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China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd. Class H6818.HKCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Hong Kong · HKD·Financials›Major Banks

National joint-stock commercial bank offering retail and corporate banking, part of China Everbright Group.

≈ A mid-sized Chinese national commercial bankMomentum strong 63
Mkt cap
$26.6B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
25%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$5.15M
20-day average traded
P/B
0.28×
price to book
ROE
5.5%
delivered
Implied ROE
3.9%
what the price asks
Next earnings
133 days
19 Mar 2027
Close · HKDHK$2.84
1D-0.5%
1W+3.8%
1M+1.6%
3M-7.3%
6M-9.8%
YTD-22.0%
1Y-17.0%
ATR %2.1%
52w lowhigh26.8% off high

What China Everbright Bank does

National joint-stock commercial bank offering retail and corporate banking, part of China Everbright Group.

Earns mostly from the gap between lending and deposit rates, with credit cards and wealth-management fees the main fee lines. These are the Hong Kong-listed H shares of the same bank as the Shanghai line; Central Huijin and China Everbright Group are its largest shareholders.

In one line: A mid-sized Chinese national commercial bank.

Products and services

  • Corporate lending
  • Retail banking/cards
  • Wealth management
  • Treasury/interbank

Customers

  • Corporate borrowers
  • Retail depositors and cardholders

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Financials
  • Banking
  • Retail & corporate commercial banking

What could go right

  • Net interest margin stabilization
  • Fee-income (wealth/cards) growth

What could go wrong

  • Property-sector loan asset quality risk
  • Margin compression from rate cuts

Moat: narrow (scale, regulatory licence, distribution). National banking licence and branch network, but limited differentiation among peers.

Headquarters: Beijing, China · Founded: 1992 · Employees: 48,483

Named competitors

China Everbright Bank at a glance

Size China Everbright Bank (6818.HK) is a Hong Kong Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $26.6B, the 60th largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$2.84 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 9.8%, against +2.6% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 4th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 3.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is 30.0% (peer median 37.6%).

Valuation It trades at 0.28× book value against a peer median of 1.34× (2nd cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 3.9%; China Everbright Bank delivers 5.5%, 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

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 1066818.HK 91
Six months, rebased to 100: China Everbright Bank against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

China Everbright Bank financials

Reported figures in HKD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueHK$266BHK$270BHK$299BHK$321BHK$328B
Revenue growth—-10%-7%-2%—
Net incomeHK$34.4BHK$40.1BHK$43.2BHK$45.1BHK$52.1B
Free cash flowHK$108BHK$143BHK$85.5BHK$118BHK$145B
Capital expenditureHK$8.37BHK$8.15BHK$10.2BHK$5.70BHK$5.43B
Total debtHK$2.78THK$2.68THK$2.40THK$2.30THK$2.06T

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

China Everbright 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%+40%-10%0%+10%CFG8309BBDBAP2884055550RF2886BPE601009BAMIHBAN086790KEY1988SHB-A000001BCHPKOSAB6818.HK6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. China Everbright Bank is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%20%10×20×CFG8309BBDBAP2884055550RF2886BPE601009BAMIHBAN0867901988SHB-A000001BCHPKOSAB6818.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. China Everbright Bank is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%10%20%30%CFG8309BBDBAP2884RF2886BPE601009BAMIHBAN1988SHB-A000001BCHPKOSAB6818.HKROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. China Everbright Bank is the large dot.

China Everbright Bank competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (6818.HK vs 1988.HK vs 2016.HK vs 3698.HK)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
China Everbright Bank 6818.HK$26.6B-10%-3%5%0.28×3.9%
China Minsheng Banking 1988.HK$21.9B-13%-5%4%0.20×3.8%
China Zheshang Bank 2016.HK$11.5B-3%+1%7%0.31×3.9%
Huishang Bank 3698.HK$8.31B-8%+1%11%0.36×3.8%
Industrial Bank 601166.SS$62.6B+10%-4%9%0.49×2.2%

How China Everbright 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.

China Everbright Bank against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
Measure6818.HKPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+1.6%0.0%9th highest of 21
6-month return-9.8%+2.6%4th lowest of 21
Return on equity5.5%11.6%3rd lowest of 21
Price / book0.28×1.34×2nd cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E5.3×11.9×2nd cheapest of 20
ROE the price implies3.9%9.6%4th least demanding of 21
ROE delivered5.5%12.1%3rd lowest of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
China Everbright Bank 6818.HKHong Kong$26.6B-10%-3%5%0.28×3.9%5.5%
Citizens Financial CFGUnited States$26.5B-1%+4%9%1.16×11.5%8.9%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Gp 8309.TJapan$27.4B+38%+5%11%1.18×7.5%10.9%
Banco Bradesco SA Sponsored ADR Pfd BBDUnited States$27.5B-32%+29%14%0.71×6.2%14.2%
Credicorp BAPUnited States$27.6B+5%+24%21%2.47×17.9%20.6%
E Sun Financial 2884.TWTaiwan$25.2B+55%+36%15%2.70×7.6%14.7%
ShinhanGroup 055550.KSSouth Korea$29.2B-13%+32%9%0.78×5.2%n/a
Regions Financial RFUnited States$24.1B+2%+1%12%1.46×13.2%12.4%
Mega Financial 2886.TWTaiwan$24.0B+37%+1%10%1.97×5.9%10.0%
BPER Banca BPE.MIItaly$30.4B+2%+15%15%1.49×18.6%14.9%
Bank of Nanjing 601009.SSChina$22.8B+5%+6%12%0.77×2.8%11.9%
Banco BPM BAMI.MIItaly$22.8B+1%-4%12%1.30×13.5%12.5%
Huntington Bancshares HBANUnited States$31.2B-3%+24%9%1.06×10.2%9.1%
Hanafinancialgr 086790.KSSouth Korea$22.5B-7%+39%10%0.79×5.3%n/a
KeyCorp KEYUnited States$22.0B-3%+9%11%1.39×13.1%11.2%
China Minsheng Banking 1988.HKHong Kong$21.9B-13%-5%4%0.20×3.8%4.2%
Svenska Handelsbanken SHB-A.STSweden$32.6B+23%-14%12%1.68×9.0%12.2%
Ping An Bank 000001.SZChina$34.4B+3%-9%9%0.48×3.6%9.0%
Banco de Chile Sponsored ADR BCHUnited States$19.6B+7%+4%22%3.15×13.6%21.8%
PKO Bank Polski PKO.WAPoland$36.5B+18%-2%20%2.56×31.9%20.1%
Banco de Sabadell SAB.MCSpain$19.2B+8%-35%5%1.40×15.5%5.1%

Questions

Who are China Everbright Bank's main competitors?
Named competitors: China Minsheng Bank (1988.HK), China Zheshang Bank (2016.HK), Huishang Bank (3698.HK), Industrial Bank (601166.SS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Citizens Financial (CFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Gp (8309.T), Banco Bradesco SA Sponsored ADR Pfd (BBD), Credicorp (BAP), E Sun Financial (2884.TW), ShinhanGroup (055550.KS).
Is China Everbright Bank expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.28× against a peer median of 1.34×, 2nd cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 3.9%; China Everbright Bank delivers 5.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has China Everbright Bank stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -9.8% against +2.6% for the median peer; over one year -17.0%.

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.