Paramount Global (PARA) Competitors

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

Is CHT or PARA more profitable?

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Paramount Global's net margin of -18.89%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.53% beat Paramount Global's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom	16.18%	9.53%	7.07%
Paramount Global	-18.89%	5.81%	2.33%

Do analysts recommend CHT or PARA?

Paramount Global has a consensus target price of $11.92, indicating a potential upside of 2.25%. Given Paramount Global's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Global 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
Paramount Global	7 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.67

Does the media favor CHT or PARA?

In the previous week, Paramount Global had 32 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for Paramount Global and 3 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Paramount Global's score of 0.39 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)	Positive
Paramount Global	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	15 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CHT or PARA?

Chunghwa Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Global. Paramount Global 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	27.05
Paramount Global	$29.21B	0.27	-$608M	-$9.32	-1.25

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHT or PARA?

Chunghwa Telecom received 258 more outperform votes than Paramount Global when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.09% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote while only 15.00% of users gave Paramount Global an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chunghwa Telecom	Outperform Votes 282 63.09%	Underperform Votes 165 36.91%
Paramount Global	Outperform Votes 24 15.00%	Underperform Votes 136 85.00%

Which has more volatility and risk, CHT or PARA?

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Global has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHT or PARA a better dividend stock?

Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Paramount Global pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Chunghwa Telecom pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paramount Global pays out -2.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CHT or PARA?

2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.0% of Paramount Global shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Paramount Global shares are owned by company 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

Chunghwa Telecom beats Paramount Global on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.