted.

Why it matters. Shows the effect of adjusted delivery costs for the same borrower population.

Displayed product formula

Adjusted operating expense ÷ average active borrowers

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R14

Borrowers per Loan Officer

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Active borrowers divided by the number of loan officers.

Why it matters. Shows loan-officer caseload and lending productivity.

Displayed product formula

Active borrowers ÷ loan officers

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R15

Active Clients per Staff Member

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Active borrowers divided by total staff. The product’s active-client label uses the active-borrower source field.

Why it matters. Shows lending outreach relative to staffing across all departments.

Displayed product formula

Active borrowers ÷ total staff

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R16

Client Turnover (Dropout) Rate

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Beginning active borrowers plus the count of loans disbursed, used as new borrowers, less ending active borrowers, divided by the arithmetic average of beginning and ending borrowers.

Why it matters. Shows the product’s borrower-turnover estimate; confirm the loans-as-new-borrowers convention.

Displayed product formula

(Beginning active borrowers + number of loans disbursed − ending active borrowers) ÷ ((beginning active borrowers + ending active borrowers) ÷ 2)

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R17

Average Outstanding Loan Size (per Borrower)

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Closing gross loan portfolio divided by active borrowers.

Why it matters. Shows outstanding financing per active borrower.

Displayed product formula

Closing gross loan portfolio ÷ active borrowers

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R17

Adjusted Average Outstanding Loan Size (per Loan)

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Adjusted gross loan portfolio divided by outstanding loan count less the over-180-day loan count treated as written off. This adjusted measure is per loan, not per borrower.

Why it matters. Separates the adjusted loan-level measure from the unadjusted borrower-level measure.

Displayed product formula

Adjusted gross loan portfolio ÷ (number of loans outstanding − number of >180-day loans written off)

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R18

Average Loan Disbursed

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Value of loans disbursed during the period divided by the number of loans disbursed.

Why it matters. Shows the average size of newly granted loans.

Displayed product formula

Value of loans disbursed ÷ number of loans disbursed

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
07

Asset/Liability Management

R4

Yield on Gross Portfolio

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Financial income from the loan portfolio less accrued, uncollected interest receivable, divided by average gross loan portfolio.

Why it matters. Shows the portfolio yield under the product’s displayed interest-receivable treatment.

Displayed product formula

(Financial income from loan portfolio − accrued uncollected interest receivable) ÷ average gross loan portfolio

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R5

Portfolio to Assets

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Gross loan portfolio divided by total assets.

Why it matters. Shows the share of assets deployed in lending.

Displayed product formula

Gross loan portfolio ÷ total assets

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R6

Cost of Funds Ratio

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Financial expense on funding liabilities divided by average funding liabilities.

Why it matters. Shows the cost paid for borrowed and deposit funding represented by those liabilities.

Displayed product formula

Financial expense on funding liabilities ÷ average funding liabilities

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R6

Adjusted Cost of Funds Ratio

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Funding-liability financial expense plus the product’s floored A1.F cost-of-funds adjustment, divided by the same average funding liabilities.

Why it matters. Shows the funding-cost effect of the product’s analytical adjustment.

Displayed product formula

(Financial expense on funding liabilities + floored A1.F cost-of-funds adjustment) ÷ average funding liabilities

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R7

Debt to Equity

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Total liabilities divided by total equity.

Why it matters. Shows balance-sheet leverage, including liabilities beyond borrowing alone.

Displayed product formula

Total liabilities ÷ total equity

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
Adj R7

Adjusted Debt to Equity

Adjusted presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Unadjusted total liabilities divided by balance-preserving adjusted total equity, consistent with the adjusted balance sheet.

Why it matters. Shows leverage under the product’s adjusted equity convention.

Displayed product formula

Total liabilities ÷ balance-preserving adjusted total equity

Owner confirmation of conventions pending
R8

Liquid Ratio

Base presentation · SEEP ratio family

Definition. Cash and amounts due from banks plus trading investments, divided by short-term liabilities.

Why it matters. Shows near-term payment capacity using the product’s specific liquid-asset components.

Displayed product formula

(Cash and due from banks + trading investments) ÷ short-term liabilities

Owner confirmation of conventions pending