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China Life Insurance OTCPK:LFCH.Y Stock Report

Last Price

US$6.21

Market Cap

US$101.6b

7D

3.0%

1Y

-30.1%

Updated

12 Nov, 2022

Data

Company Financials +

China Life Insurance Company Limited

OTCPK:LFCH.Y Stock Report

Market Cap: US$101.6b

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China Life Insurance Company Limited Competitors

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for China Life Insurance
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceHK$6.21
52 Week HighHK$9.69
52 Week LowHK$5.40
Beta0.69
1 Month Change0.73%
3 Month Change-16.08%
1 Year Change-30.15%
3 Year Change-52.60%
5 Year Change-63.96%
Change since IPO109.44%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

China Life Insurance reports 1H results

Aug 25

China Life Insurance President resigns, new President appointed

Aug 02

China Life Insurance: Fundamentals Remain Intact

Jul 15

China Life Insurance: Continues To Offer Good Value

Mar 29

China Life Insurance: One Year Cash Flow Greater Than Its Value

Dec 16

China Life Insurance Company Limited: Risky, But Upside Potentially Significant

Aug 06

China Life Insurance: The Former Champion's Anxiety

Jan 12

Shareholder Returns

LFCH.YUS InsuranceUS Market
7D3.0%-2.8%-3.5%
1Y-30.1%25.2%22.1%

Return vs Industry: LFCH.Y underperformed the US Insurance industry which returned 11.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: LFCH.Y underperformed the US Market which returned 15.2% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is LFCH.Y's price volatile compared to industry and market?
LFCH.Y volatility
LFCH.Y Average Weekly Movement4.9%
Insurance Industry Average Movement4.2%
Market Average Movement6.3%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market17.0%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market3.1%

Stable Share Price: LFCH.Y has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: LFCH.Y's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
1949102,195n/awww.e-chinalife.com

China Life Insurance Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a life insurance company in the People’s Republic of China. The company operates in four segments: Life Insurance Business, Health Insurance Business, Accident Insurance Business, and Other Businesses. It offers critical illness protection, annuity, children/women/pension, security, life, medical, and accident protection insurance products.

China Life Insurance Company Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do China Life Insurance's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
LFCH.Y fundamental statistics
Market capUS$101.59b
Earnings (TTM)US$4.72b
Revenue (TTM)US$108.50b

7.8x

P/E Ratio

0.3x

P/S Ratio

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
LFCH.Y income statement (TTM)
RevenueCN¥771.15b
Cost of RevenueCN¥682.19b
Gross ProfitCN¥88.96b
Other ExpensesCN¥55.41b
EarningsCN¥33.55b

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2022

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)1.19
Gross Margin11.54%
Net Profit Margin4.35%
Debt/Equity Ratio30.8%

How did LFCH.Y perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

7.1%

Current Dividend Yield

55%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2022/11/12 00:36
End of Day Share Price 2022/11/10 00:00
Earnings2022/09/30
Annual Earnings2021/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Analyst Sources

China Life Insurance Company Limited is covered by 66 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Mark William KellockBarclays
Dorris ChenBNP Paribas Securities (Asia)
Jennifer LawBOCI Research Ltd.