Movement Alert|PICC Property and Casualty Rises 3.15% in Regular Trading, Insurance Stocks Rebound on H1 Earnings Pre-Increase Expectations

Market Focus07-21

On July 21, PICC Property and Casualty rose 3.15% in regular trading, trading at HKD 15.07/share, with turnover of HKD 76.63 million.

On the news front, multiple listed insurers recently released first-half performance pre-increase announcements, with attributable net profits achieving significant year-over-year growth across the board. Several brokerages maintain a Buy rating on PICC Property and Casualty, with target prices ranging from HKD 18.4 to HKD 20.7, citing excellent underwriting performance and the pricing-filing alignment policy driving continued improvement in the non-auto insurance underwriting environment.

The broader insurance sector showed clear linkage effects, with PICC Group rising 2.49% simultaneously. Analysts have noted that the company's comprehensive cost ratio improved 0.3 percentage points year-over-year to 94.2% in Q1, with underwriting profit growing 7.5%. The upcoming final dividend of RMB 0.44 per share, scheduled for payment on July 31, further supports the stock's appeal as a high-dividend yield play with an estimated 5.5% dividend yield.

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