Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR) Competitors

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) and Frontier Communications Parent (NASDAQ:FYBR) are both communication companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CHT or FYBR?

Chunghwa Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than Frontier Communications Parent. Frontier Communications Parent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chunghwa Telecom, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chunghwa Telecom	$7.16B	4.87	$1.13B	$1.53	29.36
Frontier Communications Parent	$5.98B	1.57	-$322M	-$1.55	-24.21

Which has more volatility & risk, CHT or FYBR?

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.27, suggesting that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Frontier Communications Parent has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CHT or FYBR?

Frontier Communications Parent has a consensus target price of $38.50, suggesting a potential upside of 2.58%. Given Frontier Communications Parent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Frontier Communications Parent is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chunghwa Telecom	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Frontier Communications Parent	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.88

Is CHT or FYBR more profitable?

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.27% compared to Frontier Communications Parent's net margin of -6.40%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.72% beat Frontier Communications Parent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom	16.27%	9.72%	7.17%
Frontier Communications Parent	-6.40%	-7.88%	-1.85%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of CHT or FYBR?

2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Frontier Communications Parent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CHT or FYBR?

In the previous week, Frontier Communications Parent had 6 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Frontier Communications Parent and 5 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Frontier Communications Parent's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat Chunghwa Telecom's score of 1.34 indicating that Frontier Communications Parent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chunghwa Telecom	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Frontier Communications Parent	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Chunghwa Telecom beats Frontier Communications Parent on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.