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New China Life Insurance Co (SHSE:601336) PB Ratio : 0.92 (As of Apr. 26, 2024)


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What is New China Life Insurance Co PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-26), New China Life Insurance Co's share price is ¥31.01. New China Life Insurance Co's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ¥33.68. Hence, New China Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio of today is 0.92.

Good Sign:

New China Life Insurance Co Ltd stock PB Ratio (=0.9) is close to 1-year low of 0.83

The historical rank and industry rank for New China Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:601336' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.74   Med: 1.91   Max: 3.79
Current: 0.92

During the past 13 years, New China Life Insurance Co's highest PB Ratio was 3.79. The lowest was 0.74. And the median was 1.91.

SHSE:601336's PB Ratio is ranked better than
66.05% of 483 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.21 vs SHSE:601336: 0.92

During the past 12 months, New China Life Insurance Co's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 1.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of New China Life Insurance Co was 105.90% per year. The lowest was 1.10% per year. And the median was 15.60% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


New China Life Insurance Co PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for New China Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio 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.

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New China Life Insurance Co PB Ratio Chart

New China Life Insurance Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.82 1.78 1.12 0.96 0.92

New China Life Insurance Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.96 0.78 1.02 1.06 0.92

Competitive Comparison of New China Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, New China Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 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's PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



New China Life Insurance Co PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

New China Life Insurance Co's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Dec. 2023)
=31.01/33.68
=0.92

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


New China Life Insurance Co  (SHSE:601336) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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New China Life Insurance Co (SHSE:601336) Business Description

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Address
A12 Jianguomenwai Avenue, New China Insurance Tower, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 100022
Headquartered in Beijing, New China Life Insurance, or NCI, was founded by SOEs and private firms in 1996. The company is the fourth-largest life insurer in China in terms of total assets. Huijin Investment, the government's investment company owns 31% shares of New China Life. The company was listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai Stock Exchanges in 2011. New China Life offers comprehensive life insurance products and services to individual customers and institutional customers through nationwide distributional networks and diversified marketing channels, manages and deploys insurance funds through its subsidiaries, including Asset Management Company and Asset Management Company (Hong Kong).

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