Ping An of China, as a leader in my country’s insurance industry, has suffered from the impact of the epidemic in the life insurance reform in the past two years, and its stock price has fallen back to 15 years ago. Many old investors can’t help but sigh, how many 15 years are there in life? !
While sighing, you may ask: Is Ping An’s stock price undervalued now ?
This is an open question, and different people may have different thinking and answers. I would like to discuss it with you today.
In the insurance industry, everyone likes to use embedded value to measure companies.
According to Ping An’s financial report, as of the first half of 2022, the embedded value of Ping An’s life and health insurance business was 906.6 billion yuan, the adjusted net asset value of other businesses was 534.6 billion yuan, and the group’s embedded value was 1.44 trillion yuan.
In general, Ping An’s market value is 1 to 2 times the group’s embedded value . At present, Ping An’s market value is 760 billion yuan, which is far lower than the group’s embedded value.
Let’s look at the rolling P/E and P/B ratios.
As of September 30, Ping An’s rolling price-earnings ratio was 7.32, which was at the quantile of 2.92 in the past 10 years:
The price-to-book ratio is 0.9, at the 10-year quantile of 0.08:
At present, Ping An is in a situation of low PE and low PB , which generally occurs in a bear market.
The company’s dividend yield has nearly hit an all-time high as investor confidence has eroded. The current rolling dividend yield is 5.64, which is in the 10-year quantile of 99.34:
Next, look at the insurance industry. Shenwan Insurance Industry, 6 insurance companies, currently has a rolling price-earnings ratio of 11.16, which is in the quantile of 8.50; the price-to-book ratio is 1.14, which is in the quantile of 1.86; the static dividend rate is 3.74, which is in the quantile of 97.54:
Finally, let’s take a look at the Shanghai and Shenzhen 300, the most representative index of the two cities. The current rolling price-earnings ratio is 9.86, which is at the quantile of 17.32 in the past 10 years:
The price-to-book ratio is 1.22, in the 10-year quantile of 1.69:
Clearly, the CSI 300 is currently in the bottom zone.
Combined with historical data, it can be roughly judged that Ping An is currently in the bottom area .
But investing is not only about the past, it also includes expectations for the future.
Will Ping An’s profitability improve significantly in the next 2-3 years?
This requires a general analysis and judgment of Ping An’s business.
Ping An Group’s business is very complex, so let’s grasp the main contradiction of life insurance:
The net profit of life insurance business mainly comes from the asset side and the liability side. Among them, the debt side is the main reason:
The profit on the liability side mainly comes from the amortization of the residual margin, which is the amount apportioned from the reservoir of the residual margin, which is equivalent to the tap; and the new business value is the tap of the reservoir.
The remaining marginal amortization of Ping An in the last six years is as follows:
From this, we can roughly calculate that the amortization ratio of the residual margin is about 8% of the sum of the initial residual margin and new business contribution:
In other words, Ping An uses an 8% amortization ratio every year as the net profit on the liability side of life insurance.
After the residual margin is amortized (out of the faucet), the residual margin at the end of the period will be reduced accordingly (reservoir), unless the new business contribution (in the faucet) is greater than the amortization of the residual margin.
Before 2021, the contribution of Ping An’s new business is indeed greater than the amortization of the residual margin, resulting in a positive year-on-year increase in the residual margin at the end of the period, but negative growth will begin in 2021. The new business contribution (new business residual margin) is determined by the new business value:
After reaching a peak of 75.9 billion in 2019, Ping An’s new business value has declined rapidly in the following years. In 2021, it will only be 37.9 billion, far lower than the 50.8 billion in 2016. In the first half of 2022, things did not get better:
Of course, the sluggishness of new business value in the past two years has not affected the net profit of Ping An Life’s liability side, because the rapid growth of new business value in the past few years has led to a deep enough reservoir of residual margin, which can be amortized every year in 2020 and 2021 80 billion net profit.
