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Bank of Lanzhou Co., Ltd. Class A001227.SZCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Financials›Regional Banks

City commercial bank in Lanzhou, Gansu, providing retail and corporate banking in a less-developed western province.

Momentum strong 76
Mkt cap
$1.82B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
49%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$22.9M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.38×
price to book
ROE
5.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
2.5%
what the price asks
Next earnings
168 days
23 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥2.13
1D-0.5%
1W-0.9%
1M+0.9%
3M-6.2%
6M-4.5%
YTD-8.2%
1Y-13.4%
ATR %2.0%
52w lowhigh14.8% off high

What Bank of Lanzhou does

City commercial bank in Lanzhou, Gansu, providing retail and corporate banking in a less-developed western province.

Earns mostly from the gap between loan interest and deposit costs, taking deposits and making loans largely within Gansu province, so its results follow the regional economy and local loan quality.

Products and services

  • Retail deposits and loans
  • Corporate/SME lending

Customers

  • Retail depositors
  • Local corporates and SMEs

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Regional banking

What could go right

  • Western China regional development spending

What could go wrong

  • Weaker regional economic growth
  • Local credit-quality exposure

Moat: narrow (regulatory licence). Local banking licence in a provincial capital with limited competing bank branches.

Headquarters: Lanzhou, Gansu, China · Founded: 1997 · Employees: 4,431

Named competitors

Bank of Lanzhou at a glance

Size Bank of Lanzhou (001227.SZ) is a China Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $1.82B, the 1378th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥2.13 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 4.5%, against +5.1% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 3rd lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 0.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.8%); the operating margin is 18.5% (peer median 38.8%).

Valuation It trades at 0.38× book value against a peer median of 1.04× (4th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.5%; Bank of Lanzhou delivers 5.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 23 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 106001227.SZ 96
Six months, rebased to 100: Bank of Lanzhou against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Bank of Lanzhou financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥17.5BCN¥17.2BCN¥19.0BCN¥21.0BCN¥20.2B
Revenue growth—-9%-10%+4%—
Net incomeCN¥1.71BCN¥1.62BCN¥1.89BCN¥1.86BCN¥1.73B
Free cash flow-CN¥26.6BCN¥8.53BCN¥4.13BCN¥4.11B-CN¥10.2B
Capital expenditureCN¥264MCN¥166MCN¥115MCN¥57.7MCN¥118M
Total debtCN¥117BCN¥120BCN¥96.0BCN¥85.4BCN¥83.6B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Bank of Lanzhou competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+20%+40%-20%0%8370PAG0440DCOMSTBA0028076199GABC8361600908BY8381TBBK85228367002936OBK001227.SZ6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Bank of Lanzhou is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

6%8%10%12%0.50×10×1.50×20×8370PAG0440DCOMSTBA0028076199GABC8361600908BY8381TBBKTCBK85228367002936BFCFCF001227.SZReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Bank of Lanzhou is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%10%20%30%8370PAG0440DCOMSTBA0028076199GABC8361TBBKTCBK8367001227.SZROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Bank of Lanzhou is the large dot.

Bank of Lanzhou competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (001227.SZ vs 601997.SS vs 002936.SZ)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Bank of Lanzhou 001227.SZ$1.82B-4%0%6%0.38×2.5%
Bank of Guiyang 601997.SS$3.20B-3%-5%7%0.32×2.0%
Bank of Zhengzhou 002936.SZ$2.01B-3%+1%3%0.34×2.6%

How Bank of Lanzhou compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Bank of Lanzhou against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure001227.SZPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+0.9%+2.7%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-4.5%+5.1%3rd lowest of 21
Return on equity5.5%10.1%2nd lowest of 21
Price / book0.38×1.04×4th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E7.1×12.1×4th cheapest of 21
ROE the price implies2.5%9.1%least demanding of 21
ROE delivered5.5%10.1%lowest of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Bank of Lanzhou 001227.SZChina$1.82B-4%0%6%0.38×2.5%5.5%
Kiyo Bank 8370.TJapan$1.83B+39%+20%9%1.13×8.6%9.4%
Paragon Banking PAG.LUnited Kingdom$1.81B+5%-7%12%0.95×14.0%12.0%
Dah Sing Financial 0440.HKHong Kong$1.81B+4%-8%6%0.36×4.7%5.6%
Dime Commercial Bancshares DCOMUnited States$1.85B+13%+14%9%1.39×12.4%9.4%
S&T Bancorp STBAUnited States$1.79B+14%+2%10%1.27×10.8%10.0%
Jiangsu Jiangyin Rural Commercial Bank 002807.SZChina$1.77B+5%-3%10%0.57×2.9%10.5%
Bank of Guizhou 6199.HKHong Kong$1.77B-4%-2%8%0.24×3.6%8.0%
German American Bancorp GABCUnited States$1.88B+15%+12%13%1.63×11.0%12.8%
Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank 8361.TJapan$1.75B+45%+39%6%0.66×6.1%5.6%
Wuxi Rural Commercial Bank 600908.SSChina$1.94B+3%-5%10%0.54×2.8%10.1%
Byline Bancorp BYUnited States$1.70B+15%+2%12%1.34×10.3%12.3%
San-in Godo Bank 8381.TJapan$1.95B+5%+27%8%0.91×5.9%8.1%
Bancorp TBBKUnited States$1.97B-15%-7%33%2.96×26.3%33.0%
TriCo Bancshares TCBKUnited States$1.67B+2%+4%11%1.26×9.6%10.6%
Bank of Nagoya 8522.TJapan$1.67B-8%+25%7%0.83×6.1%7.3%
Nanto Bank 8367.TJapan$1.65B+7%+13%6%0.81×5.9%6.1%
Bank of Zhengzhou 002936.SZChina$2.01B-3%+1%3%0.34×2.6%n/a
Origin Bancorp OBKUnited States$1.64B+14%+5%10%1.29×10.1%10.4%
Bank First BFCUnited States$1.64B+1%+33%12%1.98×10.9%11.9%
First Commonwealth Financial FCFUnited States$2.03B+13%+4%11%1.37×10.4%11.4%

Questions

Who are Bank of Lanzhou's main competitors?
Named competitors: Bank of Guiyang (601997.SS), Bank of Zhengzhou (002936.SZ). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Kiyo Bank (8370.T), Paragon Banking (PAG.L), Dah Sing Financial (0440.HK), Dime Commercial Bancshares (DCOM), S&T Bancorp (STBA), Jiangsu Jiangyin Rural Commercial Bank (002807.SZ).
Is Bank of Lanzhou expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.38× against a peer median of 1.04×, 4th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.5%; Bank of Lanzhou delivers 5.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Bank of Lanzhou stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -4.5% against +5.1% for the median peer; over one year -13.4%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.