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China Life Insurance Company is an insurance business based in the US. China Life Insurance Company shares (LFC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. China Life Insurance Company employs 103,262 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $774.7 billion.
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- Does China Life Insurance Company pay a dividend?
- Have LFC shares ever split?
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China Life Insurance Company stock price (NYSE: LFC)
Use our graph to track the performance of LFC stocks over time.China Life Insurance Company shares at a glance
52-week range | $0.00 - $0.00 |
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50-day moving average | $7.27 |
200-day moving average | $7.87 |
Wall St. target price | $10.26 |
PE ratio | 7.8333 |
Dividend yield | $0.65 (5.84%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | $0.90 |
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Is China Life Insurance Company stock undervalued or overvalued?
Valuing China Life Insurance Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of China Life Insurance Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
China Life Insurance Company's P/E ratio
China Life Insurance Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 8x. In other words, China Life Insurance Company shares trade at around 8x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
China Life Insurance Company's PEG ratio
China Life Insurance Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.1667. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into China Life Insurance Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
China Life Insurance Company's EBITDA
China Life Insurance Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $50.9 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a China Life Insurance Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
China Life Insurance Company financials
Revenue TTM | $774.7 billion |
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Operating margin TTM | 6.11% |
Gross profit TTM | $123.7 billion |
Return on assets TTM | 0.6% |
Return on equity TTM | 7.63% |
Profit margin | 4.57% |
Book value | $84.89 |
Market Capitalization | $102.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
China Life Insurance Company share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 99.08% of net profits
Recently China Life Insurance Company has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), China Life Insurance Company shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In China Life Insurance Company's case, that would currently equate to about $0.65 per share.
China Life Insurance Company's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
China Life Insurance Company's most recent dividend payout was on 31 August 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 5 July 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have China Life Insurance Company's shares ever split?
China Life Insurance Company's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 26 May 2015 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your China Life Insurance Company shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for China Life Insurance Company shares which in turn could have impacted China Life Insurance Company's share price.
China Life Insurance Company share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, China Life Insurance Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0 up to $0. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while China Life Insurance Company's is 0.7465. This would suggest that China Life Insurance Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
China Life Insurance Company overview
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. The company was founded in 1949 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. China Life Insurance Company Limited is a subsidiary of China Life Insurance (Group) Company Limited. .
Frequently asked questions
nullWhat percentage of China Life Insurance Company is owned by institutions?
Currently 1.175% of China Life Insurance Company shares are held by institutions. How many people work for China Life Insurance Company?
Latest data suggests 103,262 work at China Life Insurance Company. When does the fiscal year end for China Life Insurance Company?
China Life Insurance Company's fiscal year ends in December. Where is China Life Insurance Company based?
China Life Insurance Company's address is: 16 Financial Street, Beijing, China, 100033 What is China Life Insurance Company's ISIN number?
China Life Insurance Company's international securities identification number is: US16939P1066 What is China Life Insurance Company's CUSIP number?
China Life Insurance Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 16939P106
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