Profits were positive in 10 years (at least 9 needed).
- 10y median
- CNY 193B
- Worst year
- CNY 158B
- Latest · 2025
- CNY 243B
# Bank of China (601988.SHG) Canonical: https://gigainvestors.com/s/601988.SHG Analysis as of: 2026-10-01T19:02:40.343Z. Financial observations: FY2015–FY2025. Listing currency: CNY. Reporting currency: CNY. ## Verdict Not a wonderful business Quality tests for Buy: not passed. Published buy qualification: no. Share price: CNY 7.05 per share; close as of 2026-10-15. Estimated value: low CNY 8.30 per share, central CNY 9.13 per share, high CNY 10.14 per share. Buy at or below the central value CNY 9.13 per share. Valuation as of 2026-10-01T19:02:40.343Z; scenarios are not confidence intervals. Expected annual return: 12.9% at the stated quote. About 12.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%). required return 10.0% a year (10% floor; CN 10-year bond 1.7% + 4 points). ## Checklist ### understandable: pass - Financial history: 10 years - Profitable years in the last ten: 10 - Required profitable years: 9 - Return on common equity variation (informational): 0.11× Chart: Net income; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: CNY 158B - FY2017: CNY 166B - FY2018: CNY 173B - FY2019: CNY 181B - FY2020: CNY 181B - FY2021: CNY 206B - FY2022: CNY 227B - FY2023: CNY 232B - FY2024: CNY 238B - FY2025: CNY 243B ### moat: fail - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - median return on common equity below threshold - Bank / P&C ROTE, median of available years: 9.4% - Required median return: 12.0% - Return uses tangible common equity: Yes - Bank ROTE, second-lowest year: 8.5% - Years with reported combined ratio: 0 Chart: Return on tangible common equity; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 11.3% - FY2017: 11.2% - FY2018: 10.9% - FY2019: 9.9% - FY2020: 9.0% - FY2021: 9.4% - FY2022: 9.5% - FY2023: 8.9% - FY2024: 8.5% - FY2025: 8.0% ### economics: pass - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - Book value per share + reinvested dividends, annualized return: 11.4% - Book return interval: 10 years - Starting book value per share: CNY 4.96 - Ending book value per share: CNY 10.29 Chart: Annual book + dividend return; fiscal year observations. - FY2016: 13.3% - FY2017: 14.0% - FY2018: 7.9% - FY2019: 19.2% - FY2020: -8.2% - FY2021: 42.3% - FY2022: 18.9% - FY2023: 19.3% - FY2024: -18.1% - FY2025: 16.7% ### management: pass - Tangible common book per share - Parent-total proxy for preferred equity and common earnings - Diluted shares, 10-year annual growth: 1.3% - Share growth excluding flagged crisis recapitalisations: 1.3% - Flagged crisis recapitalisations: 0 - Book created / earnings retained after dividends and buybacks: 1.21× - Book value created per share: CNY 5.33 - Earnings retained per share after dividends and buybacks: CNY 4.40 Chart: Shares (first year = 100); fiscal year observations. - FY2015: 100 - FY2016: 99 - FY2017: 96 - FY2018: 99 - FY2019: 99 - FY2020: 122 - FY2021: 97 - FY2022: 92 - FY2023: 86 - FY2024: 116 - FY2025: 113 ### accounting: pass - Financial accounting warning count: 0 - Known restatement years: 0 ## Holders ## Price story The price assumes profits shrink 3.6% a year forever · net income +2.2% Story as of 2026-10-03T17:10:00Z; price observation 2026-09-30. The price assumes profits shrink 3.6% a year forever ### Net income · FY2025 net income +2.2%; source https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/; observed 2026-10-01. - FY2016: CNY 158B - FY2017: CNY 166B - FY2018: CNY 173B - FY2019: CNY 181B - FY2020: CNY 181B - FY2021: CNY 206B - FY2022: CNY 227B - FY2023: CNY 232B - FY2024: CNY 238B - FY2025: CNY 243B ## Owner memo Memo as of 2026-10-02T06:52:09.009Z. ### How it makes money Operates in diversified banking; annual sales are CNY 657.2 billion. