China's banking sector will gradually announce its 1Q26 results over the coming week, with revenue and profit growth expected to show moderate improvement, JPMorgan released a research report saying. Among Chinese state-owned banks, the broker expected ABC (01288.HK) -0.090 (-1.459%) Short selling $375.72M; Ratio 29.153% and BANKCOMM (03328.HK) -0.200 (-2.721%) Short selling $234.05M; Ratio 29.647% to demonstrate stronger profit growth momentum, leading peers. In contrast, PSBC (01658.HK) -0.220 (-4.198%) Short selling $147.32M; Ratio 26.811% may lag due to higher credit costs.Related News BANKCOMM (03328.HK) 1Q26 Net Profit RMB26.162B, Up 3.1% YoYAmong joint-stock banks, JPMorgan stated that PING AN BANK (000001.SZ) -0.030 (-0.260%) is estimated to achieve a YoY turnaround to positive revenue and profit growth in 1Q26. Meanwhile, although MINSHENG BANK (01988.HK) -0.170 (-4.558%) Short selling $14.12M; Ratio 6.627% has shown signs of revenue rebound, its profit growth is projected to continue contracting. INDUSTRIAL BANK (601166.SH) -0.250 (-1.375%) may deliver unsatisfactory revenue performance, but its profit growth will remain stable, while CEB BANK (06818.HK) -0.130 (-4.037%) Short selling $19.82M; Ratio 27.315% could underperform peers overall.When selecting stocks in the joint-stock bank segment, the broker kept CMB (600036.SH) -0.230 (-0.597%) 's A-shares as its sector top pick, primarily due to its stable financial growth trend and attractive dividend yield.(HK stocks quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.Short Selling Data as at 2026-04-30 16:25.) (A Shares quote is delayed for at least 15 mins.)Related News JPM: CM BANK (03968.HK) NII Recovery Fails to Translate into Strong Profit Growth; Seen Underperforming Peers Near Term
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