VOD vs. CHT, TU, SKM, USM, VEON, SPOK, SIDU, SYTA, TIGO, and TMUS
Should you be buying Vodafone Group Public stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vodafone Group Public include Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), TELUS (TU), SK Telecom (SKM), United States Cellular (USM), VEON (VEON), Spok (SPOK), Sidus Space (SIDU), Siyata Mobile (SYTA), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), 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 superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
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 10.4%. 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. Vodafone Group Public has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Vodafone Group Public is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.8% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Vodafone Group Public shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.40% compared to Chunghwa Telecom's net margin of 0.00%. Vodafone Group Public's return on equity of 9.31% beat Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity.
Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vodafone Group Public has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vodafone Group Public had 7 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vodafone Group Public and 0 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Vodafone Group Public's score of 0.00 indicating that Vodafone Group Public is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Vodafone Group Public has a consensus price target of $14.45, indicating a potential upside of 60.20%. Given Chunghwa Telecom's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Vodafone Group Public is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.
Vodafone Group Public has higher revenue and earnings than Chunghwa Telecom.
Summary
Vodafone Group Public beats Chunghwa Telecom on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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