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PICC Property & Casualty Co., Ltd. Class H2328.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Financials›Property/Casualty Insurance

China's largest property-and-casualty insurer, dominant in auto insurance, part of the PICC Group.

≈ China's largest P&C insurer, akin to a state-run Allstate/ProgressiveMomentum leader 90
Mkt cap
$48.9B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
100%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$85.6M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.09×
price to book
ROE
16.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
5.8%
what the price asks
Next earnings
133 days
19 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$17.25
1D-0.3%
1W+6.0%
1M+10.9%
3M+8.2%
6M+16.0%
YTD+5.4%
1Y-10.8%
ATR %2.8%
52w lowhigh12.4% off high

What PICC Property & Casualty does

China's largest property-and-casualty insurer, dominant in auto insurance, part of the PICC Group.

Collects premiums, mostly on car insurance, and invests the money until claims are paid, so profit is underwriting results plus investment income. It is a majority-owned subsidiary of the PICC Group, which holds the group's life, health and asset-management businesses, and it also writes government-supported farm insurance.

In one line: China's largest P&C insurer, akin to a state-run Allstate/Progressive.

Products and services

  • Auto insurance
  • Non-auto commercial/property insurance
  • Agricultural insurance
  • Liability insurance

Customers

  • Retail auto/property policyholders
  • Commercial/corporate insureds

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Insurance
  • Property & casualty insurance

What could go right

  • Auto insurance premium growth
  • Investment income recovery

What could go wrong

  • Auto insurance price competition
  • Catastrophe/weather-loss volatility

Moat: narrow (scale, brand, distribution). Largest domestic distribution network and brand trust in auto and property insurance.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Founded: 1949 · Employees: 165,656

Named competitors

PICC Property & Casualty at a glance

Size PICC Property & Casualty (2328.HK) is a Hong Kong Financials company (Property/Casualty Insurance) with a market value of $48.9B, the 35th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$17.25 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 16.0%, against +17.7% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 18 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 9.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +2.0%); the operating margin is 9.7% (peer median 15.3%).

Valuation It trades at 1.09× book value against a peer median of 1.98× (3rd cheapest of 18).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 5.8%; PICC Property & Casualty delivers 16.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 19 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1182328.HK 116
Six months, rebased to 100: PICC Property & Casualty against the median of its 17 peers (local-currency closes).

PICC Property & Casualty financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$613BHK$582BHK$547BHK$528BHK$513B
Revenue growth—+6%+4%+3%—
Net incomeHK$54.2BHK$43.8BHK$34.9BHK$27.2BHK$33.9B
Free cash flowHK$67.3BHK$63.8BHK$54.7BHK$42.2BHK$65.8B
Capital expenditureHK$3.91BHK$3.73BHK$3.45BHK$3.02BHK$6.47B
Total debtn/aHK$88.0BHK$65.3BHK$54.7BHK$57.6B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

PICC Property & Casualty 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%+10%+20%+30%0%+10%+20%FFHHIGTRVSAMPOQBEMKL8766LCB000810ADMEGAIZIAGRNRERIE2328.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. PICC Property & Casualty is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%20%30%40%2.50×50×7.50×FFHHIGTRVSAMPOQBEMKL8766L000810ADMEGAIZIAGAFGERIE2328.HKReturn 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. PICC Property & Casualty is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%40%20%40%FFHHIGTRVSAMPOMKL8766LCB000810ADMAIZIAGERIE2328.HKROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. PICC Property & Casualty is the large dot.

PICC Property & Casualty competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2328.HK vs 2318.HK vs 2601.HK vs 1339.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
PICC Property & Casualty 2328.HK$48.9B+16%+9%17%1.09×5.8%
Ping An 2318.HK$138B-17%-8%10%0.79×9.7%
China Pacific Insurance (Group) 2601.HK$42.5B-22%+9%14%0.69×8.4%
People's Insurance Co. (Group) of China 1339.HK$46.1B-2%+11%18%0.60×5.6%

How PICC Property & Casualty 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.

PICC Property & Casualty against its 17 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2328.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+10.9%+9.7%6th highest of 18
6-month return+16.0%+17.7%7th lowest of 18
Return on equity16.5%15.8%8th highest of 18
Price / book1.09×1.98×3rd cheapest of 18
Trailing P/E7.1×12.8×cheapest of 18
ROE the price implies5.8%11.3%2nd least demanding of 18
ROE delivered16.5%15.7%7th highest of 17

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
PICC Property & Casualty 2328.HKHong Kong$48.9B+16%+9%17%1.09×5.8%16.5%
Fairfax Financial FFH.TOCanada$42.7B+21%-1%16%1.40×7.0%15.8%
Hartford (The) HIGUnited States$35.8B+1%+4%23%1.94×11.3%22.7%
Travelers Companies (The) TRVUnited States$81.0B+33%+1%28%2.79×13.9%27.5%
Sampo SAMPO.HEFinland$29.1B+10%+2%16%3.60×11.3%16.5%
QBE Insurance QBE.AXAustralia$27.7B+19%+3%19%2.37×11.3%19.1%
Markel MKLUnited States$23.7B+7%-1%10%1.28×9.2%9.6%
Tokio Marine 8766.TJapan$105B+35%0%12%1.98×6.7%11.8%
Loews LUnited States$22.2B+5%+3%8%1.22×8.3%8.1%
Chubb CBUnited States$139B+15%+6%15%1.91×9.4%15.5%
SamsungF&MIns 000810.KSSouth Korea$17.2B+31%+5%8%0.71×4.8%8.1%
Admiral ADM.LUnited Kingdom$16.1B+23%0%46%8.04×33.5%45.6%
Everest EGUnited States$15.2B+18%-9%13%1.08×6.6%12.8%
Assurant AIZUnited States$15.1B+29%+9%44%2.60×14.6%44.2%
Insurance Australia IAG.AXAustralia$14.4B+17%+9%14%2.87×13.1%14.0%
RenaissanceRe RNRUnited States$14.0B+16%-21%13%1.34×7.5%13.4%
American Financial AFGUnited States$12.8B+18%+3%18%2.67×15.1%n/a
Erie Indemnity ERIEUnited States$12.7B+26%+2%24%4.98×19.7%23.7%

Questions

Who are PICC Property & Casualty's main competitors?
Named competitors: Ping An Property & Casualty (2318.HK), China Pacific Insurance (2601.HK), PICC Group (1339.HK). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Fairfax Financial (FFH.TO), Hartford (The) (HIG), Travelers Companies (The) (TRV), Sampo (SAMPO.HE), QBE Insurance (QBE.AX), Markel (MKL).
Is PICC Property & Casualty expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.09× against a peer median of 1.98×, 3rd cheapest of 18 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 5.8%; PICC Property & Casualty delivers 16.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has PICC Property & Casualty stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +16.0% against +17.7% for the median peer; over one year -10.8%.

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.