The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 3.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 5% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 72%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 38%. The street (15 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $36.
China Life Insurance Company Limited
2628.HK · UNKNOWN · USD · Market cap $807.8B
China Life Insurance Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a life insurance company in the People's Republic of China.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenScreen close, 2026-09-25 · not a live quote
Last reviewed 12 days ago
Screened 2026-09-25 · the tape above runs as of 17:04 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
What this means: price 28.58 against the desk's fair-value range, base estimate 44.57, over the last year.
- Trend Accumulation
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options no verdict drawn today, left as found
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its accumulation label.
China Life Insurance Company Limited holds its Accumulation at $28.58. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 307 days.
| Phase | Accumulation |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 307 days |
| Price at the screen | $28.58 |
| Valuation | 2.87 trailing · 4.98 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL |
| Beta | 0.88 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Business activity: conventional financial services (interest-based)
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business activity | Excluded | Core business clean | Its core business involves an activity the values screen does not clear. | Fail |
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
China Life Insurance does not clear the screen at the business-activity stage. It operates in conventional financial services, which the screen treats as interest-based, so the financial ratios are not the deciding factor here.
Read as at 2026-10-07. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
What the Numbers Say It Is WorthThe Fair Value Range
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-25 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 55.9% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 15 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +35% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-25 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words| Forward P/E | 5.0xcheap for a company growing this fast |
| Trailing P/E | 2.9xvery cheap relative to earnings |
| EPS, trailing | 9.95 |
| EPS, forward | 5.74 |
| Revenue growth | +153.7%growing very fast |
| Profit margin | 54.2%highly profitable on every dollar of sales |
| Return on equity | 41.3%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 92.50% |
| Debt to equity | 0.39minimal debt: a conservative balance sheet |
| Current ratio | 0.32below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 0.88steadier than the market |
| 52-week range | 20.90 - 36.16 |
| Moat | STRONG |
| Market cap | $807.8B |
The risks · The things to watch: its business and earnings are exposed to China and to currency swings.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 1.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 5% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 72%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 38%. The street (15 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $36.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 10.5% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 5% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 72%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 38%. The street (15 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $36.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 3.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 5% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 72%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 38%. The street (15 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $36.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 5% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading oversold. Over the past year the shares are up 72%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 38%. The street (15 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $36.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
The framework reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Ethical screening: PASS with ethical screening pending. The risk-adjusted return profile shows excellent risk-adjusted returns.
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| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $31.38 | -10.1% | · | $899 | -10.1% |
| 2 months | $27.16 | +3.8% | · | $1,038 | +3.8% |
| 3 months | $28.42 | -0.8% | · | $992 | -0.8% |
| 6 months | $28.30 | -0.4% | · | $997 | -0.4% |
| 1 year | $16.38 | +72.2% | $0.75 | $1,768 | +76.8% |
| 2 years | $10.28 | +174.4% | $1.44 | $2,884 | +188.4% |
| 3 years | $11.82 | +138.5% | $1.98 | $2,552 | +155.2% |
| 5 years | $12.31 | +129.1% | $3.51 | $2,576 | +157.6% |
Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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