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Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. Class A603323.SSCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

China · CNY·Financials›Regional Banks

Rural commercial bank based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, offering retail and SME banking in one of China's richest prefecture-level cities.

≈ A tiny US community bank confined to one wealthy Chinese cityMomentum leader 82
Mkt cap
$1.50B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
95%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$29.1M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.49×
price to book
ROE
10.7%
delivered
Implied ROE
2.3%
what the price asks
Next earnings
174 days
29 Apr 2027
Close · CNYCN¥4.49
1D+1.4%
1W+1.4%
1M-1.1%
3M0.0%
6M-0.6%
YTD-2.2%
1Y-7.3%
ATR %2.2%
52w lowhigh8.9% off high

What Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank does

Rural commercial bank based in Suzhou, Jiangsu, offering retail and SME banking in one of China's richest prefecture-level cities.

Earns mostly from the gap between interest on loans and the cost of deposits, lending largely inside Suzhou to small firms and farm-related borrowers, with fees from wealth-management products as a smaller line. It operates only locally, so its results track the Suzhou economy.

In one line: A tiny US community bank confined to one wealthy Chinese city.

Products and services

  • Retail deposits
  • SME loans
  • Agricultural/village loans
  • Wealth management

Customers

  • Local households in Suzhou
  • Small and micro enterprises
  • Agricultural businesses

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Banking
  • Rural/county commercial banking

What could go right

  • Suzhou's dense SME manufacturing base

What could go wrong

  • Competition from bigger city commercial banks
  • Thin margins

Moat: narrow (distribution, regulatory licence). Entrenched branch network in a wealthy city, inherited from a former rural credit cooperative.

Headquarters: Suzhou, China · Employees: 1,967

Named competitors

Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank at a glance

Size Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank (603323.SS) is a China Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $1.50B, the 1638th largest of 4,839 China companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at CN¥4.49 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 0.6%, against +0.7% for the median peer and -16.4% for the China market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 7.2% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.1%); the operating margin is 55.3% (peer median 31.5%).

Valuation It trades at 0.49× book value against a peer median of 0.97× (3rd cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.3%; Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank delivers 10.7%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 29 Apr 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 102603323.SS 100
Six months, rebased to 100: Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank financials

Reported figures in CNY; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueCN¥7.26BCN¥7.57BCN¥7.95BCN¥7.63BCN¥7.10B
Revenue growth—-5%+4%+8%—
Net incomeCN¥2.08BCN¥2.04BCN¥1.94BCN¥1.74BCN¥1.50B
Free cash flow-CN¥488MCN¥971M-CN¥2.15B-CN¥132MCN¥2.83B
Capital expenditureCN¥118MCN¥164MCN¥179MCN¥191MCN¥209M
Total debtCN¥28.5BCN¥27.7BCN¥24.0BCN¥26.7BCN¥23.5B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-20%-10%0%+10%+20%-20%-10%0%LKFNAMAL1578833627957073812596J&KBANKTMPLOB8544BHRBRBCAA601528601860PEBOTMB002839WABCNBHC603323.SS6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%7.5%10%12.5%15%0.50×10×1.50×LKFNAMAL157883362795707381J&KBANKTMPLOB8544BHRBRBCAA601528601860PEBOTMB002839WABCNBHC603323.SSReturn 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. Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

5%10%15%20%10%20%LKFNAMAL1578833673812596J&KBANKTMPLOB8544BHRBRBCAA601528601860PEBO002839WABCNBHC603323.SSROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank is the large dot.

Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (603323.SS vs 002966.SZ vs 002839.SZ vs 600919.SS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank 603323.SS$1.50B-1%-7%11%0.49×2.3%
Bank of Suzhou 002966.SZ$6.41B+12%+5%11%0.79×2.8%
Jiangsu Zhangjiagang Rural Commercial Bank 002839.SZ$1.61B-4%-10%11%0.54×2.6%
Bank of Jiangsu 600919.SS$35.1B+13%+5%13%0.83×2.9%
Agricultural Bank of China 601288.SS$375B+5%-4%11%0.88×3.0%

How Jiangsu Suzhou Rural 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.

Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure603323.SSPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-1.1%-1.7%10th highest of 21
6-month return-0.6%+0.7%11th highest of 21
Return on equity10.7%10.2%9th highest of 21
Price / book0.49×0.97×3rd cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E4.8×11.8×2nd cheapest of 19
ROE the price implies2.3%7.8%least demanding of 21
ROE delivered10.7%10.5%9th 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
Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank 603323.SSChina$1.50B-1%-7%11%0.49×2.3%10.7%
Lakeland Financial LKFNUnited States$1.51B-1%+2%15%2.07×14.8%15.4%
Amalgamated Financial AMALUnited States$1.47B+18%+12%15%1.77×13.0%15.3%
Bank of Tianjin 1578.HKHong Kong$1.52B-22%-4%5%0.14×3.3%5.2%
Musashino Bank 8336.TJapan$1.47B-3%+31%6%0.82×6.0%5.8%
K Bank 279570.KSSouth Korea$1.53B-18%0%6%0.93×5.3%n/a
CCI 7381.TJapan$1.44B+7%+49%7%0.83×4.1%7.1%
Yibin City Commercial Bank 2596.HKHong Kong$1.55B+2%+6%6%0.91×5.1%5.5%
Jammu & Kashmir Bank J&KBANK.NSIndia$1.44B-12%+6%15%0.77×12.1%14.5%
Tompkins Financial TMPUnited States$1.43B+16%-15%21%1.52×11.5%20.9%
Live Oak Bancshares LOBUnited States$1.57B-10%+9%11%1.30×17.1%11.1%
Keiyo Bank 8544.TJapan$1.58B-1%+19%6%0.78×6.9%5.7%
Burke Herbert Financial Services BHRBUnited States$1.41B+10%+14%10%1.23×7.1%10.5%
Republic Bancorp RBCAAUnited States$1.59B+17%-2%12%1.52×10.1%11.5%
Zhejiang Shaoxing Ruifeng Rural Commercial Bank 601528.SSChina$1.60B+4%-8%10%0.51×3.4%9.9%
Jiangsu Zijin Rural Commercial Bank 601860.SSChina$1.39B-6%-9%6%0.43×2.9%5.7%
Peoples Bancorp PEBOUnited States$1.39B+12%0%10%1.13×8.5%10.0%
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank TMB.NSIndia$1.39B+11%+18%16%1.22×14.6%15.6%
Jiangsu Zhangjiagang Rural Commercial Bank 002839.SZChina$1.61B-4%-10%11%0.54×2.6%10.6%
Westamerica Bancorporation WABCUnited States$1.38B+9%-4%13%1.75×11.3%12.9%
National Bank NBHCUnited States$1.63B-14%+14%4%1.01×9.0%3.6%

Questions

Who are Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: Bank of Suzhou (002966.SZ), Jiangsu Zhangjiagang Rural Commercial Bank (002839.SZ), Bank of Jiangsu (600919.SS), Agricultural Bank of China (601288.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Amalgamated Financial (AMAL), Bank of Tianjin (1578.HK), Musashino Bank (8336.T), K Bank (279570.KS), CCI (7381.T).
Is Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.49× against a peer median of 0.97×, 3rd cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.3%; Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank delivers 10.7%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Jiangsu Suzhou Rural Commercial Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -0.6% against +0.7% for the median peer; over one year -7.3%.

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.