The Bank of East Asia Ltd.

  • Market Cap: N/A
  • Industry: Major Banks
  • ISIN: HK0023000190
HKD
13.47
0.06 (0.45%)
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
Financial
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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
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to The Bank of East Asia Ltd. should be less than 10%
  2. 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.
14.93%
16.74
28.27%
Hang Seng Hong Kong
8.25%
0.41
19.93%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

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
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

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%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

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
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

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 periods
MOJO Watch
Short Term liquidity is improving

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 61.4%
in the last five years
MOJO 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 periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very negative

Net Sales (HKD MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at HKD 2,476 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO 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 periods
MOJO 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 periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (HKD MM)

EPS
Lowest at HKD 0.36
in the last five periods
MOJO 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 periods
MOJO Watch
Bank has been creating proportionately lower loans against its deposits, thereby creating fewer revenue generating assets

Credit Deposit Ratio (%)