Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd (1551) fair value: what the stock is really worth
As of Sep 30, 2026: fair value of Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd HK$2.50, price HK$1.50, upside +66.7%, quality 50 out of 100. Calculated from audited financials with 26 valuation models and 37 quality factors, updated daily.
- Fair value above price? Yes
- Good quality? No
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Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd
1551 · HKCheap, value-trap riskThe stock looks deeply undervalued, but low quality raises value-trap risk.
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Price vs Fair Value
White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Oct 1, 2026.
How to read this chart
60‑month range HK$1.23 – HK$4.39 · fair‑value band HK$1.88 – HK$3.13 · the HK$1.50 price screens below the HK$2.50 fair value. Dashed = 300-day average. As of Oct 1, 2026.
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Company profile
Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. provides banking services in China. It operates through four segments: Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Financial Market Business, and Others.
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Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. provides banking services in China. It operates through four segments: Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Financial Market Business, and Others. The company offers demand, time, pledged, and other deposits; certificates of deposit; personal consumption, business, and mortgage loans; personal and collateral loans; credit cards overdraft; residential mortgage loans; and corporate loans. It provides investment banking products; short, medium, and long-term loans; domestic and international settlements, and bill acceptance and discounting services; financing services; e-bank services; financial leasing; and securitization of credit assets. In addition, the company offers money market placements, investments and repurchasing, and foreign exchange transactions; foreign currency remittance; foreign currency exchange; settlement and sale of foreign exchange; foreign credit investigations; inter-bank placements; debit and credit cards; payment collection and insurance agency, safe locker, advisory and attestation, securities investment fund and insurance assets trusteeship, and cash management services; and agency services for issuing and underwriting government bonds. Further, it is involved in securities investment fund sales business; trades in government and financial bonds; and provides discounted bill, wealth management, and private banking services, as well as Internet, mobile, and WeChat banking services; and Jinmi Mall, e-commerce platform. Additionally, the company operates its outlets through non-local and sub-branches; and provides ATMs, self-service inquiry terminals, and smart service terminals, and smart banking outlets. The company was formerly known as Guangzhou Rural Credit Cooperative Unions and changed its name to Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. was founded in 1952 and is based in Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Stock analysis
Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd (1551) currently trades at HK$1.50, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is HK$2.50, implying the stock looks roughly 40.0% undervalued today.
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Valuation
Bull case: the Asset-Based group reads highest at a median of HK$5.09 per share, and 4 of the 6 models we run sit above the HK$1.50 price.
Bear case: the Dividend Discount group reads lowest at HK$1.17, and 2 of the 6 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is low.
Scenario range: HK$1.88 (bear) to HK$3.13 (bull), the price of HK$1.50 sits below it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target.
Quality & growth
The Quality Score stands at 50/100 (below-average quality), in the Financial Services sector.
Mixed Growth: Revenue is growing, but margins or cash flow do not fully confirm the trend.
Guangzhou Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd reported revenue of 34.8B CNY in FY2025 versus 10.9B CNY in FY2021, a compound +33.5%/yr. Reported net income was 2.1B CNY in FY2025, compounding −10.2%/yr from FY2021.
Key figures
Market cap HK$21.6B (≈ $2.8B) · P/E ratio 10.7 · P/S ratio 0.64 · Dividend yield 3.1% · Net margin 5.9% · Return on equity 2.4% · Return on assets (EBIT) 0.3% · Operating margin 32.3%.
Competitive moat
Our AI-assisted moat analysis scores the competitive advantage at 42 out of 100 (low confidence).
What moves the price
The share trades about 11% below its 52-week high and 9% above its 52-week low, currently below its 200-day average.
For context, the median of 10 Financial Services peers we cover trades at −38% fair-value upside, at 67%, 1551 screens cheaper than that median.
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Peer GroupⓘHow this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.Banks - Regional · 1057 stocks
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