J.P. Morgan keeps Buy rating for Bank of China stock at HKD 7.00

Published on 10/26/2026 at 15:24 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Third-quarter results are due on October 30, 2026. Bank of China stock costs EUR 0.68 on October 26, 2026 at 3:10 p.m. CET versus HKD 5.96 at the HKEX.

Analyst target and reporting date

J.P. Morgan maintained a Buy rating and HKD 7.00 target on October 21, 2026.
Bank of China is scheduled to report third-quarter 2026 results on October 30, 2026.
Bank of China stock costs EUR 0.68 at Lang & Schwarz on October 26, 2026 at 3:10 p.m. CET.
The bank trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.54 with HKD 2.6 trillion in market capitalization.

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J.P. Morgan maintained a Buy rating on Bank of China and a HKD 7.00 price target in a report dated October 21, 2026, as Markets Insider reported. The target is 16.47 percent above the HKD 6.01 last price, calculated in the same currency. Bank of China stock was trading at EUR 0.68 at Lang & Schwarz on October 26, 2026 at 3:10 p.m. CET.

Results date sets the next marker

Bank of China has scheduled a board meeting for October 30, 2026, to review and approve unaudited third-quarter results for the period ended September 30, 2026, according to TipRanks. The date gives investors a defined event for testing whether first-half earnings momentum continued into the third quarter.

How does the valuation compare?

The Hong Kong-listed shares last traded at HKD 6.01 on October 26, 2026 at 4:08 p.m. HKT, compared with HKD 5.96 at the previous close. The HKD 6.01 price is 4.45 percent below the 52-week high of HKD 6.29 and 39.77 percent above the HKD 4.30 low. The stock was up 35.60 percent year to date, while market capitalization stood at HKD 2.6 trillion, according to Simply Wall St.

Bank of China traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.54. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China traded at HKD 7.44, up 2.76 percent, with a ratio of 8.41 and market capitalization of HKD 3.5 trillion. China Construction Bank traded at HKD 9.92, up 1.54 percent, with a ratio of 8.86 and market capitalization of HKD 2.4 trillion.

First-half figures remain the benchmark

Bank of China's investor-relations page lists its 2026 Interim Report and a proposed interim dividend for the six months ended June 30, 2026. The company reported first-half operating income of RMB 357.113 billion, up 8.41 percent, and profit of RMB 132.031 billion, up 4.67 percent, in information carried on its investor-relations page at Bank of China. Those figures provide the operating comparison for the October 30 review.

Bank of China stock and its valuation

The next results date and the HKD 7.00 target leave the market with two measurable reference points. The HKD 6.01 Hong Kong price remains below the target, while the EUR 0.68 German indication reflects the same listed company from a German investor perspective. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Bank of China stock.