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Hong Leong Finance LimitedS41.SICompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

Singapore · SGD·Financials›Regional Banks
Momentum strong 78
Mkt cap
$846M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
46%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$86,576
20-day average traded
P/B
0.51×
price to book
ROE
3.1%
delivered
Implied ROE
2.5%
what the price asks
Next earnings
110 days
24 Feb 2027
Close · SGDS$2.40
1D-0.4%
1W+0.4%
1M-0.8%
3M-4.0%
6M-5.1%
YTD-8.4%
1Y-8.4%
ATR %0.7%
52w lowhigh14.3% off high

What Hong Leong Finance does

Employees: 636

Hong Leong Finance at a glance

Size Hong Leong Finance (S41.SI) is a Singapore Financials company (Regional Banks) with a market value of $846M, the 81st largest of 186 Singapore companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at S$2.40 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.1%, against +6.8% for the median peer and -1.2% for the Singapore market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue fell 27.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +9.6%); the operating margin is 40.5% (peer median 35.4%).

Valuation It trades at 0.51× book value against a peer median of 1.11× (4th cheapest of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.5%; Hong Leong Finance delivers 3.1%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.

Next results Next results expected around 24 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

10011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 109S41.SI 95
Six months, rebased to 100: Hong Leong Finance against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Hong Leong Finance financials

Reported figures in SGD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
RevenueS$395MS$460MS$602MS$579MS$354M
Revenue growth—-24%+4%+64%—
Net incomeS$65.5MS$62.7MS$104MS$93.4MS$131M
Free cash flowS$110MS$194MS$113MS$145MS$179M
Capital expenditureS$4.47MS$3.79MS$1.87MS$2.94MS$1.43M
Total debtn/aS$41.0MS$45.3MS$58.8MS$63.9M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Hong Leong Finance 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

-20%0%+20%-20%0%TKBP83458387FCBCCCBGORRF7350GSBCMPBSMBKPGCIBCPCBG1983AGBKFISI2849S41.SI6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Hong Leong Finance is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

0%10%20%30%0.50×10×1.50×TKBP83458387FCBCRCBCCCBGORRF7350GSBCMPBSMBKPGCSPFICBG1983FISI2849S41.SIReturn 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. Hong Leong Finance is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

0%10%0%10%83458387FCBCRCBCCCBGORRF7350GSBCSMBKPGCSPFICBG19832849S41.SIROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Hong Leong Finance is the large dot.

Hong Leong Finance competitors and peer comparison

How Hong Leong Finance 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.

Hong Leong Finance against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureS41.SIPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-0.8%+0.8%9th lowest of 21
6-month return-5.1%+6.8%5th lowest of 20
Return on equity3.1%10.2%2nd lowest of 20
Price / book0.51×1.11×4th cheapest of 21
Trailing P/E16.5×11.6×most expensive of 19
ROE the price implies2.5%8.4%least demanding of 19
ROE delivered3.1%10.2%2nd 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
Hong Leong Finance S41.SISingapore$846M-5%-27%3%0.51×2.5%3.1%
Thurgauer Kantonalbank TKBP.SWSwitzerland$838M-6%-11%6%0.23×n/a5.6%
Bank of Iwate 8345.TJapan$857M-6%+24%5%0.64×5.7%5.2%
Shikoku Bank 8387.TJapan$857M+26%+36%10%0.68×5.4%9.6%
First Community Bankshares FCBCUnited States$860M+4%+9%12%1.58×9.9%11.8%
River City Bank RCBCUnited States$832Mn/a+1%16%1.38×7.6%15.9%
Capital City Bank CCBGUnited States$861M+7%0%11%1.50×8.4%11.3%
Orrstown Financial Services ORRFUnited States$862M+18%+1%15%1.42×10.5%14.8%
Okinawa Financial 7350.TJapan$865M+14%+21%8%0.83×6.3%7.7%
Great Southern Bancorp GSBCUnited States$868M+16%-10%10%1.42×9.3%10.2%
Mid Penn Bancorp MPBUnited States$873M+5%+18%8%0.97×7.2%8.4%
SmartFinancial SMBKUnited States$816M+13%+10%11%1.40×10.8%11.1%
Peapack-Gladstone Financial PGCUnited States$814M+7%+11%9%1.10×9.1%8.9%
Independent Bank IBCPUnited States$802M+5%+3%14%1.39×10.6%13.5%
South Plains Financial SPFIUnited States$800M+4%+10%13%1.28×8.4%12.6%
NB Bancorp NBBKUnited States$902M+10%+36%8%1.13×6.8%8.4%
Close Brothers CBG.LUnited Kingdom$791M-10%-12%-6%0.40×8.8%-5.9%
Luzhou Bank 1983.HKHong Kong$790M-5%+6%14%0.45×4.0%14.0%
AGI AGBKUnited States$777M-31%n/an/a0.84×11.3%n/a
Financial Institutions FISIUnited States$776M+12%+42%30%1.29×n/a30.0%
Entie Commercial Bank 2849.TWTaiwan$927M+14%+10%5%0.86×3.2%5.4%

Questions

Which companies are Hong Leong Finance's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Thurgauer Kantonalbank (TKBP.SW), Bank of Iwate (8345.T), Shikoku Bank (8387.T), First Community Bankshares (FCBC), River City Bank (RCBC), Capital City Bank (CCBG), Orrstown Financial Services (ORRF), Okinawa Financial (7350.T).
Is Hong Leong Finance expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 0.51× against a peer median of 1.11×, 4th cheapest of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 2.5%; Hong Leong Finance delivers 3.1%, so the price asks less than the business earns today.
How has Hong Leong Finance stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -5.1% against +6.8% for the median peer; over one year -8.4%.

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.