TU vs. CHT, VOD, USM, TIGO, VEON, SPOK, SIDU, SYTA, SKM, and TMUS
Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), United States Cellular (USM), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), VEON (VEON), Spok (SPOK), Sidus Space (SIDU), Siyata Mobile (SYTA), SK Telecom (SKM), and T-Mobile US (TMUS). These companies are all part of the "radiotelephone communication" industry.
TELUS (NYSE:TU) and Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, TELUS had 10 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for TELUS and 0 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Chunghwa Telecom's score of 0.00 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 6.6%. Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.14 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 76.0% 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 has a net margin of 16.40% compared to TELUS's net margin of 3.73%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.31% beat TELUS's return on equity.
Chunghwa Telecom has higher revenue and 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.
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 60.40% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote.
TELUS currently has a consensus target price of $27.31, indicating a potential upside of 63.45%. Given TELUS's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.
TELUS has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
TELUS beats Chunghwa Telecom on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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