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Ctbc Financial Holdings Company2891.TWCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Taiwan · TWD·Financials›Regional Banks

Taiwan's largest private-sector bank holding group, built around CTBC Bank, with a wide overseas branch network.

≈ Taiwan's largest private bank, like a smaller JPMorgan Chase for retail plus corporate banMomentum leader 93
Mkt cap
$43.7B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
79%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$96.1M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.06×
price to book
ROE
14.7%
delivered
Implied ROE
8.9%
what the price asks
Next earnings
18 days
24 Nov 2026
Close · TWDNT$73.40
1D-2.0%
1W-3.2%
1M+8.9%
3M+13.3%
6M+37.2%
YTD+46.2%
1Y+73.5%
ATR %3.3%
52w lowhigh4.5% off high

What Ctbc Financial does

Taiwan's largest private-sector bank holding group, built around CTBC Bank, with a wide overseas branch network.

Earns from the spread on loans and fees on credit cards, wealth products and foreign-exchange services; credit cards are a major business in Taiwan. It added insurance by buying Taiwan Life, now CTBC Life, and built its overseas branch network early, including by buying Tokyo Star Bank in Japan.

In one line: Taiwan's largest private bank, like a smaller JPMorgan Chase for retail plus corporate ban.

Products and services

  • Retail & corporate banking (CTBC Bank)
  • Credit cards
  • Life insurance (CTBC Life)
  • Overseas banking (US, Southeast Asia, Japan)

Customers

  • Retail depositors and borrowers
  • Credit-card holders
  • Corporate and overseas clients

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financial services
  • Banking
  • Retail, corporate & overseas banking

What could go right

  • Overseas banking expansion
  • Card/wealth fee income growth

What could go wrong

  • Credit-cycle risk across multiple geographies
  • FX/overseas regulatory exposure

Moat: narrow (scale, brand, distribution). Largest private-sector Taiwan bank by assets with an unusually broad overseas branch footprint.

Headquarters: Taipei, Taiwan · Founded: 2002 · Employees: 25,787

Named competitors

Ctbc Financial at a glance

Size Ctbc Financial (2891.TW) is a Taiwan Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $43.7B, the 9th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$73.40 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares gained 37.2%, against +8.2% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 3rd highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 8.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.3%); the operating margin is 31.2% (peer median 33.7%).

Valuation It trades at 2.06× book value against a peer median of 1.27× (3rd most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.9%; Ctbc Financial delivers 14.7%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 24 Nov 2026 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10012014011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 20262891.TW 134Peer median 109
Six months, rebased to 100: Ctbc Financial against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Ctbc Financial financials

Reported figures in TWD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueNT$518BNT$554BNT$546BNT$412BNT$417B
Revenue growth—+2%+32%-1%—
Net incomeNT$84.3BNT$80.6BNT$72.0BNT$56.1BNT$31.3B
Free cash flowNT$228BNT$122BNT$168BNT$25.7BNT$182B
Capital expenditureNT$7.01BNT$6.64BNT$4.92BNT$4.41BNT$4.28B
Total debtNT$713BNT$692BNT$633BNT$571BNT$463B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Ctbc Financial 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%-10%0%+10%CBKFITBBMPS600000105560ACA600919002142NUTFCMTB83086011667182601658FCNCACIBMB28802891.TW6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Ctbc Financial is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

10%15%10×20×30×CBKFITBBMPS600000105560ACA600919002142NUTFCMTB6011667182FCNCACIBMB2880CABK2891.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. Ctbc Financial is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%20%30%0%10%20%30%CBKFITBBMPS600000ACA600919002142NU8308601166CIBMB2880CABK2891.TWROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Ctbc Financial is the large dot.

Ctbc Financial competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (2891.TW vs 2886.TW vs 2887.TW vs 2884.TW)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Ctbc Financial 2891.TW$43.7B+37%+9%15%2.06×8.9%
Mega Financial 2886.TW$24.0B+37%+1%10%1.97×5.9%
Ts Financial 2887.TW$29.2B+62%+200%15%1.38×5.9%
E Sun Financial 2884.TW$25.2B+55%+36%15%2.70×7.6%
Fubon Financial Hldg 2881.TW$62.7B+66%+12%16%1.66×7.4%

How Ctbc Financial 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.

Ctbc Financial against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure2891.TWPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+8.9%+1.0%3rd highest of 21
6-month return+37.2%+8.2%3rd highest of 21
Return on equity14.7%10.5%5th highest of 21
Price / book2.06×1.27×3rd most expensive of 21
Trailing P/E17.3×12.2×5th most expensive of 20
ROE the price implies8.9%9.0%11th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered14.7%10.6%5th highest 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
Ctbc Financial 2891.TWTaiwan$43.7B+37%+9%15%2.06×8.9%14.7%
Commerzbank CBK.DEGermany$46.3B+4%-3%10%1.36×10.3%10.3%
Fifth Third Bancorp FITBUnited States$47.9B+8%+15%9%1.55×13.6%9.4%
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena BMPS.MIItaly$38.4B+19%+55%16%1.30×13.9%15.5%
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank 600000.SSChina$50.1B+8%-3%6%0.40×2.0%6.1%
KBFinancialGroup 105560.KSSouth Korea$37.5B-5%+32%10%0.99×5.6%n/a
Credit Agricole ACA.PAFrance$53.7B-8%-1%9%0.68×8.1%8.9%
Bank of Jiangsu 600919.SSChina$35.1B+13%+5%13%0.83×2.9%12.8%
Bank of Ningbo 002142.SZChina$34.0B+3%+3%13%0.92×7.0%13.3%
Nu Holdings Ltd. Class A NUUnited States$58.1B-13%+54%32%4.39×32.4%31.6%
Truist Financial TFCUnited States$59.2B+1%-5%8%1.06×9.6%8.2%
M&T Bank MTBUnited States$31.4B+3%0%11%1.24×9.3%10.6%
Resona 8308.TJapan$30.8B+9%+17%9%1.57×8.7%9.3%
Industrial Bank 601166.SSChina$62.6B+10%-4%9%0.49×2.2%9.2%
Japan Post Bank 7182.TJapan$65.5B+7%+39%7%1.11×8.3%6.6%
Postal Savings Bank of China 601658.SSChina$69.7B+9%-2%9%0.62×2.7%8.7%
First Citizens BancShares FCNCAUnited States$25.2B+16%0%11%1.29×9.3%11.0%
Grupo Cibest S.A. Unsponsored ADR Pfd CIBUnited States$24.7B+42%+7%19%1.97×14.4%18.9%
Mediobanca - Banca di Credito Finanziario MB.MIItaly$23.7B+26%+4%11%1.82×18.7%10.8%
Hua Nan Financial 2880.TWTaiwan$20.8B+50%-37%14%2.85×7.9%14.1%
CaixaBank CABK.MCSpain$91.9B+7%-2%16%2.05×13.3%16.5%

Questions

Who are Ctbc Financial's main competitors?
Named competitors: Mega Financial Holding (2886.TW), Taishin Financial Holding (2887.TW), E.Sun Financial Holdings (2884.TW), Fubon Financial Holding (2881.TW). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Commerzbank (CBK.DE), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI), Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (600000.SS), KBFinancialGroup (105560.KS), Credit Agricole (ACA.PA).
Is Ctbc Financial expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.06× against a peer median of 1.27×, 3rd most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 8.9%; Ctbc Financial delivers 14.7%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Ctbc Financial stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +37.2% against +8.2% for the median peer; over one year +73.5%.

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.