China Construction Bank (CICHF) and Its Rivals Head to Head Contrast

Profitability

This table compares China Construction Bank and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Construction Bank	N/A	N/A	N/A
China Construction Bank Competitors	14.95%	9.59%	0.92%

Dividends

China Construction Bank pays an annual dividend of $0.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.8%. China Construction Bank pays out 33.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Banks” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.5% and pay out 32.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

6.7% of China Construction Bank shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.7% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of shares of all “Banks” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares China Construction Bank and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Construction Bank	N/A	N/A	1.23
China Construction Bank Competitors	$17.35 billion	$2.37 billion	26.96

China Construction Bank’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than China Construction Bank. China Construction Bank is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Summary

China Construction Bank peers beat China Construction Bank on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

China Construction Bank Company Profile

China Construction Bank Corporation provides various banking and related financial services to individuals and corporate customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It operates through Corporate Finance Business, Personal Finance Business, Treasury and Asset Management Business, and Others segments. The company accepts various deposits, such as foreign currency, all in one accounts, RMB, corporate term and notification, and corporate demand deposits, as well corporate deposits by agreement. Its loan products include personal business, car, and housing loans; and SME, traditional credit, commercial draft, buyer credit, and RMB credit line loans. The company also offers credit cards; physical gold for personal investment and personal gold accounts; foreign exchange services; certificate treasury and savings bonds, securities deposit accounts, and securities services, as well as bank-securities transfer and book-entry treasury bond over the counter transaction services; and wealth management products. In addition, it provides collection, salaries payment, third-party collection and payment, insurance agency, and remittance services; international settlement and financing, and FI services; securities and fund settlement services; guarantee-based, consulting and advising, and factoring services; fund custody services; and e-banking services. Further, the company offers institutional services comprising services for government agencies, social security, banks cooperation, bank-securities cooperation, bank-insurance cooperation, and services for non-banking financial institutions. China Construction Bank Corporation was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.