Christine TanPing An Insurance Group2318.HKTOP PICKAug 31, 2017
This is the largest life insurance company in China. It is a diversified, with 2/3 of their business life and nonlife, but they also have Ping An Bank and Ping An Trust, which issues wealth management products. She likes the insurance as a secular growth theme because of the big savings pool. People in China like to save. Now that they are wealthier, they are starting to think more about safety. Inexpensive, trading at around 11X earnings, and growing earnings at about 13% year-over-year. Dividend yield of 1.9%. (Analysts’ price target is HKD72.24.)
This is the largest life insurance company in China. It is a diversified, with 2/3 of their business life and nonlife, but they also have Ping An Bank and Ping An Trust, which issues wealth management products. She likes the insurance as a secular growth theme because of the big savings pool. People in China like to save. Now that they are wealthier, they are starting to think more about safety. Inexpensive, trading at around 11X earnings, and growing earnings at about 13% year-over-year. Dividend yield of 1.9%. (Analysts’ price target is HKD72.24.)