China's 16 publicly traded banks posted a combined ¥1.66 trillion in revenues in the first three quarters of this year, eclipsing the six western province's combined gross domestic product. Their net earnings rose over 30% from a year earlier to almost ¥700 billion, or ¥2.5 billion per day.
Top 10 listed banks by revenue, Q1-Q3 2011
Revenue and net profit in ¥ billions
EPS: Earnings per share
D/L ratio: Deposit/loan ratio
Bank Revenue Net Profit (Growth) EPS D/L Ratio
ICBC 351.73 163.84 (28.79%) 0.47 62.57%
CCB 296.15 139.01 (25.80%) 0.56 65.14%
AgriB 279.18 100.76 (43.64%) 0.31 56.55%
BoC 245.28 96.30 (21.52%) 0.35 78.39%
BoCom 94.20 38.42 (30.06%) 0.62 79.27%
CMB 70.29 28.39 (37.91%) 1.32 76.46%
Minsheng 60.22 21.39 (40.91%) 0.57 74.04%
Citic 55.46 24.23 (64.42%) 0.80 75.54%
SPD 49.31 19.91 (34.19%) 1.07 72.40%
Industrial 41.09 18.79 (38.20%) 1.74 75.65%
ICBC: Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd (SHA: 601398, HKG: 1398)
CCB: China Construction Bank Corp (SHA: 601939, HKG: 0939)
AgriB: Agricultural Bank of China Co (SHA: 601288, HKG: 1288)
BoC: Bank of China Ltd (SHA: 601988, HKG: 3988)
BoCom: Bank of Communications Co (SHA: 601328, HKG: 3328)
CMB: China Merchants Bank Co (SHA: 600036, HKG: 3968)
Minsheng: China Minsheng Banking Corp (SHA: 600016, HKG: 1988)
Citic: China Citic Bank Corp (SHA: 601998, HKG: 0998)
SPD: Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co (SHA: 600000)
Industrial: Industrial Bank Co (SHA: 601166)
$1 = ¥6.33