Roku (ROKU) Competitors

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) and Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.

Which has more risk & volatility, CHT or ROKU?

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Roku has a beta of 2.17, meaning that its share price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHT or ROKU?

Roku received 433 more outperform votes than Chunghwa Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.23% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote while only 58.32% of users gave Roku an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chunghwa Telecom	Outperform Votes 282 63.23%	Underperform Votes 164 36.77%
Roku	Outperform Votes 715 58.32%	Underperform Votes 511 41.68%

Which has better valuation & earnings, CHT or ROKU?

Chunghwa Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than Roku. Roku 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	$228.58B	0.14	$1.16B	$1.49	26.74
Roku	$4.11B	2.08	-$129.39M	-$0.89	-65.93

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CHT or ROKU?

2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.3% of Roku shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 14.0% of Roku shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CHT or ROKU?

In the previous week, Roku had 33 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Roku and 2 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Roku's score of 0.81 indicating that Chunghwa Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chunghwa Telecom	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Roku	16 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CHT or ROKU more profitable?

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Roku's net margin of -3.15%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.53% beat Roku's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom	16.18%	9.53%	7.07%
Roku	-3.15%	-5.34%	-3.07%

Do analysts recommend CHT or ROKU?

Roku has a consensus price target of $95.33, indicating a potential upside of 62.45%. Given Roku's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Roku is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chunghwa Telecom	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Roku	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	18 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Summary

Roku beats Chunghwa Telecom on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.