Roku (ROKU) Competitors

Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) and Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Do analysts prefer ROKU or CHT?

Roku presently has a consensus price target of $87.93, suggesting a potential upside of 23.14%. Given Roku's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Roku is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Roku	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Chunghwa Telecom	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is ROKU or CHT more profitable?

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Roku's net margin of -3.15%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.53% beat Roku's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Roku	-3.15%	-5.34%	-3.07%
Chunghwa Telecom	16.18%	9.53%	7.07%

Which has more volatility & risk, ROKU or CHT?

Roku has a beta of 2.06, meaning that its stock price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.21, meaning that its stock price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, ROKU or CHT?

Chunghwa Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than Roku. Roku 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
Roku	$4.25B	2.45	-$129.39M	-$0.73	-97.82
Chunghwa Telecom	$229.33B	0.15	$1.16B	$1.49	29.39

Does the media prefer ROKU or CHT?

In the previous week, Roku had 30 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Roku and 2 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Roku's score of 0.71 indicating that Chunghwa Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Roku	16 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chunghwa Telecom	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ROKU or CHT?

Roku received 446 more outperform votes than Chunghwa Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.09% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote while only 58.47% of users gave Roku an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Roku	Outperform Votes 728 58.47%	Underperform Votes 517 41.53%
Chunghwa Telecom	Outperform Votes 282 63.09%	Underperform Votes 165 36.91%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ROKU or CHT?

86.3% of Roku shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by institutional investors. 14.0% of Roku shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Roku beats Chunghwa Telecom on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.