Comparison
Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Why is The Bank of East Asia Ltd. ?
1
Weak Capital Buffers- the bank has a low Capital Adequacy Ratio of 0% signifying inadequate buffers against its risk based assets
- Poor long term growth as Net profit has grown by an annual rate of 1.67%
- Weak Capital Buffers- the bank has a low Capital Adequacy Ratio of 0% signifying inadequate buffers against its risk based assets
- The bank has been able to generate a Return on Assets (avg) of 0.38% signifying low profitability per unit of total assets
2
Healthy long term growth as Net Interest Income (ex other income) has grown by an annual rate of 0%
3
Flat results in Dec 25
- NET SALES(Q) Lowest at HKD 16,051 MM
- CREDIT DEPOSIT RATIO(HY) Lowest at 79.61%
- OPERATING PROFIT(Q) Lowest at HKD 2,476 MM
4
With ROA of 0.75%, it has a Very Attractive valuation with a 0.32 Price to Book Value
- Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 14.93%, its profits have risen by 20.7% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.2
5
Market Beating performance in long term as well as near term
- Along with generating 14.93% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has outperformed Hang Seng Hong Kong in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
How much should you hold?
- Overall Portfolio exposure to The Bank of East Asia Ltd. should be less than 10%
- Overall Portfolio exposure to Major Banks should be less than 30%
(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Major Banks)
When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock
Is The Bank of East Asia Ltd. for you?
Low Risk, High Return
Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
The Bank of East Asia Ltd.
-100.0%
16.74
28.27%
Hang Seng Hong Kong
8.25%
0.41
19.93%
Quality key factors
Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
9.29%
EBIT Growth (5y)
5.78%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
50.14%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
Valuation Key Factors 
Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
4
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
0.32
EV to EBIT
11.76
EV to EBITDA
10.14
EV to Capital Employed
0.47
EV to Sales
1.75
PEG Ratio
0.18
Dividend Yield
0.16%
ROCE (Latest)
4.03%
ROE (Latest)
8.48%
Technical key factors
Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
Technical Movement
2What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)
Highest at 61.4%
CASH AND EQV(HY)
Highest at HKD 53,994 MM
-7What is not working for the Company
NET SALES(Q)
Lowest at HKD 16,051 MM
CREDIT DEPOSIT RATIO(HY)
Lowest at 79.61%
OPERATING PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at HKD 2,476 MM
PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at HKD 2,176 MM
NET PROFIT(Q)
Lowest at HKD 1,411.74 MM
EPS(Q)
Lowest at HKD 0.36
Here's what is working for The Bank of East Asia Ltd.
Cash and Eqv
Highest at HKD 53,994 MM
in the last six Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 61.4%
in the last five yearsMOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend
DPR (%)
Here's what is not working for The Bank of East Asia Ltd.
Net Sales
Lowest at HKD 16,051 MM and Fallen
In each period in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very negative
Net Sales (HKD MM)
Operating Profit
Lowest at HKD 2,476 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative
Operating Profit (HKD MM)
Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at HKD 2,176 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative
Pre-Tax Profit (HKD MM)
Net Profit
Lowest at HKD 1,411.74 MM
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative
Net Profit (HKD MM)
EPS
Lowest at HKD 0.36
in the last five periodsMOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders
EPS (HKD)
Credit Deposit Ratio
Lowest at 79.61%
in the last four Semi-Annual periodsMOJO Watch
Bank has been creating proportionately lower loans against its deposits, thereby creating fewer revenue generating assets
Credit Deposit Ratio (%)






