NYSE:CHA - China Telecom Stock Price, Forecast & News

China Telecom trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CHA."

China Telecom announced an annual dividend on Monday, April 15th. Investors of record on Monday, June 3rd will be given a dividend of $1.5942 per share on Monday, August 5th. This represents a yield of 2.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 31st. This is an increase from China Telecom's previous annual dividend of $1.47. View China Telecom's Dividend History.

China Telecom is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 17th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for China Telecom.

3 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for China Telecom's shares. Their forecasts range from $53.90 to $53.90. On average, they expect China Telecom's share price to reach $53.90 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 32.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for China Telecom.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for China Telecom in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for China Telecom.

Media coverage about CHA stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. China Telecom earned a daily sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for China Telecom.

China Telecom saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 125,100 shares, an increase of 14.8% from the December 31st total of 109,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 67,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View China Telecom's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to China Telecom include SoftBank Group (SFTBY), Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTTYY), America Movil SAB de CV ADR Series L (AMX), BCE (BCE), Sprint (S), Orange (ORAN), SINGAPORE TELEC/S (SGAPY), Telefonica (TEF), VIVENDI SA/ADR (VIVHY), Swisscom (SCMWY), Telstra (TLSYY), Telekomnks Indn Prsr Tbk Prshn Prsrn (TLK), Telenor ASA (TELNY), Telefonica Brasil (VIV) and Advanced Info Service PCL (AVIFY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other China Telecom investors own include Alibaba Group (BABA), Broadcom (AVGO), Micron Technology (MU), NVIDIA (NVDA), AbbVie (ABBV), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Boeing (BA).

China Telecom's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Franklin Resources Inc. (0.14%), Bank of America Corp DE (0.05%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.04%), LSV Asset Management (0.01%), FMR LLC (0.01%) and Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.00%).

CHA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Marshall Wace North America L.P., Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Advisors Asset Management Inc..

CHA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, LSV Asset Management, Aigen Investment Management LP, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Ridgewood Investments LLC, FNY Investment Advisers LLC, 1832 Asset Management L.P. and Guggenheim Capital LLC.

Shares of CHA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.75.

China Telecom has a market capitalization of $32.98 billion and generates $54.85 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $3.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.81 on an earnings per share basis. China Telecom employs 280,747 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About China Telecom.

The official website for China Telecom is http://www.chinatelecom-h.com/.

China Telecom's mailing address is 31 JINRONG STREET, BEIJING F4, 100033. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 86-10-5850-1508 or via email at [email protected]