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

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

China Life Insurance shares split on Wednesday, May 27th 2015. The 3-1 split was announced on Monday, May 11th 2015. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes 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) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.09 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.39 by $0.30. The financial services provider earned $19.76 billion during the quarter. China Life Insurance had a return on equity of 7.04% and a net margin of 3.60%. View China Life Insurance's Earnings History.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for China Life Insurance in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for China Life Insurance.

Media stories about LFC stock have been trending positive recently, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. China Life Insurance earned a news impact score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several 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), AEGON (AEG), SONY FINL HOLDI/ADR (SNYFY), Torchmark (TMK) and Globe Life (GL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other China Life Insurance investors own include Baidu (BIDU), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ctrip.Com International (CTRP), Turquoise Hill Resources (TRQ), Caterpillar (CAT), China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd. ADR Class H (CEA), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA), TENCENT HOLDING/ADR (TCEHY) and Universal Forest Products (UFPI).

China Life Insurance's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Northern Trust Corp (0.04%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.02%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.01%), Aperio Group LLC (0.01%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.01%) and Morgan Stanley (0.01%).

LFC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Eqis Capital Management Inc., Profund Advisors LLC, Northern Trust Corp, First Trust Advisors LP, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. and Envestnet Asset Management Inc..

LFC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Aperio Group LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Bank of America Corp DE, AMP Capital Investors Ltd, NINE MASTS CAPITAL Ltd and Campbell & CO Investment Adviser 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of LFC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.51.

China Life Insurance has a market capitalization of $65.07 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]