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-01T19:02:40.343Z); FY2025: revenue 657178000000. ### Why customers stay It earns 9.4% on shareholders’ money, excluding intangible assets. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-01T19:02:40.343Z); 10-year return on tangible equity observations [[2016,0.11318830946742126],[2017,0.11232996541669492],[2018,0.10892836040801857],[2019,0.09874395765436689],[2020,0.08980292528282997],[2021,0.09361071457797256],[2022,0.09452138020359556],[2023,0.08917978318803574],[2024,0.08542458180418085],[2025,0.08023315125613459]]; median 0.09406604739078406. ROIC follows the displayed moat series; financial companies use return on tangible equity. ### Where the cash goes Paid dividends in 10 of 10 years. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-01T19:02:40.343Z); Dividend observations: [[2016,58236000000],[2017,56211000000],[2018,58603000000],[2019,60993000000],[2020,65948000000],[2021,70224000000],[2022,78481000000],[2023,83582000000],[2024,85891000000],[2025,143233000000]]. Zero only counted when supported by a complete cash-flow statement. ### Are managers owners Insiders own 91.5% of the company. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-02); 601988.SHG SharesStats.PercentInsiders = 91.549 percentage points; cache date 2026-10-02. ### What the price says The price assumes profits shrink 3.6% a year forever. - Source: https://eodhd.com/financial-apis/stock-etfs-fundamental-data-feeds/ (filed 2026-10-01T19:02:40.343Z); Price 6.73; FX 1; original perpetual distributable cash 0.912919217376641; discount 0.1; growth -0.035649215063393885. Same book-value model and 4× ceiling; no ten-year operating fade applies. Closing-price date 2026-09-30. ## Monthly share-price history (CNY per share) - 2016-10: CNY 3.39 per share - 2016-11: CNY 3.51 per share - 2016-12: CNY 3.44 per share - 2017-01: CNY 3.58 per share - 2017-02: CNY 3.68 per share - 2017-03: CNY 3.70 per share - 2017-04: CNY 3.59 per share - 2017-05: CNY 3.73 per share - 2017-06: CNY 3.70 per share - 2017-07: CNY 3.92 per share - 2017-08: CNY 4.23 per share - 2017-09: CNY 4.12 per share - 2017-10: CNY 3.94 per share - 2017-11: CNY 3.93 per share - 2017-12: CNY 3.97 per share - 2018-01: CNY 4.54 per share - 2018-02: CNY 4.23 per share - 2018-03: CNY 3.93 per share - 2018-04: CNY 3.82 per share - 2018-05: CNY 3.77 per share - 2018-06: CNY 3.61 per share - 2018-07: CNY 3.62 per share - 2018-08: CNY 3.55 per share - 2018-09: CNY 3.72 per share - 2018-10: CNY 3.72 per share - 2018-11: CNY 3.61 per share - 2018-12: CNY 3.61 per share - 2019-01: CNY 3.68 per share - 2019-02: CNY 3.84 per share - 2019-03: CNY 3.77 per share - 2019-04: CNY 3.89 per share - 2019-05: CNY 3.88 per share - 2019-06: CNY 3.74 per share - 2019-07: CNY 3.71 per share - 2019-08: CNY 3.53 per share - 2019-09: CNY 3.58 per share - 2019-10: CNY 3.70 per share - 2019-11: CNY 3.63 per share - 2019-12: CNY 3.69 per share - 2020-01: CNY 3.61 per share - 2020-02: CNY 3.55 per share - 2020-03: CNY 3.48 per share - 2020-04: CNY 3.48 per share - 2020-05: CNY 3.45 per share - 2020-06: CNY 3.48 per share - 2020-07: CNY 3.33 per share - 2020-08: CNY 3.28 per share - 2020-09: CNY 3.20 per share - 2020-10: CNY 3.18 per share - 2020-11: CNY 3.30 per share - 2020-12: CNY 3.18 per share - 2021-01: CNY 3.17 per share - 2021-02: CNY 3.24 per share - 2021-03: CNY 3.35 per share - 2021-04: CNY 3.25 per share - 2021-05: CNY 3.33 per share - 2021-06: CNY 3.08 per share - 2021-07: CNY 2.99 per share - 2021-08: CNY 3.03 per share - 2021-09: CNY 3.05 per share - 2021-10: CNY 3.05 per share - 2021-11: CNY 3.05 per share - 2021-12: CNY 3.05 per share - 2022-01: CNY 3.09 per share - 2022-02: CNY 3.10 per share - 2022-03: CNY 3.27 per