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Hong Kong (HSI) Insurance Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 22, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies12
  • 7D-1.1%
  • 3M12.7%
  • 1Y42.3%
  • YTD14.7%

Over the last 7 days, the Insurance industry has dropped 1.1%, driven by China Life Insurance declining 3.8%. On the other hand PICC Property and Casualty is actually up 8.7%. In the past year, the industry has gained 42%. Looking forward, earnings are forecast to decline by 5.5% per year.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Hong Kong Insurance Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 23 Mar 2025HK$2.4tHK$2.5tHK$234.2b8.8x10.2x0.9x
Tue, 18 Feb 2025HK$2.4tHK$2.5tHK$222.0b7.6x10.6x0.9x
Thu, 16 Jan 2025HK$2.2tHK$2.5tHK$220.5b7.1x9.9x0.9x
Sat, 14 Dec 2024HK$2.4tHK$2.5tHK$221.5b7.6x10.8x1x
Mon, 11 Nov 2024HK$2.7tHK$2.5tHK$223.9b8.7x12x1.1x
Wed, 09 Oct 2024HK$2.7tHK$2.5tHK$143.6b9.4x19.1x1.1x
Fri, 06 Sep 2024HK$2.1tHK$2.5tHK$143.3b8.4x14.6x0.8x
Sun, 04 Aug 2024HK$2.0tHK$2.4tHK$119.1b8.5x16.4x0.8x
Tue, 02 Jul 2024HK$1.9tHK$2.4tHK$117.9b8.2x16.2x0.8x
Thu, 30 May 2024HK$2.0tHK$2.4tHK$118.1b8.6x17.3x0.9x
Sat, 27 Apr 2024HK$1.9tHK$2.4tHK$123.7b8.4x15.4x0.8x
Mon, 25 Mar 2024HK$1.9tHK$2.8tHK$113.7b6.9x16.6x0.7x
Wed, 21 Feb 2024HK$2.0tHK$2.9tHK$92.4b7.2x22.1x0.7x
Fri, 19 Jan 2024HK$1.9tHK$2.9tHK$92.5b7.2x20.1x0.6x
Sun, 17 Dec 2023HK$2.7tHK$4.5tHK$179.2b7.1x15.2x0.6x
Tue, 14 Nov 2023HK$2.9tHK$4.4tHK$181.2b7.6x16x0.7x
Thu, 12 Oct 2023HK$3.2tHK$4.4tHK$191.8b8.5x16.5x0.7x
Sat, 09 Sep 2023HK$3.2tHK$4.4tHK$191.2b9.1x16.9x0.7x
Mon, 07 Aug 2023HK$3.4tHK$4.2tHK$209.9b9.8x16.4x0.8x
Wed, 05 Jul 2023HK$3.4tHK$4.2tHK$209.1b9.7x16.2x0.8x
Fri, 02 Jun 2023HK$3.4tHK$4.3tHK$212.3b9.4x15.9x0.8x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023HK$3.7tHK$4.3tHK$213.4b10.5x17.4x0.9x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023HK$3.3tHK$4.3tHK$207.9b6.6x16x0.8x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023HK$3.5tHK$4.4tHK$248.9b7.4x14.2x0.8x
Sat, 21 Jan 2023HK$3.8tHK$4.4tHK$252.0b8.2x15x0.9x
Mon, 19 Dec 2022HK$3.5tHK$4.3tHK$244.6b7.1x14.2x0.8x
Wed, 16 Nov 2022HK$3.1tHK$4.1tHK$236.8b5.8x13x0.7x
Fri, 14 Oct 2022HK$2.8tHK$4.1tHK$242.5b6.1x11.7x0.7x
Sun, 11 Sep 2022HK$3.1tHK$4.2tHK$250.0b6.9x12.5x0.7x
Tue, 09 Aug 2022HK$3.0tHK$4.4tHK$281.0b6.6x10.5x0.7x
Thu, 07 Jul 2022HK$3.3tHK$4.4tHK$280.1b7.1x11.9x0.8x
Sat, 04 Jun 2022HK$3.1tHK$4.5tHK$281.9b6.5x10.9x0.7x
Mon, 02 May 2022HK$3.1tHK$4.6tHK$293.8b5.8x10.5x0.7x
Wed, 30 Mar 2022HK$3.2tHK$4.7tHK$317.9b5.1x10.2x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

10.2x


Total Market Cap: HK$3.2tTotal Earnings: HK$317.9bTotal Revenue: HK$4.7tTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Hong Kong Insurance Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 14.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Hong Kong Insurance industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 10.2x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 14.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.80x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Insurance industry have declined 9.7% per year over the last three years,
  • Revenues have also declined 18% per year.
  • This means overall sales from these companies are declining and profits are subsequently falling as well.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Hong Kong Financials industry?

HK Market-0.73%
Financials-0.38%
Insurance-1.14%
Property and Casualty Insurance3.05%
General Insurance1.74%
Insurance Brokers0%0
Reinsurance0%0
Life and Health Insurance-2.69%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the General Insurance industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio.
    • Analysts are expecting annual earnings growth of 14.9%, which is higher than its past year's earnings decline of 37.8% per year.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Reinsurance industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 5.5x.
Forecasted Growth
  • Analysts are most optimistic on the General Insurance industry, expecting annual earnings growth of 15% over the next 5 years.
  • This is better than its past earnings decline of 38% per year.
  • In contrast, the Life and Health Insurance industry is expected to see its earnings decline by 9.6% per year over the next few years.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
2328 PICC Property and CasualtyHK$14.728.7%
+HK$26.2b
40.2%PE13.4x
6963 Sunshine Insurance GroupHK$3.260.9%
+HK$345.0m
12.4%PE8.8x
1471 Zhongmiao Holdings (Qingdao)HK$17.6610.4%
+HK$234.4m
n/aPE56.1x
6060 ZhongAn Online P & C InsuranceHK$13.503.5%
+HK$24.1m
11.0%PE30.7x
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1299

HK$60.50

AIA Group

7D

-1.2%

1Y

8.1%

1471

HK$17.66

Zhongmiao Holdings (Qingdao)

7D

10.4%

1Y

n/a

2328

HK$14.72

PICC Property and Casualty

7D

8.7%

1Y

40.2%

376

HK$1.14

Yunfeng Financial Group

7D

-1.7%

1Y

52.0%

6963

HK$3.26

Sunshine Insurance Group

7D

0.9%

1Y

12.4%

662

HK$3.79

Asia Financial Holdings

7D

-7.3%

1Y

17.7%

222

HK$2.13

Min Xin Holdings

7D

-0.9%

1Y

-7.0%

966

HK$12.38

China Taiping Insurance Holdings

7D

-3.6%

1Y

85.1%