Head to Head Review: China Construction Bank (CICHF) & Its Peers

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares China Construction Bank and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Construction Bank	N/A	N/A	1.26
China Construction Bank Competitors	$168.14 billion	$2.37 billion	27.35

China Construction Bank’s rivals have higher revenue and earnings than China Construction Bank. China Construction Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

China Construction Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.1%. China Construction Bank pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.8% and pay out 32.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares China Construction Bank and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Construction Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A
China Construction Bank Competitors	14.96%	9.60%	0.94%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

6.7% of China Construction Bank shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

China Construction Bank rivals beat China Construction Bank on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

China Construction Bank Company Profile

China Construction Bank Corporation provides various banking and related financial services to individuals and corporate customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It operates through Corporate Finance Business, Personal Finance Business, Treasury and Asset Management Business, and Others segments. The company accepts various deposits, such as foreign currency, all in one accounts, RMB, corporate term and notification, and corporate demand deposits, as well corporate deposits by agreement. Its loan products include personal business, car, and housing loans; and SME, traditional credit, commercial draft, buyer credit, and RMB credit line loans. The company also offers credit cards; physical gold for personal investment and personal gold accounts; foreign exchange services; certificate treasury and savings bonds, securities deposit accounts, and securities services, as well as bank-securities transfer and book-entry treasury bond over the counter transaction services; and wealth management products. In addition, it provides collection, salaries payment, third-party collection and payment, insurance agency, and remittance services; international settlement and financing, and FI services; securities and fund settlement services; guarantee-based, consulting and advising, and factoring services; fund custody services; and e-banking services. Further, the company offers institutional services comprising services for government agencies, social security, banks cooperation, bank-securities cooperation, bank-insurance cooperation, and services for non-banking financial institutions. China Construction Bank Corporation was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.