CHT vs. TU, EIX, BCE, XEL, VST, ED, WEC, TEF, AWK, and ETR
Should you be buying Chunghwa Telecom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chunghwa Telecom include TELUS (TU), Edison International (EIX), BCE (BCE), Xcel Energy (XEL), Vistra (VST), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Telefónica (TEF), American Water Works (AWK), and Entergy (ETR). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
TELUS (NYSE:TU) and Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and media sentiment.
49.4% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of TELUS shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Chunghwa Telecom's net margin of 3.73%. TELUS's return on equity of 9.31% beat Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity.
TELUS presently has a consensus price target of $27.31, indicating a potential upside of 67.77%. Given Chunghwa Telecom's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.
TELUS received 147 more outperform votes than Chunghwa Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote while only 60.48% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote.
TELUS has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.18, indicating that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chunghwa Telecom has lower revenue, but higher earnings than TELUS. Chunghwa Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TELUS had 4 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for TELUS and 2 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat TELUS's score of 0.86 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. TELUS pays out 284.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. TELUS has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. TELUS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
TELUS beats Chunghwa Telecom on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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