Bank of China Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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 BOCN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BOCN (€0.46) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€1.61)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BOCN is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BOCN. This is calculated by dividing BOCN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BOCN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio4.7x
EarningsCN¥217.51b
Market CapCN¥1.34t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for BOCN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.1x
EBS Erste Group Bank
7x-3.1%€21.6b
BG BAWAG Group
8.7x5.7%€5.8b
RBI Raiffeisen Bank International
2.7x-3.7%€6.0b
OBS Oberbank
14.1xn/a€5.0b
BOCN Bank of China
4.7x5.1%€1.4t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BOCN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.7x) compared to the peer average (8.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BOCN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Banks Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BOCN 4.7xIndustry Avg. 7.4xNo. of Companies45PE0612182430+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BOCN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.7x) compared to the European Banks industry average (7.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BOCN'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.

BOCN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio4.7x
Fair PE Ratio7.8x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: BOCN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (7.8x).


Analyst Price Targets

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

The above table shows the analyst BOCN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€0.46
€0.50
+9.1%
10.1%€0.57€0.41n/a16
Nov ’25€0.45
€0.49
+9.7%
9.8%€0.56€0.40n/a16
Oct ’25€0.42
€0.48
+13.2%
9.7%€0.57€0.40n/a16
Sep ’25€0.41
€0.48
+17.0%
9.2%€0.57€0.40n/a16
Aug ’25€0.41
€0.49
+19.5%
8.8%€0.58€0.40n/a16
Jul ’25€0.46
€0.48
+5.5%
9.2%€0.58€0.40n/a17
Jun ’25€0.44
€0.46
+5.3%
12.2%€0.57€0.31n/a17
May ’25€0.42
€0.44
+5.2%
12.3%€0.58€0.32n/a17
Apr ’25€0.38
€0.43
+14.5%
12.3%€0.52€0.29n/a16
Mar ’25€0.36
€0.42
+14.4%
8.9%€0.49€0.32n/a16
Feb ’25€0.34
€0.41
+20.2%
10.2%€0.50€0.32n/a17
Jan ’25€0.34
€0.41
+22.6%
11.6%€0.50€0.32n/a17
Dec ’24€0.33
€0.42
+25.6%
11.7%€0.50€0.32n/a18
Nov ’24€0.34
€0.42
+26.4%
11.9%€0.51€0.32€0.4518
Oct ’24€0.33
€0.42
+27.8%
11.4%€0.51€0.33€0.4218
Sep ’24€0.31
€0.41
+32.1%
11.4%€0.52€0.32€0.4119
Aug ’24€0.34
€0.43
+27.0%
14.6%€0.61€0.32€0.4118
Jul ’24€0.37
€0.43
+16.2%
14.0%€0.61€0.32€0.4617
Jun ’24€0.36
€0.43
+19.1%
14.8%€0.62€0.32€0.4418
May ’24€0.36
€0.42
+14.8%
11.1%€0.49€0.32€0.4216
Apr ’24€0.35
€0.42
+18.9%
12.9%€0.51€0.32€0.3816
Mar ’24€0.35
€0.43
+22.7%
12.9%€0.53€0.33€0.3618
Feb ’24€0.35
€0.43
+23.3%
12.6%€0.53€0.33€0.3419
Jan ’24€0.34
€0.43
+25.8%
12.8%€0.52€0.33€0.3419
Dec ’23€0.33
€0.43
+27.9%
11.4%€0.52€0.34€0.3320
Nov ’23€0.33
€0.44
+33.5%
11.2%€0.53€0.35€0.3420

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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