Bank of East Asia (BKEAY) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Bank of East Asia, Limited (BEA) is a Hong Kong-based banking group that provides financial services to individuals, businesses and institutions. Its offerings include personal and commercial banking, deposits, lending, mortgages, credit cards, payments, wealth management, investment services, foreign exchange and treasury solutions.

Founded in 1918, BEA has developed a broad presence in Hong Kong and mainland China. The bank also serves customers through operations and representative offices in selected international markets, including Macau, the United Kingdom, the United States and Southeast Asia.

BEA serves corporate and institutional clients with trade finance, cash management, syndicated lending, corporate finance and other cross-border banking services. The group is led by Chairman and Chief Executive David K. P. Li, with Adrian Li and Brian Li serving as Co-Chief Executives.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.42 to $2.42
• 50-Day Range: $1.60 to $2.43
• 52-Week Range: $1.50 to $2.69
• Volume: 2,754 shs
• Average Volume: 1,182 shs
• Market Capitalization: $6.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 3.72%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bank of East Asia Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bank of East Asia scored higher than 65% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bank of East Asia has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bank of East Asia has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 34.78%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Bank of East Asia are expected to grow by 34.78% in the coming year, from $0.23 to $0.31 per share.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bank of East Asia has a PEG Ratio of 0.28. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bank of East Asia has a P/B Ratio of 0.47. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.00% of the float of Bank of East Asia has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Bank of East Asia has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Bank of East Asia has recently increased by 33.33%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Bank of East Asia is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.36%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Bank of East Asia does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Bank of East Asia will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.03% next year. This indicates that Bank of East Asia will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.53

News Sentiment

Bank of East Asia has a news sentiment score of 0.53. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.72 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Bank of East Asia this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: N/A
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bank of East Asia insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Bank of East Asia has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:BKEAY
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.hkbea.com
• Phone: 852-3608-3608
• Fax: 852-3608-6000
• Employees: 7,880
• Year Founded: 1918

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): N/A
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.53
• P/E Growth: 0.28
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: N/A
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.85
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.96 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.29
• Cash Flow: $0.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.08
• Book Value: $5.13 per share
• Price / Book: 0.47

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,646,770,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $6.41 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.18