Bank of China Limited (BACHF) Stock

About Bank of China Limited

Bank of China Limited, along with its associated entities, delivers a comprehensive array of banking and financial offerings. Its operations are structured across six key divisions: Corporate Banking, Personal Banking, Treasury Operations, Investment Banking, Insurance, and Other Operations. The Corporate Banking division caters to businesses, governmental bodies, and financial institutions. It furnishes them with services such as checking accounts, deposit facilities, lines of credit, loans, trade finance solutions, various credit instruments, foreign exchange services, derivative products, and wealth management advice. For individual clients, the Personal Banking segment offers savings accounts, personal lending, credit and debit cards, payment processing, wealth management solutions, and serves as an agent for funds and insurance products. The Treasury Operations segment focuses on foreign exchange dealings, client-driven interest rate and currency derivative transactions, money market activities, proprietary investment, and the management of assets and liabilities. Within Investment Banking, services include underwriting debt and equity issues, financial advisory, stockbroking, investment analysis and asset management, private equity investments, and the trading and sale of securities. The Insurance division is responsible for underwriting both general and life insurance policies, in addition to providing insurance agency services. As of the close of 2021, specifically December 31st, the company maintained an extensive global presence with 10,382 branches and points of service. This network included 520 institutions situated in mainland China and 550 located in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and various international territories. Beyond its primary financial services, the company also engages in aircraft leasing activities. Established in 1912, its central offices are located in Beijing, China.

Bank of China Limited is headquartered in CN.

Bank of China Limited (BACHF) stock trades at $0.65 with a market capitalization of $209.44B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.24, price-to-book of 0.62, price-to-sales of 1.57. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $0.50 and $0.71, and currently trades 8.5% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 4.62%.

On profitability, Bank of China Limited generates a return on equity (ROE) of 8.19%, return on capital employed of 0.77%, an operating margin of 24.79%, a net profit margin of 20.09%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Bank of China Limited reported annual revenue of $1.22T, net profit of $243.0B, revenue has compounded at 22.0% a year over the last five years, profit at 4.7% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.92 — a leveraged balance sheet worth monitoring, a current ratio of 9.94, total assets of $38.36T, $4.33T in cash and equivalents.

BACHF has an average daily trading volume of 59,620 shares, a beta of 0.10 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.boc.cn