Employees: 1,305
Size Public Financial (0626.HK) is a Hong Kong Financials company (Finance/Rental/Leasing) with a market value of $328M, the 868th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$2.34 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 58.1%, against -9.9% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 2nd highest of 19 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 6.8% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.6%); the operating margin is 13.2% (peer median 22.5%).
Valuation It trades at 0.33× book value against a peer median of 0.97× (cheapest of 20).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 4.0%; Public Financial delivers 1.3%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | HK$2.15B | HK$2.23B | HK$2.31B | HK$2.19B | HK$1.72B |
| Revenue growth | — | -3% | +5% | +28% | — |
| Net income | HK$102M | HK$79.7M | -HK$999M | HK$14.4M | HK$329M |
| Free cash flow | HK$156M | HK$221M | -HK$174M | HK$171M | HK$288M |
| Capital expenditure | HK$214M | HK$153M | HK$60.8M | HK$56.3M | HK$109M |
| Total debt | n/a | HK$2.06B | HK$2.24B | HK$2.18B | HK$2.16B |
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| Measure | 0626.HK | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +8.6% | +1.1% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +58.1% | -9.9% | 2nd highest of 19 |
| Return on equity | 1.3% | 9.2% | 5th lowest of 19 |
| Price / book | 0.33× | 0.97× | cheapest of 20 |
| Trailing P/E | 25.1× | 8.8× | most expensive of 14 |
| ROE the price implies | 4.0% | 9.6% | least demanding of 20 |
| ROE delivered | 1.3% | 8.8% | 5th lowest of 16 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Financial 0626.HK | Hong Kong | $328M | +58% | -7% | 1% | 0.33× | 4.0% | 1.3% |
| IndoStar Capital Finance INDOSTAR.NS | India | $329M | -15% | -2% | 4% | 0.82× | 14.6% | n/a |
| 7855 7855.TW | Taiwan | $325M | n/a | +2% | 14% | 1.18× | 4.0% | n/a |
| Sankyo Frontier 9639.T | Japan | $331M | +6% | +4% | 11% | 0.97× | 5.8% | 11.5% |
| Regional Management RM | United States | $324M | +3% | +8% | 13% | 0.87× | 9.3% | 12.6% |
| ASA International ASAI.L | United Kingdom | $332M | +28% | +25% | 45% | 1.69× | 30.5% | 44.9% |
| Shandong Hi-Speed 0412.HK | Hong Kong | $334M | -65% | -15% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| S&U SUS.L | United Kingdom | $319M | -1% | +6% | 10% | 0.94× | 9.6% | 9.7% |
| NHN KCP 060250.KS | South Korea | $316M | -42% | +21% | 19% | 1.37× | 10.6% | 18.9% |
| China Aircraft Leasing 1848.HK | Hong Kong | $340M | -11% | +19% | 8% | 0.57× | 6.3% | 8.4% |
| Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) MAB1.L | United Kingdom | $314M | -20% | +14% | 17% | 3.51× | 34.0% | 17.1% |
| Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. VI IPFX | United States | $343M | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.41× | 7.7% | n/a |
| Eightco ORBS | United States | $313M | -9% | -38% | -157% | 0.81× | 15.1% | -157.0% |
| Sanghvi Movers SANGHVIMOV.NS | India | $343M | +11% | +30% | 15% | 2.47× | 34.6% | n/a |
| Crescent Capital BDC CCAP | United States | $346M | -31% | -29% | 0% | 0.53× | 5.6% | -0.5% |
| Timbercreek Financial TF.TO | Canada | $310M | -21% | -5% | 4% | 0.67× | 6.6% | 3.8% |
| NewtekOne NEWT | United States | $309M | -25% | +24% | 14% | 0.84× | 10.3% | 14.5% |
| Waterstone Financial WSBF | United States | $357M | +6% | +5% | 9% | 1.02× | 8.8% | 8.7% |
| Better Home & Finance BETR | United States | $366M | -34% | +41% | -224% | 6.31× | 68.0% | -224.0% |
| GECOSS 9991.T | Japan | $376M | +9% | +5% | 9% | 0.83× | 6.1% | 8.8% |
| Capital Finance 8239.HK | Hong Kong | $380M | +111% | +31% | -76% | 133.31× | 990.3% | -75.7% |