NYSE:LFC China Life Insurance Stock Forecast, Price & 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 $11.12 -0.04 (-0.36 %) (As of 09/25/2020 12:00 AM ET) Add Compare Share Today's Range$10.95Now: $11.12▼$11.1350-Day Range$11.16MA: $11.99▼$12.9252-Week Range$8.27Now: $11.12▼$14.70Volume1.09 million shsAverage Volume595,120 shsMarket Capitalization$62.86 billionP/E Ratio8.69Dividend Yield3.94%Beta1.31 ProfileAnalyst RatingsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsInstitutional OwnershipHeadlinesOptions ChainSEC FilingsShort InterestSocial 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 2.50, and is based on 1 buy rating, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of $20.30, China Life Insurance has a forecasted upside of 82.6% from its current price of $11.12.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 225 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesChina Life Insurance has received 339 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentChina Life Insurance has received 60.11% “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 2.5 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldChina Life Insurance pays a meaningful dividend of 3.94%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthChina Life Insurance has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of China Life Insurance is 29.73%. 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 33.59% 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 0.32% of the stock of China Life Insurance is held by institutions. Previous Next 1.9 Earnings and Valuation Earnings GrowthEarnings for China Life Insurance are expected to grow by 9.17% in the coming year, from $1.20 to $1.31 per share.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of China Life Insurance is 8.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 18.34.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of China Life Insurance is 8.69, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 17.26.Price to Book Value per Share RatioChina Life Insurance has a P/B Ratio of 1.06. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.3Community Rank: 2.0Dividend Strength: 2.5Insider Behavior: 0.0Valuation: 1.9 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™1.93 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 Ratio7.01 Quick Ratio7.74Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio8.69 Forward P/E Ratio9.27 P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$105.55 billion Price / Sales0.60 Cash Flow$1.51 per share Price / Cash Flow7.34 Book Value$10.48 per share Price / Book1.06Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.48 Net Income$8.43 billion Net Margins6.47% Return on Equity12.27% Return on Assets1.33%Miscellaneous Employees103,826 Outstanding Shares5,652,941,000Market Cap$62.86 billion Next Earnings Date11/3/2020 (Estimated) OptionableOptionable $11.12 -0.04 (-0.36 %) (As of 09/25/2020 12:00 AM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart 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 price been impacted by COVID-19? China Life Insurance's stock was trading at $10.78 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, LFC stock has increased by 3.2% and is now trading at $11.12. View which stocks have been most impacted by COVID-19. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of China Life Insurance? 2 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 1 buy rating 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 Tuesday, November 3rd 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.39 by $0.30. The financial services provider had revenue of $19.76 billion for the quarter. China Life Insurance had a return on equity of 12.27% and a net margin of 6.47%. 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 an increase 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 shares split on the morning of Wednesday, May 27th 2015. The 3-1 split was announced on Monday, May 11th 2015. The newly issued shares were payable 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? 2 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for China Life Insurance's shares. Their forecasts range from $20.30 to $20.30. On average, they expect China Life Insurance's share price to reach $20.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 82.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for China Life Insurance. Are investors shorting China Life Insurance? China Life Insurance saw a decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,100,000 shares, a decline of 17.3% from the August 15th total of 1,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 664,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. View China Life Insurance's Short Interest. Who are some of China Life Insurance's key competitors? Some companies that are related to China Life Insurance include AIA Group (AAGIY), AXA (AXAHY), Prudential Public (PUK), Metlife (MET), Manulife Financial (MFC), Prudential Financial (PRU), Sun Life Financial (SLF), SWISS RE LTD/S (SSREY), AVIVA PLC/ADR (AVVIY), Legal & General Group (LGEN), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Globe Life (GL), Athene (ATH), AEGON (AEG) and Reinsurance Group of America (RGA). 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 Verizon Communications (VZ), Bank of America (BAC), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Cisco Systems (CSCO), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AbbVie (ABBV), Broadcom (AVGO), Alibaba Group (BABA), Pfizer (PFE) and Home Depot (HD). 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (0.01%), Augustine Asset Management Inc. (0.00%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.00%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.00%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.00%) and Jane Street Group LLC (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 Bank of America Corp DE, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Two Sigma Securities LLC, US Bancorp DE, UBS Group AG, Augustine Asset Management Inc., Portland Global Advisors LLC, and Henry James International Management Inc.. Which major investors are buying China Life Insurance stock? LFC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Jane Street Group LLC, Banco de Sabadell S.A, Bank of Montreal Can, First Trust Advisors LP, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, JustInvest LLC, and Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton. 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 $11.12. How big of a company is China Life Insurance? China Life Insurance has a market capitalization of $62.86 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 9/26/2020 by MarketBeat.com Staff 30 Days of MarketBeat All Access for $1.00 Sign up for MarketBeat All Access to gain access to MarketBeat's full suite of research tools: Best-in-Class Portfolio Monitoring View the latest news, buy/sell ratings, SEC filings and insider transactions for your stocks. Compare your portfolio performance to leading indices and get personalized stock ideas based on your portfolio. Stock Ideas and Recommendations Get daily stock ideas top-performing Wall Street analysts. Get short term trading ideas from the MarketBeat Idea Engine. View which stocks are hot on social media with MarketBeat's trending stocks report. 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