China Life Insurance Company Limited

BASE:LFCHY Stock Report

Market Cap: AR$17.4t

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China Life Insurance Valuation

Is LFCHY undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of LFCHY when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: LFCHY (ARS1074.5) is trading above our estimate of fair value (ARS947.82)

Significantly Below Fair Value: LFCHY is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for LFCHY?

Key metric: As LFCHY is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for LFCHY. This is calculated by dividing LFCHY's market cap by their current earnings.
What is LFCHY's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio8.3x
EarningsCN¥33.55b
Market CapCN¥755.30b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does LFCHY's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for LFCHY vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.3x
601318 Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China
8.6x7.3%CN¥911.5b
LICI Life Insurance Corporation of India
11.6x-0.5%₹5.6t
MET MetLife
16.6x13.2%US$57.2b
1299 AIA Group
16.4x13.9%HK$617.0b
LFCHY China Life Insurance
8.3x18.4%AR$827.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: LFCHY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.3x) compared to the peer average (20.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does LFCHY's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Insurance Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
LFCHY 8.3xIndustry Avg. 11.3xNo. of Companies4PE0612182430+
0 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: LFCHY is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.3x) compared to the South American Insurance industry average (10.1x)

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is LFCHY's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

LFCHY PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.3x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate LFCHY's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.

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