The formation of optimal capital structure is considered as one of the
most difficult challenges that face management at banks, by exploring
the capital structure at Syrian private banks, the researcher noticed that
Syrian private banks depend on
short term debt financing, however, the
researcher sees that this kind of debt will have a weak impact on the
profitability of Syrian private banks for not having long term debt
financing. Thus this study discussed the impact of capital structure on
profitability at Syrian Private Banks, it answered questions where if there
were a significant impact of retention ratio, debt ratio, and leverage ratio
on profitability measured by return on assets, return on equity, and net
investment margin.
