CHT vs. VOD, TU, USM, VEON, SPOK, SIDU, SYTA, TIGO, SKM, and TMUS
Should you be buying Chunghwa Telecom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chunghwa Telecom include Vodafone Group Public (VOD), TELUS (TU), United States Cellular (USM), VEON (VEON), Spok (SPOK), Sidus Space (SIDU), Siyata Mobile (SYTA), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), SK Telecom (SKM), and T-Mobile US (TMUS). These companies are all part of the "radiotelephone communication" industry.
Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) and Vodafone Group Public (NASDAQ:VOD) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and earnings.
2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Vodafone Group Public shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Vodafone Group Public received 911 more outperform votes than Chunghwa Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.61% of users gave Vodafone Group Public an outperform vote while only 63.49% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 5 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 1 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of 0.45 indicating that Chunghwa Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Vodafone Group Public has a consensus price target of $14.45, indicating a potential upside of 50.21%. Given Vodafone Group Public's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Chunghwa Telecom.
Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Vodafone Group Public's net margin of 0.00%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.31% beat Vodafone Group Public's return on equity.
Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its stock price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Vodafone Group Public pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.8%. Chunghwa Telecom pays out 76.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats Chunghwa Telecom on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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