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Bangkok Life Assurance Public Company Limited

BLA.BK
60
Insurance - Life · Financial Services
Exchange
Stock Exchange of Thailand
Winston Score
60
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Good
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Good
Valuation
Good
Dividends
Strong

Winston Score History

The full picture

Bangkok Life Assurance Public Company Limited is a Thai life insurance company that sells life insurance policies, health coverage, and savings-linked insurance products to individual customers and groups across Thailand. It serves everyday people looking to protect their families financially, as well as corporate clients seeking employee benefits packages. The company is one of the largest life insurers in Thailand by assets and has operated for decades in the Thai financial services market.

Bangkok Life Assurance earns money primarily through insurance premiums paid by policyholders, along with investment income from managing the large pool of funds it holds to pay future claims. It operates almost entirely within Thailand, giving it deep local brand recognition and an established distribution network of agents and bancassurance partnerships with banks. A key growth driver is Thailand's aging population and rising middle class, which are increasing demand for life and health insurance products, though the company faces competition from both domestic insurers and large international players entering the Thai market.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
66.9%
Premium pricing power — 66.9% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
40.1%
Excellent — 40.1% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
15.6%
Strong — 15.6% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
-0.1%
Shrinking sales (-0.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+48.1%
Earnings growing fast (+48.1% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
5/8 quarters
Mixed — about half the quarters showed growth

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
-43%
Weak — only -43% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
-12.3%
Burning cash (-12.3%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
N/A
Data not available
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
713.77x
Comfortably covers interest (713.8x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
5.8x
no trend
Attractive valuation — P/E 5.8

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-1.4
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
3.31%
no trend
Moderate income — 3.31% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+42.6%
no trend
Dividend growing fast (42.6% YoY)

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