Companies Financials
China Life Insurance
CN¥34.60−CN¥0.47 (−1.34%) on the day
Financials, Insurance - Life. Revenue of CN¥605.1bn in the year to Dec 2025, up 99.8%.
Against its peers
China Life Insurance (filled) against the other 51 financials companies among the 200 largest in the six Asian markets. Tap or hover a dot to read it.
Yahoo Finance, 30 Oct 2026. P/E on the last four quarters' diluted EPS; revenue growth and operating margin for each company's last fiscal year; debt to equity at the last balance sheet; dividend yield on the last 12 months' dividends.
Valuation
Not modelled on cash flow. A bank's, insurer's or asset manager's cash flows are mostly its customers' money, so a free cash flow model says little about its value. Its P/E and dividend sit in the peer comparison above.
Valuation over time
The price to earnings ratio at each month end, on the last fiscal year’s diluted earnings per share known at the time, against its average over the period.
P/EAverage
Month-end closes and annual reports, via Yahoo Finance.
Where revenue goes
Of every CN¥100 of revenue in the year to Dec 2025, China Life Insurance kept CN¥25 as net income.
Annual report for the year to Dec 2025, via Yahoo Finance. Items under 0.5% of revenue are folded into the next line.
Revenue and profit, 4 years
Revenue and net income each fiscal year, in billions of yuan. Tap or hover a year to read it.
RevenueNet income
Annual reports, via Yahoo Finance.
Last 5 quarters
Revenue in billions of yuan and diluted earnings per share, quarter by quarter.
Revenue
Earnings per share
Quarterly reports, via Yahoo Finance. Quarters are named by the month they end.
Cash flow and investment
Cash from operations, what went into capital spending, and the free cash flow left, in billions of yuan.
Cash from operationsCapital spendingFree cash flow
Annual reports, via Yahoo Finance.
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments, debt and shareholders’ equity at each fiscal year end, in billions of yuan.
Cash and investmentsDebtEquity
Annual reports, via Yahoo Finance. Debt excludes leases.
Returns to shareholders
Dividends paid and shares bought back each fiscal year, against net income, in billions of yuan.
DividendsBuybacksNet income
Annual reports, via Yahoo Finance.
Share price returns
Price change over each period to the close of 30 Oct 2026, without dividends.
| Series | 1 month | 3 months | Year to date | 1 year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Life Insurance | −10.4% | −12.9% | −24.0% | −22.0% |
| Financials average (52) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CSI 300 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Yahoo Finance daily closes, in yuan. The sector average is the simple average of its companies among the 200 largest in the six Asian markets.
Against the market
China Life Insurance and the CSI 300 over the past year, both rebased to 100, each in its own currency.
China Life InsuranceCSI 300
Yahoo Finance, daily closes to 30 Oct 2026.
Risk
How much the shares move, and how far they have fallen from their high over the past year.
- Volatility, 1 year31%Annualised daily moves
- Beta to the CSI 300n/a1.0 moves with the market
- Deepest fall, 1 year−36.3%13 Jan 2026 to 4 Jun 2026
- Below its high−32.2%Against the year’s highest close
Yahoo Finance daily closes. Beta from daily returns against the CSI 300.
Investment memo
Coming with the Andra Markets subscription: a full memo on China Life Insurance, written for professionals.
- The thesis and what would change it
- Segment by segment, with the model's full workings
- Three scenarios with their assumptions
- What to watch at the next results
Ahead
No results date in the calendar yet. It appears here once the company or Yahoo Finance posts one.
For information only. Not investment advice.