As of the first half of 2022, the residual margin of Ping An Life was 924.7 billion, a decrease of 16 billion from 940.7 billion at the beginning of the year:
If the value of Ping An’s new business continues to slump in the future, it will lead to a continuous decrease in the residual margin at the end of the period, and the net profit on the liability side of life insurance will also decrease.
Judging from the current situation of the reservoir, according to the residual margin of 925 billion at the end of the year and the amortization ratio of 8%, the net profit of Ping An Life’s liability side in the next few years can reach about 73.6 billion, while the figure in 2020 and 2021 is 800 100 million. Unless new business value returns to growth, net profit will only be less than 73.6 billion.
Therefore, as an investor, we should pay more attention to the growth of Ping An’s new business value in the next two years.
In addition to the liability side, the income from the asset side also has a greater impact on the net profit of Ping An Life Insurance.
Many Ping An investors have not figured out a problem: China Fortune Land Development made a provision of 35.9 billion yuan in the same period last year. Without major provisions in the first half of this year, the total investment income of life insurance did not increase significantly, but decreased by 3.8 billion yuan. Why? so?
If I don’t understand this question, I feel a little uneasy about holding Ping An.
Of course, the answer can only be found in the financial report.
From Ping An’s 2022 semi-annual report, it can be seen that the main reason for the decrease in total investment income of life insurance is due to the substantial decrease in net realized and unrealized income :
In previous financial reports, Ping An’s net realized and unrealized gains were separated into two parts: realized gains and gains and losses from changes in fair value:
This year, why Ping An’s financial report combined these two parts into one, the specific reason is unknown.
Fortunately, we can restore these two parts from other relevant data in the financial report.
From the 2022 semi-annual report, we can see that the gain and loss from changes in fair value of life insurance is 13.535 billion:
Therefore, we split the net realized and unrealized gains for the first half of 2022 into realized gains and gains and losses from changes in fair value:
We were surprised to find that in the first half of 2022, realized earnings turned out to be negative 44.1 billion , while fair value change gains and losses were positive 13.5 billion. In other words, in the first half of the year, the prices of securities such as bonds, stocks and funds held by the company rose, making a profit of 13.5 billion, while the securities that had been sold lost 44.1 billion.
This is very rare from 2018 till now.
We must understand why the first half of this year has realized profits and lost 44.1 billion yuan . If it didn’t lose so much, Ping An’s net profit attributable to the parent in the first half of this year should have exceeded 70 billion.
Everyone takes a sip of water first, take a rest, and then start the thrilling journey.
In order to understand why the realized income has decreased significantly, let’s first look at the investment income of Ping An Group:
It can be seen that Ping An Group has realized a significant decrease in income, mainly due to the decrease in investment income from financial assets measured at fair value and whose changes are included in the current profit and loss , from a profit of 10.2 billion in the same period last year to a loss of 447 million this year. 100 million.
The investment income of Ping An Group mainly comes from the investment income of Ping An Life Insurance. Therefore, Ping An Life Insurance has realized a profit and loss of 44.1 billion yuan in the first half of this year, mainly due to the investment income of financial assets measured at fair value and whose changes are included in the current profit and loss. caused by reduction.
Let’s follow the clues and take a look at what financial assets are measured at fair value and whose changes are included in the current profit and loss :
We were surprised to find that compared with the end of last year, government debt decreased by 30.2 billion, corporate debt decreased by 20.4 billion , and financial debt increased by 47.4 billion.
Ping An Group ‘s financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss for the current period increased by 81.8 billion compared to the beginning of the year. From 1.42 trillion at the beginning of the year, it increased to 1.51 trillion in the first half of the year.
It can be seen that, except for government bonds and corporate bonds, all other investment projects have increased year-on-year at the end of last year.
Government bonds include national debt and local government bonds , and national debt should not have any risks.
A bold guess is: Ping An wrote off a large number of dfzf bonds and corporate bonds in the first half of this year, resulting in a loss of 44.1 billion in realized gains .
It’s been pretty rare for a decade. The question is: how long will this continue?
Of course, my guess could also be wrong, and you may have a better answer.
After reading the above analysis, do you think Ping An is currently undervalued? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.
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