China Telecom (CHA) Competitors

China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) and AT&T (NYSE:T) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and valuation.

Do analysts rate CHA or T?

AT&T has a consensus price target of $28.71, indicating a potential upside of 4.61%. Given AT&T's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AT&T is more favorable than China Telecom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
China Telecom	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
AT&T	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.72

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHA or T?

AT&T received 1209 more outperform votes than China Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.21% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 60.32% of users gave China Telecom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
China Telecom	Outperform Votes 263 60.32%	Underperform Votes 173 39.68%
AT&T	Outperform Votes 1472 68.21%	Underperform Votes 686 31.79%

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, CHA or T?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
China Telecom	$72.66B	N/A	$4.30B	$4.99	5.94
AT&T	$122.93B	1.61	$10.95B	$1.63	16.84

Is CHA or T more profitable?

AT&T has a net margin of 8.95% compared to China Telecom's net margin of 6.22%. AT&T's return on equity of 13.97% beat China Telecom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
China Telecom	6.22%	7.14%	3.81%
AT&T	8.95%	13.97%	4.16%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CHA or T?

57.1% of AT&T shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CHA or T?

In the previous week, AT&T had 77 more articles in the media than China Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 80 mentions for AT&T and 3 mentions for China Telecom. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat China Telecom's score of 0.00 indicating that AT&T is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
China Telecom	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AT&T	43 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	19 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AT&T beats China Telecom on 14 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.