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FinancialsLife Insurance
  • Price (HKD)33.70
  • Today's Change-0.50 / -1.46%
  • Shares traded44.30m
  • 1 Year change+127.40%
  • Beta1.2495
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About the company

China Life Insurance Co Ltd is a China-based company principally engaged in underwriting of life, health, accident and other types of personal insurance business. The Company operates its businesses through four segments. The Life Insurance Business segment relates primarily to the sale of life insurance policies, including those life insurance policies without significant insurance risk transferred. The Health Insurance Business segment relates primarily to the sale of health insurance policies, including those health insurance policies without significant insurance risk transferred. The Accident Insurance Business segment relates primarily to the sale of accident insurance policies. The Other Businesses segment relates primarily to income and cost of the agency business and the income and expenses of subsidiaries, as well as related consolidation offsets and others. The Company mainly operates its businesses in the domestic market.

  • Revenue in HKD (TTM)359.63bn
  • Net income in HKD123.33bn
  • Incorporated2003
  • Employees97.69k
  • Location
    China Life Insurance Co LtdNo. 16, Jinrong Avenue, Xicheng DistrictBEIJING 100033ChinaCHN
  • Phone+86 1 063631241
  • Fax+86 1 066575722
  • Websitehttps://www.e-chinalife.com/
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Peer analysis

Key Information
CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesPrice/earnings (TTM)Price/book value (MRQ)Price/cash flow (TTM)Price/sales (TTM)EPS (excl. extraordinary items, TTM)EPS (incl. extraordinary items, TTM)Revenue per share (TTM)Book value per share (MRQ)Asset turnover (TTM)Inventory turnover (TTM)Receivables turnover (TTM)Revenues per employee (TTM)Return on avg assets (TTM)Return on avg assets (5 yr avg)Return on investment (TTM)Return on investment (5 yr avg)Gross margin (TTM)Gross margin
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Quick ratio (MRQ)Interest coverage (TTM)Total debt to capital (MRQ)Payout ratio
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Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd579.15bn18.59bn286.62bn218.72k15.630.59156.200.4949123.93123.933,873.003,275.740.0388----53,213,870.000.22130.1811--------5.704.68----0.185943.87-4.29-0.819737.92-5.197.450.00
Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd114.77bn19.35bn297.80bn53.74k14.211.2713.762.595.355.3531.7260.810.0338----8,658,941.000.60080.7037--------17.7920.87--1.500.404443.69-38.38-21.25117.8311.9913.0712.32
Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd243.31bn38.92bn346.77bn41.92k8.301.418.471.4311.2711.2770.4367.350.0815----23,531,970.001.331.36--------16.3817.00--2.010.46926.447.77-2.9682.8714.0919.0122.27
China Pacific Insurance Group Co Ltd376.42bn58.96bn454.09bn94.99k8.221.51--1.215.445.4434.7529.540.116----3,518,423.001.881.61--------16.199.61--18.840.071832.3812.90-4.1764.9510.142.22-2.09
Life Insurance Corporation of India790.55bn44.21bn459.54bn91.61k10.403.74--0.581380.7880.781,444.44224.400.1571----99,745,950.000.80330.5069--------5.112.91----0.0012.675.847.3218.1077.92-7.06--
AIA Group Ltd201.73bn47.31bn928.79bn25.94k20.182.9418.194.604.384.3818.7130.020.0836----7,777,564.001.971.83--------23.5517.47--89.230.259542.2313.78-13.7581.622.7225.296.81
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co of Chin Ltd996.66bn158.00bn1.34tn273.05k8.911.24--1.347.567.5647.8154.470.0676----3,240,796.001.241.27--------18.2814.09--14.220.797132.356.48-6.8147.79-3.26-11.374.46
China Life Insurance Co Ltd359.63bn123.33bn1.38tn97.69k7.841.6410.463.824.364.3612.7220.850.0473----3,644,087.001.661.30--------35.0013.43--28.310.062325.2047.83-15.31131.5612.90----
Data as of Feb 06 2026. Currency figures normalised to China Life Insurance Co Ltd's reporting currency: Hong Kong Dollar HKD

Institutional shareholders

18.37%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
The Vanguard Group, Inc.as of 07 Jan 2026296.19m3.98%
BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 13 Jan 2026265.13m3.56%
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLCas of 26 Aug 2025175.45m2.36%
BlackRock Advisors (UK) Ltd.as of 13 Jan 2026103.83m1.40%
Norges Bank Investment Managementas of 30 Jun 2025101.42m1.36%
FIAM LLCas of 26 Aug 202596.87m1.30%
Hang Seng Investment Management Ltd.as of 09 Jan 202692.34m1.24%
Geode Capital Management LLCas of 29 Jan 202686.19m1.16%
Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Ltd.as of 26 Aug 202580.54m1.08%
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Ltd.as of 13 Jan 202668.91m0.93%
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