The Bank of East Asia, Limited

OTCPK:BKEA.F Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.3b

Bank of East Asia Valuation

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

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

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

Below Fair Value: BKEA.F ($1.24) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($1.35)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BKEA.F is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BKEA.F?

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for BKEA.F. This is calculated by dividing BKEA.F's market cap by their current earnings.
What is BKEA.F's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio8.6x
EarningsHK$3.00b
Market CapHK$25.64b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does BKEA.F's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for BKEA.F vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average13.6x
NTB Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son
7.9x-7.1%US$1.7b
CMA Comerica
17.8x10.8%US$9.6b
INTR Inter & Co
17.6x36.0%US$2.4b
BAP Credicorp
11x11.8%US$15.3b
BKEA.F Bank of East Asia
8.6x12.8%US$25.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: BKEA.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the peer average (13.8x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does BKEA.F's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Banks Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FRCB First Republic Bank
0.02xn/aUS$27.98m
BKGM BankGuam Holding
1xn/aUS$18.48m
SBNY Signature Bank
0.002xn/aUS$2.18m
BCBH.F Caribbean Investment Holdings
0.00001xn/aUS$132.00
No more companies available in this PE range
BKEA.F 8.6xIndustry Avg. 13.3xNo. of Companies94PE0816243240+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: BKEA.F is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (8.6x) compared to the US Banks industry average (13.3x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BKEA.F'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.

BKEA.F PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio8.6x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate BKEA.F'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?

The above table shows the analyst BKEA.F forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Currentn/a
US$1.20
0%
5.9%US$1.31US$1.07n/a8
Nov ’25US$1.22
US$1.22
-0.2%
8.0%US$1.41US$1.07n/a9
Oct ’25n/a
US$1.22
0%
8.0%US$1.41US$1.07n/a9
Sep ’25n/a
US$1.24
0%
8.8%US$1.41US$1.06n/a9
Aug ’25US$1.15
US$1.31
+13.8%
9.5%US$1.47US$1.06n/a9
Jul ’25US$1.19
US$1.36
+14.4%
10.4%US$1.54US$1.07n/a9
Jun ’25n/a
US$1.36
0%
10.4%US$1.54US$1.07n/a9
May ’25n/a
US$1.35
0%
11.5%US$1.53US$1.07n/a9
Apr ’25US$1.15
US$1.35
+17.2%
11.5%US$1.53US$1.07n/a9
Mar ’25US$1.20
US$1.35
+12.5%
11.5%US$1.53US$1.07n/a9
Feb ’25US$1.06
US$1.40
+31.5%
13.3%US$1.68US$1.07n/a9
Jan ’25US$1.15
US$1.46
+26.9%
15.9%US$1.85US$1.08n/a9
Dec ’24US$1.15
US$1.50
+30.0%
15.4%US$1.85US$1.07n/a9
Nov ’24n/a
US$1.57
0%
11.5%US$1.84US$1.20US$1.229
Oct ’24n/a
US$1.59
0%
9.7%US$1.84US$1.33n/a9
Sep ’24n/a
US$1.59
0%
10.8%US$1.85US$1.33n/a10
Aug ’24n/a
US$1.59
0%
11.5%US$1.86US$1.29US$1.1510
Jul ’24US$1.26
US$1.45
+15.3%
10.5%US$1.85US$1.29US$1.1910
Jun ’24n/a
US$1.42
0%
5.9%US$1.53US$1.29n/a10
May ’24n/a
US$1.42
0%
5.9%US$1.53US$1.29n/a10
Apr ’24US$1.21
US$1.42
+17.4%
5.9%US$1.53US$1.29US$1.1510
Mar ’24US$1.39
US$1.42
+2.2%
5.9%US$1.53US$1.29US$1.2010
Feb ’24US$1.27
US$1.36
+7.4%
10.4%US$1.59US$1.07US$1.069
Jan ’24n/a
US$1.36
0%
13.2%US$1.69US$1.07US$1.159
Dec ’23n/a
US$1.36
0%
13.2%US$1.69US$1.07US$1.159
Nov ’23US$0.96
US$1.42
+48.3%
10.2%US$1.68US$1.26n/a9

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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