share - 2022-04: CNY 3.23 per share - 2022-05: CNY 3.19 per share - 2022-06: CNY 3.26 per share - 2022-07: CNY 3.06 per share - 2022-08: CNY 3.04 per share - 2022-09: CNY 3.09 per share - 2022-10: CNY 3.01 per share - 2022-11: CNY 3.15 per share - 2022-12: CNY 3.16 per share - 2023-01: CNY 3.22 per share - 2023-02: CNY 3.23 per share - 2023-03: CNY 3.38 per share - 2023-04: CNY 3.67 per share - 2023-05: CNY 3.90 per share - 2023-06: CNY 3.91 per share - 2023-07: CNY 3.91 per share - 2023-08: CNY 3.75 per share - 2023-09: CNY 3.77 per share - 2023-10: CNY 3.90 per share - 2023-11: CNY 3.99 per share - 2023-12: CNY 3.99 per share - 2024-01: CNY 4.32 per share - 2024-02: CNY 4.47 per share - 2024-03: CNY 4.40 per share - 2024-04: CNY 4.59 per share - 2024-05: CNY 4.44 per share - 2024-06: CNY 4.62 per share - 2024-07: CNY 4.66 per share - 2024-08: CNY 4.79 per share - 2024-09: CNY 5.00 per share - 2024-10: CNY 4.82 per share - 2024-11: CNY 5.01 per share - 2024-12: CNY 5.51 per share - 2025-01: CNY 5.45 per share - 2025-02: CNY 5.40 per share - 2025-03: CNY 5.60 per share - 2025-04: CNY 5.53 per share - 2025-05: CNY 5.52 per share - 2025-06: CNY 5.62 per share - 2025-07: CNY 5.55 per share - 2025-08: CNY 5.52 per share - 2025-09: CNY 5.18 per share - 2025-10: CNY 5.61 per share - 2025-11: CNY 6.07 per share - 2025-12: CNY 5.73 per share - 2026-01: CNY 5.37 per share - 2026-02: CNY 5.28 per share - 2026-03: CNY 5.87 per share - 2026-04: CNY 5.75 per share - 2026-05: CNY 5.86 per share - 2026-06: CNY 5.72 per share - 2026-07: CNY 6.06 per share - 2026-08: CNY 6.51 per share - 2026-09: CNY 6.65 per share ## Annual estimated value (CNY per share) - FY2016: low CNY 10.36 per share, central CNY 12.95 per share, high CNY 17.27 per share - FY2017: low CNY 11.38 per share, central CNY 14.23 per share, high CNY 18.97 per share - FY2018: low CNY 11.84 per share, central CNY 14.80 per share, high CNY 19.74 per share - FY2019: low CNY 11.62 per share, central CNY 14.53 per share, high CNY 19.37 per share - FY2020: low CNY 8.27 per share, central CNY 10.33 per share, high CNY 13.78 per share - FY2021: low CNY 10.03 per share, central CNY 12.54 per share, high CNY 16.72 per share - FY2022: low CNY 11.07 per share, central CNY 13.84 per share, high CNY 18.45 per share - FY2023: low CNY 11.12 per share, central CNY 13.90 per share, high CNY 18.53 per share - FY2024: low CNY 7.48 per share, central CNY 9.34 per share, high CNY 12.46 per share - FY2025: low CNY 9.08 per share, central CNY 9.99 per share, high CNY 11.10 per share Historical values use today's bond yield for every fiscal year Historical values use today's FX rate into trading currency for every fiscal year Historical values use current restated fundamentals and current commodity classification; they are not point-in-time estimates ## Sources Estimates depend on assumptions and are not guarantees or investment advice. 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601988 · SHG
Hang Seng · CSI 300
Not a wonderful business
1 quality test fails. A lower price would not fix the business.
Profits were positive in 10 years (at least 9 needed).
Earned a median 9.4% on tangible equity (minimum 12%).
Book value plus dividends grew 11.4% a year (minimum 7%).
Ordinary shares grew 1.3% a year (growth limit 2%).
0 accounting warnings were found (none allowed).
| Value range | CNY 8.30 – CNY 10.14 |
|---|---|
| Buy at or below | Central value CNY 9.13 |
| Discount to value | 1 − 7.05 / 9.13 = 22.8% |
| Return / year | About 12.9% a year at today's price (required return 10.0%) |
| Cash-flow inputs | Book CNY 9.40/share; ROE 9.7%; first payout CNY 0.91/share, growing 0.0% perpetually (4× book payout cap applied). |
| Required return | 10.0% / year, earned by construction at the central value |