CHA vs. T, VZ, AMX, TEF, BCE, TLK, VIV, KT, FYBR, and TIMB
Should you be buying China Telecom stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of China Telecom include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), América Móvil (AMX), Telefónica (TEF), BCE (BCE), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Telefônica Brasil (VIV), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), and TIM (TIMB). These companies are all part of the "telephone communication, except radio" industry.
China Telecom vs. Its Competitors
AT&T (NYSE:T) and China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and community ranking.
AT&T currently has a consensus price target of $28.76, suggesting a potential upside of 3.50%. Given AT&T's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe AT&T is more favorable than China Telecom.
57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
AT&T has higher revenue and earnings than China Telecom. China Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AT&T, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AT&T received 1211 more outperform votes than China Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.24% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 60.32% of users gave China Telecom an outperform vote.
AT&T has a net margin of 9.64% compared to China Telecom's net margin of 6.22%. AT&T's return on equity of 13.63% beat China Telecom's return on equity.
In the previous week, AT&T had 81 more articles in the media than China Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for AT&T and 1 mentions for China Telecom. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat China Telecom's score of 0.00 indicating that AT&T is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
AT&T beats China Telecom on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CHA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:CHA) was last updated on 6/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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