NYSE:LFC - China Life Insurance Stock Price, Forecast & News

China Life Insurance trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "LFC."

China Life Insurance announced an annual dividend on Tuesday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.1188 per share on Tuesday, August 13th. This represents a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 6th. View China Life Insurance's Dividend History.

Shares of China Life Insurance split before market open on Wednesday, May 27th 2015. The 3-1 split was announced on Monday, May 11th 2015. The newly minted shares were distributed 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.

China Life Insurance Co Ltd (NYSE:LFC) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.30. The financial services provider had revenue of $19.76 billion for the quarter. China Life Insurance had a net margin of 7.02% and a return on equity of 13.47%. View China Life Insurance's Earnings History.

China Life Insurance is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, March 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for China Life Insurance.

4 brokers 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 stock price to reach $20.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 63.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for China Life Insurance.

4 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 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for China Life Insurance.

Media headlines about LFC stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing 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 sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for China Life Insurance.

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), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), Lincoln National (LNC), Globe Life (GL), AEGON (AEG), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY) and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other China Life Insurance investors own include Baidu (BIDU), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA), Weyerhaeuser (WY), NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of America (BAC), Caterpillar (CAT), AbbVie (ABBV), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Intel (INTC).

China Life Insurance's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.03%), Credit Suisse AG (0.02%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.01%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.01%), Augustine Asset Management Inc. (0.00%) and Bank of Montreal Can (0.00%).

LFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Credit Suisse AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Oxford Asset Management LLP, NINE MASTS CAPITAL Ltd, Bank of America Corp DE, Bank of Montreal Can, World Asset Management Inc and Quadrant Capital Group LLC.

LFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, UBS Group AG, Profund Advisors LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Brinker Capital Inc. and Geode Capital Management LLC.

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.

One share of LFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $12.41.

China Life Insurance has a market capitalization of $70.15 billion and generates $91.03 billion in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $1.72 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.28 on an earnings per share basis. China Life Insurance employs 102,817 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About China Life Insurance.

The official website for China Life Insurance is http://www.e-chinalife.com/.

China Life Insurance's mailing address is 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]