Reviewing PICC Property and Casualty (PPCCY) & The Competition

Insider & Institutional Ownership

55.7% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by institutional investors. 13.8% of shares of all “Insurance” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

PICC Property and Casualty pays an annual dividend of $9.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.7%. PICC Property and Casualty pays out 49.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Insurance” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.0% and pay out 31.1% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares PICC Property and Casualty and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PICC Property and Casualty	N/A	N/A	N/A
PICC Property and Casualty Competitors	10.72%	10.89%	3.96%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares PICC Property and Casualty and its peers revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
PICC Property and Casualty	N/A	N/A	2.67
PICC Property and Casualty Competitors	$15.57 billion	$1.70 billion	32.89

PICC Property and Casualty’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than PICC Property and Casualty. PICC Property and Casualty 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

PICC Property and Casualty peers beat PICC Property and Casualty on 8 of the 9 factors compared.

PICC Property and Casualty Company Profile

PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a property and casualty insurance company in the People's Republic of China. It operates through Motor Vehicle, Accidental Injury and Health, Agriculture, Liability, Commercial Property, and Others segments. The company offers accidental injury and medical expenses, short-term health, homeowners, special risk, marine hull, construction, household property, cargo, credit and surety, accidental injury, and other insurance products. It also provides reinsurance, investment and funds application, insurance and claim handling agency, training, information technology and business, and property management services. The company was incorporated in 2003 and is based in Beijing, China. PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of The People's Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited.