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Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, Ltd.2801.TWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Financials›Regional Banks

One of Taiwan's oldest commercial banks, offering retail and corporate banking with a large domestic branch network.

≈ A traditional, old-line Taiwan commercial bankMomentum leader 92
Mkt cap
$10.2B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
57%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$19.7M
20-day average traded
P/B
1.46×
price to book
ROE
9.2%
delivered
Implied ROE
4.7%
what the price asks
Close · TWDNT$27.90
1D-2.8%
1W-9.1%
1M+2.6%
3M+13.5%
6M+34.1%
YTD+36.4%
1Y+38.1%
ATR %3.1%
52w lowhigh10.4% off high

What Chang Hwa Commercial Bank does

One of Taiwan's oldest commercial banks, offering retail and corporate banking with a large domestic branch network.

Earns most of its income from the gap between what it pays depositors and charges borrowers, with fees on wealth products a smaller line. Its business is largely domestic, so results follow Taiwan's credit growth and interest-rate cycle.

In one line: A traditional, old-line Taiwan commercial bank.

Products and services

  • Retail banking
  • Corporate/SME banking
  • Wealth management

Customers

  • Retail depositors and borrowers
  • SME/corporate clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Banking
  • Retail & corporate banking

What could go right

  • Taiwan credit growth
  • Rate cycle

What could go wrong

  • Credit-cycle risk
  • Competitive Taiwan banking margins

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, installed base). Long operating history and dense branch network in Taiwan's competitive but licence-controlled banking market.

Headquarters: Taichung, Taiwan · Founded: 1905 · Employees: 6,950

Named competitors

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank at a glance

Size Chang Hwa Commercial Bank (2801.TW) is a Taiwan Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $10.2B, the 55th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$27.90 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 34.1%, against +5.2% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 3.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.0%); the operating margin is 44.8% (peer median 40.8%).

Valuation It trades at 1.46× book value against a peer median of 1.21× (8th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 4.7%; Chang Hwa Commercial Bank delivers 9.2%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20262801.TW 133Peer median 105
Six months, rebased to 100: Chang Hwa Commercial Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$103BNT$99.8BNT$97.5BNT$81.9BNT$50.8B
Revenue growth—+2%+19%+61%—
Net incomeNT$20.0BNT$17.8BNT$14.9BNT$13.0BNT$11.0B
Free cash flow-NT$4.84BNT$22.4BNT$552MNT$26.5BNT$15.6B
Capital expenditureNT$1.50BNT$1.72BNT$1.30BNT$1.03BNT$1.51B
Total debtNT$458BNT$393BNT$288BNT$175BNT$107B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank 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%-20%-10%0%WTFC83315831BPOPCFRFHN8303024110CBC3618COLB000617WAL601838LUKNCBSH588058762801.TW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Chang Hwa Commercial Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

7.5%10%12.5%15%10×20×WTFC83315831BPOPCFRFHN8303024110CBC3618COLBPB000617WAL601838LUKNCBSH58802801.TWReturn 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. Chang Hwa Commercial Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%5%10%15%WTFC83315831BPOPCFRFHN71868303CBC3618COLBPB000617WAL601838CBSH58762801.TWROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Chang Hwa Commercial Bank is the large dot.

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2801.TW vs 2880.TW vs 2892.TW vs 5880.TW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Chang Hwa Commercial Bank 2801.TW$10.2B+34%+3%9%1.46×4.7%
Hua Nan Financial 2880.TW$20.8B+50%-37%14%2.85×7.9%
First Financial 2892.TW$17.8B+44%+5%11%1.95×5.8%
Taiwan Cooperative Financial Hl 5880.TW$13.6B+22%-3%9%1.55×4.8%
Sinopac Financial Hldgs 2890.TW$19.3B+36%+31%16%2.34×7.7%

How Chang Hwa Commercial Bank 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.

Chang Hwa Commercial Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2801.TWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.6%+2.5%11th highest of 21
6-month return+34.1%+5.2%3rd highest of 21
Return on equity9.2%9.2%11th highest of 21
Price / book1.46×1.21×8th most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E17.0×14.4×4th most expensive of 20
ROE the price implies4.7%8.1%5th least demanding of 20
ROE delivered9.2%9.5%10th 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
Chang Hwa Commercial Bank 2801.TWTaiwan$10.2B+34%+3%9%1.46×4.7%9.2%
Wintrust Financial WTFCUnited States$10.2B0%+6%13%1.49×12.2%12.9%
Chiba Bank 8331.TJapan$10.3B+9%+31%8%1.28×6.9%8.3%
Shizuoka Financial 5831.TJapan$10.0B+6%+18%8%1.21×10.5%8.2%
Popular BPOPUnited States$9.83B+5%+4%17%1.58×11.1%16.6%
Cullen/Frost Bankers CFRUnited States$9.65B+12%+2%16%2.52×14.2%16.2%
First Horizon FHNUnited States$10.9B-6%-8%8%1.34×9.7%8.0%
Yokohama Financial 7186.TJapan$11.1B+7%+21%8%1.21×8.1%8.0%
SBI Shinsei Bank 8303.TJapan$9.20B-11%+27%10%1.15×4.7%9.9%
IBK 024110.KSSouth Korea$11.4B-14%+28%8%0.49×4.2%n/a
Central Bancompany CBCUnited States$9.04B+38%+10%13%2.35×10.9%12.6%
Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank 3618.HKHong Kong$11.5B-4%+4%9%0.44×4.1%9.5%
Columbia Banking System COLBUnited States$8.62B+1%+22%11%1.19×9.3%11.2%
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.(R) PBUnited States$8.60B+4%+19%6%0.88×7.5%6.5%
CNPC Capital 000617.SZChina$12.3B-31%-14%5%0.76×7.9%4.6%
Western Alliance Bancorp WALUnited States$8.13B-8%+8%13%1.11×12.9%13.2%
Bank of Chengdu 601838.SSChina$12.8B+5%+2%15%0.92×3.1%15.1%
Luzerner Kantonalbank LUKN.SWSwitzerland$7.86B+28%-3%9%1.76×n/a8.9%
Commerce Bancshares CBSHUnited States$7.82B+6%+9%15%1.87×12.1%14.9%
Taiwan Cooperative Financial Hl 5880.TWTaiwan$13.6B+22%-3%9%1.55×4.8%8.9%
Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank 5876.TWTaiwan$7.56B+34%-17%9%1.17×4.0%8.6%

Questions

Who are Chang Hwa Commercial Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Hua Nan Financial Holding (2880.TW), First Financial Holding (2892.TW), Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding (5880.TW), SinoPac Financial Holdings (2890.TW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Wintrust Financial (WTFC), Chiba Bank (8331.T), Shizuoka Financial (5831.T), Popular (BPOP), Cullen/Frost Bankers (CFR), First Horizon (FHN).
Is Chang Hwa Commercial Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 1.46× against a peer median of 1.21×, 8th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 4.7%; Chang Hwa Commercial Bank delivers 9.2%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Chang Hwa Commercial Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +34.1% against +5.2% for the median peer; over one year +38.1%.

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.