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.
Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) and TELUS (NYSE:TU) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TELUS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, TELUS had 11 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for TELUS and 2 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Chunghwa Telecom's score of 0.86 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. 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 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 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 earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.18, suggesting that its share price is 82% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 consensus target price of $27.31, suggesting a potential upside of 66.54%. Given TELUS's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.
Summary
TELUS beats Chunghwa Telecom on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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