New China Life Insurance Co (HKSE:01336) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share: HK$22.14 (As of Mar. 2026)

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HKSE:01336 New China Life Insurance Co Ltd HKSE:01336
69 GF Score
Price HK$47.84
GF Value HK$32.66
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

New China Life Insurance Co HKSE:01336 +3.64% 69 Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is HK$22.14 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus rates HKSE:01336 with a GF Score™ of 69/100 and a GF Value™ of HK$32.66 (Fairly Valued). The stock has 2 warning signs investors should review.

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

New China Life Insurance Co's adjusted book value per share for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was HK$44.979. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is HK$22.14 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2026.

During the past 12 months, New China Life Insurance Co's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 5.60% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 5.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 7.80% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of New China Life Insurance Co was 9.90% per year. The lowest was 5.90% per year. And the median was 7.90% per year.

As of today (2026-08-22), New China Life Insurance Co's current stock price is HK$47.84. New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was HK$22.14. New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 2.16.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of New China Life Insurance Co was 3.66. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 1.81.


New China Life Insurance Co  (HKSE:01336) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=47.84/22.14
=2.16

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of New China Life Insurance Co was 3.66. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 1.81.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Related Terms


New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

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The historical data trend for New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Chart

New China Life Insurance Co Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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New China Life Insurance Co Quarterly Data
Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25 Jun25 Sep25 Dec25 Mar26
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HKSE:01336 vs AFL, MET, PRU: Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


HKSE:01336
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New China Life Insurance Co Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.

For example, New China Life Insurance Co's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2026 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2026 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2026)
=44.979/116.3033*116.3033
=44.979

Current CPI (Mar. 2026) = 116.3033.

New China Life Insurance Co Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201606 21.793 101.400 24.996
201609 22.275 102.400 25.299
201612 21.248 102.600 24.086
201703 22.244 103.200 25.068
201706 22.669 103.100 25.572
201709 24.251 104.100 27.094
201712 24.203 104.500 26.937
201803 26.058 105.300 28.781
201806 25.593 104.900 28.375
201809 24.409 106.600 26.631
201812 23.882 106.500 26.080
201903 27.439 107.700 29.631
201906 27.856 107.700 30.081
201909 28.174 109.800 29.843
201912 30.124 111.200 31.506
202003 31.075 112.300 32.183
202006 31.983 110.400 33.693
202009 34.227 111.700 35.638
202012 38.634 111.500 40.298
202103 39.670 112.662 40.952
202106 41.226 111.769 42.898
202109 40.470 112.215 41.944
202112 42.587 113.108 43.790
202203 40.285 114.335 40.979
202206 39.267 114.558 39.865
202209 35.865 115.339 36.165
202212 35.072 115.116 35.434
202303 44.399 115.116 44.857
202306 39.370 114.558 39.970
202309 37.245 115.339 37.556
202312 36.839 114.781 37.328
202403 32.734 115.227 33.040
202406 31.067 114.781 31.479
202409 32.132 115.785 32.276
202412 32.938 114.893 33.342
202503 27.445 115.116 27.728
202506 29.225 114.907 29.580
202509 35.209 115.471 35.463
202512 39.501 115.832 39.662
202603 44.979 116.303 44.979

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

What does a Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of HK$22.14 mean?
New China Life Insurance Co (HKSE:01336) has a Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of HK$22.14 as of Mar. 2026. Cyclically adjusted book value per share represents the company's inflation-adjusted book value per share over a 10-year period. View historical data on New China Life Insurance Co and its competitors.
Is New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share too high?
New China Life Insurance Co's current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is HK$22.14. Overall, New China Life Insurance Co has a GF Score™ of 69/100 and is considered Fairly Valued, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share compare to AFL and MET?
New China Life Insurance Co's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of HK$22.14 can be compared against companies in the Insurance industry. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for an Insurance company?
A good Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share depends on the Insurance industry context. However, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share mean?
A high Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Cyclically adjusted book value per share represents the company's inflation-adjusted book value per share over a 10-year period. View historical data on New China Life Insurance Co and its competitors. New China Life Insurance Co's current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is HK$22.14. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is New China Life Insurance Co stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, New China Life Insurance Co (HKSE:01336) is currently considered Fairly Valued. The stock's GF Value™ is HK$32.66, compared to a current price of HK$47.84 — trading 46.5% above its estimated fair value. The current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is HK$22.14. New China Life Insurance Co's overall GF Score™ is 69/100 with 2 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share calculated?
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is calculated from a company's financial statements. For New China Life Insurance Co (HKSE:01336), the current Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is HK$22.14 as of Mar. 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is New China Life Insurance Co (HKSE:01336) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, New China Life Insurance Co stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of HK$47.84 is trading 46.5% above its estimated GF Value™ of HK$32.66. GuruFocus considers New China Life Insurance Co to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for HKSE:01336:

  • Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share: HK$22.14
  • GF Value™: HK$32.66 vs. price of HK$47.84 (46.5% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 69/100 with 2 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the HKSE:01336 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


New China Life Insurance Co Business Description

Address A12 Jianguomenwai Avenue, New China Insurance Tower, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100022
New China Life Insurance Co Ltd is headquartered in Beijing and was established in 1996 by a combination of state-owned enterprises and private firms. It is currently the fourth-largest life insurer in China based on total assets. New China Life offers a wide range of life insurance products and services to both individual and institutional customers through its extensive distribution networks and diverse marketing channels. Additionally, it manages and invests insurance funds through its subsidiaries, including its Asset Management Company and Asset Management Company (Hong Kong).
69GF Score

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