NYSE:LFCChina Life Insurance Stock Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding China Life Insurance Co Ltd Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add $9.90 -0.25 (-2.46 %) (As of 06/4/2020 03:12 PM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$9.89Now: $9.90▼$9.9550-Day Range$9.07MA: $9.93▼$10.8752-Week Range$8.27Now: $9.90▼$14.70Volume11,698 shsAverage Volume588,000 shsMarket Capitalization$55.96 billionP/E Ratio7.98Dividend Yield0.86%Beta1.23 ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsSocial Media China Life Insurance Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a life insurance company in the People's Republic of China. It operates in four segments: Life Insurance Business, Health Insurance Business, Accident Insurance Business, and Other Businesses. The company offers individual and group life, annuity, accident, and health insurance products, as well as pension products. It is also involved in the asset management, annuity, retirement properties investment, fund management, financial service, health management, investment, investment management, and reinsurance businesses. China Life Insurance Company Limited sells its products through agents, direct sales representatives, and dedicated and non-dedicated agencies. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. China Life Insurance Company Limited is a subsidiary of China Life Insurance (Group) Company Limited.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingChina Life Insurance has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.67, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $20.30, China Life Insurance has a potential upside of 105.1% from its current price of $9.90.Amount of Analyst CoverageChina Life Insurance has received no research coverage in the past 90 days. Previous Next 2.0 Community Rank Outperform VotesChina Life Insurance has received 224 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesChina Life Insurance has received 336 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentChina Life Insurance has received 60.00% “underperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about China Life Insurance and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe LFC will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe LFC will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 3.3 Dividend Strength Dividend LeadershipChina Life Insurance is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 0.86%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.Dividend GrowthChina Life Insurance has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of China Life Insurance is 5.41 %. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Dividend SustainabilityBased on earnings estimates, China Life Insurance will have a dividend payout ratio of 6.84 % next year. This indicates that China Life Insurance will be able to sustain or increase its dividend. Previous Next 0.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, China Life Insurance insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by InstitutionsOnly 0.27% of the stock of China Life Insurance is held by institutions. Previous Next 2.5 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for China Life Insurance are expected to grow by 10.38% in the coming year, from $1.06 to $1.17 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of China Life Insurance is 7.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.29.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of China Life Insurance is 7.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.00.Price to Book Value per Share RatioChina Life Insurance has a P/B Ratio of 0.94. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.3Community Rank: 2.0Dividend Strength: 3.3Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 2.5 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.23 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange NYSE Industry Life insurance Sub-IndustryN/A SectorFinance Current SymbolNYSE:LFC Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIK1268896 Webwww.e-chinalife.com Phone86-10-6363-1191Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.13 Current Ratio7.74 Quick Ratio7.74Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio7.98 Forward P/E Ratio9.34 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$105.55 billion Price / Sales0.53 Cash Flow$1.61 per share Price / Cash Flow6.15 Book Value$10.48 per share Price / Book0.94Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.48 Net Income$8.43 billion Net Margins6.50% Return on Equity12.18% Return on Assets1.32%Miscellaneous Employees103,826 Outstanding Shares5,652,940,000Market Cap$55.96 billion Next Earnings Date8/27/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable LFC Rates by TradingView Receive LFC News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for LFC and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. China Life Insurance (NYSE:LFC) Frequently Asked Questions How has China Life Insurance's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? China Life Insurance's stock was trading at $10.78 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LFC stock has decreased by 8.2% and is now trading at $9.90. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of China Life Insurance? 3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for China Life Insurance in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for China Life Insurance. When is China Life Insurance's next earnings date? China Life Insurance is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 27th 2020. View our earnings forecast for China Life Insurance. How were China Life Insurance's earnings last quarter? China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE:LFC) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 24th. The financial services provider reported $0.43 earnings per share for the quarter. The financial services provider earned $49.15 billion during the quarter. China Life Insurance had a return on equity of 12.18% and a net margin of 6.50%. View China Life Insurance's earnings history. How often does China Life Insurance pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for China Life Insurance? China Life Insurance announced an annual dividend on Wednesday, May 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 7th will be given a dividend of $0.5134 per share on Wednesday, September 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 6th. This is a positive change from China Life Insurance's previous annual dividend of $0.12. View China Life Insurance's dividend history. When did China Life Insurance's stock split? How did China Life Insurance's stock split work? China Life Insurance's stock split on the morning of Wednesday, May 27th 2015. The 3-1 split was announced on Monday, May 11th 2015. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Tuesday, May 26th 2015. An investor that had 100 shares of China Life Insurance stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split. What price target have analysts set for LFC? 3 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for China Life Insurance's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.30 to $20.30. On average, they anticipate China Life Insurance's share price to reach $20.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 105.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for China Life Insurance. Has China Life Insurance been receiving favorable news coverage? News coverage about LFC stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. China Life Insurance earned a news impact score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutChina Life Insurance. Who are some of China Life Insurance's key competitors? Some companies that are related to China Life Insurance include AXA (AXAHY), Prudential Public (PUK), Metlife (MET), SWISS RE LTD/S (SSREY), Manulife Financial (MFC), Prudential Financial (PRU), Sun Life Financial (SLF), HANNOVER RUECK/S (HVRRY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Globe Life (GL), Lincoln National (LNC), AEGON (AEG) and Voya Financial (VOYA). View all competitors. What other stocks do shareholders of China Life Insurance own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other China Life Insurance investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Bank of America (BAC), Baidu (BIDU), Micron Technology (MU), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Caterpillar (CAT), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and NVIDIA (NVDA). Who are China Life Insurance's key executives? China Life Insurance's management team includes the following people: Mr. Bin Wang, Chairman (Age 61)Mr. Hengxuan Su, Pres, Principal Exec. Officer & Exec. Director (Age 56)Mr. Lijun Zhao, VP & CFO (Age 56)Ms. Hong Yang, GM of the Operation Service Center & Director of Operations (Age 52)Mr. Ruan Qi, VP (Age 53) What is China Life Insurance's stock symbol? China Life Insurance trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LFC." Who are China Life Insurance's major shareholders? China Life Insurance's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.02%), Aperio Group LLC (0.01%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.01%), Morgan Stanley (0.01%), Morgan Stanley (0.01%) and Augustine Asset Management Inc. (0.00%). Which major investors are selling China Life Insurance stock? LFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Aperio Group LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Natixis Advisors L.P., NINE MASTS CAPITAL Ltd, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Wetherby Asset Management Inc., and Atlas Capital Advisors LLC. Which major investors are buying China Life Insurance stock? LFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Securities LLC, Augustine Asset Management Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Trexquant Investment LP, Engineers Gate Manager LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, and UBS Group AG. How do I buy shares of China Life Insurance? Shares of LFC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab. What is China Life Insurance's stock price today? One share of LFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $9.90. How big of a company is China Life Insurance? China Life Insurance has a market capitalization of $55.96 billion and generates $105.55 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $8.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.48 on an earnings per share basis. China Life Insurance employs 103,826 workers across the globe. What is China Life Insurance's official website? The official website for China Life Insurance is www.e-chinalife.com. How can I contact China Life Insurance? China Life Insurance's mailing address is 12F CHINA LIFE PLAZA A NO.16 FINANCIAL STREET XICHENG DISTRICT, BEIJING F4, 100033. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 86-10-6363-1191 or via email at [email protected] This page was last updated on 6/4/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff
