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National joint-stock commercial bank based in Tianjin, offering corporate and retail banking services across China.
National joint-stock commercial bank based in Tianjin, offering corporate and retail banking services across China.
Earns mainly on the gap between interest on loans, weighted toward companies, and the cost of deposits and borrowed funds. It is one of China's twelve national joint-stock banks, a tier below the state-owned big banks, and Standard Chartered was an early foreign strategic investor.
In one line: A mid-tier Chinese national commercial bank.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, distribution). National banking licence and branch network, though it is a smaller joint-stock bank relative to the "Big Four".
Headquarters: Tianjin, China · Founded: 2006 · Employees: 14,170
Size CHINA BOHAI BANK (9668.HK) is a Hong Kong Financials company (Major Banks) with a market value of $1.67B, the 462nd largest of 891 Hong Kong companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at HK$0.73 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 22.6%, against +10.5% for the median peer and -13.4% for the Hong Kong market (cap-weighted) — 2nd lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 5.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +14.2%); the operating margin is 22.7% (peer median 28.6%).
Valuation It trades at 0.10× book value against a peer median of 0.98× (cheapest of 21).
Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 3.4%; CHINA BOHAI BANK delivers 5.5%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | HK$65.2B | HK$65.9B | HK$71.4B | HK$75.9B | HK$77.1B |
| Revenue growth | — | -8% | -6% | -2% | — |
| Net income | HK$6.56B | HK$5.96B | HK$5.70B | HK$5.61B | HK$7.10B |
| Free cash flow | HK$33.6B | HK$18.1B | -HK$2.39B | HK$5.45B | HK$13.1B |
| Capital expenditure | HK$516M | HK$470M | HK$610M | HK$662M | HK$1.01B |
| Total debt | n/a | HK$747B | HK$696B | HK$750B | HK$768B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHINA BOHAI BANK 9668.HK | $1.67B | -23% | -5% | 6% | 0.10× | 3.4% |
| 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% |
| Bank of Communications 3328.HK | $107B | +19% | +3% | 8% | 0.55× | 4.8% |
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.
| Measure | 9668.HK | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | 0.0% | -0.1% | 11th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -22.6% | +10.5% | 2nd lowest of 20 |
| Return on equity | 5.5% | 9.3% | 3rd lowest of 21 |
| Price / book | 0.10× | 0.98× | cheapest of 21 |
| Trailing P/E | 2.1× | 12.5× | cheapest of 20 |
| ROE the price implies | 3.4% | 8.2% | 2nd least demanding of 21 |
| ROE delivered | 5.5% | 10.5% | 3rd lowest of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | ROE | Price / book | Implied ROE | Delivered ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHINA BOHAI BANK 9668.HK | Hong Kong | $1.67B | -23% | -5% | 6% | 0.10× | 3.4% | 5.5% |
| Hope Bancorp HOPE | United States | $1.68B | +6% | +7% | 6% | 0.75× | 7.6% | 5.9% |
| QCR QCRH | United States | $1.64B | +11% | +3% | 13% | 1.43× | 10.9% | 12.7% |
| Inter & INTR | United States | $1.70B | -40% | +51% | 16% | 0.84× | 8.8% | 15.5% |
| South Indian Bank SOUTHBANK.NS | India | $1.60B | +38% | +5% | 14% | 1.25× | 18.3% | 13.9% |
| Pathward Financial CASH | United States | $1.58B | -12% | -1% | 21% | 1.93× | 12.8% | 20.9% |
| iM Financial 139130.KS | South Korea | $1.76B | -20% | +24% | 8% | 0.46× | 4.2% | n/a |
| Esquire Financial ESQ | United States | $1.57B | +21% | +33% | 11% | 2.00× | 10.2% | 10.5% |
| FirstSun Capital Bancorp FSUN | United States | $1.77B | +5% | +45% | 4% | 0.98× | 6.3% | 4.2% |
| Hyakujushi Bank 8386.T | Japan | $1.78B | +4% | +22% | 6% | 0.72× | 6.7% | 5.6% |
| Punjab & Sind Bank PSB.NS | India | $1.52B | -22% | +3% | 11% | 0.99× | 14.8% | 10.7% |
| Happen HAPN | United States | $1.84B | n/a | +26% | 14% | 1.16× | 14.5% | 13.8% |
| Far Eastern International Bank 2845.TW | Taiwan | $1.88B | +4% | +5% | 7% | 0.87× | 3.2% | 7.4% |
| Avarda Bank AVARDA.ST | Sweden | $1.47B | +42% | +22% | 26% | 4.29× | 23.7% | 26.0% |
| SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge NONG.OL | Norway | $1.96B | +26% | -4% | 8% | 0.93× | 6.6% | 7.7% |
| Senshu Ikeda Holdings,Inc 8714.T | Japan | $1.41B | -14% | +29% | 8% | 0.88× | 6.0% | 8.0% |
| City CHCO | United States | $1.99B | +15% | +3% | 16% | 2.55× | 13.9% | 16.4% |
| Seven Bank 8410.T | Japan | $2.09B | +28% | +3% | 6% | 1.41× | 5.7% | 6.3% |
| Toho Bank 8346.T | Japan | $1.32B | +24% | +30% | 7% | 0.92× | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| OFG Bancorp OFG | United States | $2.15B | +10% | +2% | 17% | 1.60× | 12.0% | 16.6% |
| Awa Bank 8388.T | Japan | $2.15B | +94% | +23% | 5% | 0.80× | 5.3% | 4.7% |