Chunghwa Telecom - CHT Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chunghwa Telecom in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CHT shares.
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Chunghwa Telecom's stock was trading at $36.59 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CHT shares have increased by 6.9% and is now trading at $39.10.
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Chunghwa Telecom saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 494,400 shares, an increase of 5.5% from the February 28th total of 468,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 135,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (NYSE:CHT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 1st. The utilities provider reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.08. The utilities provider had revenue of $1.83 billion for the quarter. Chunghwa Telecom had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.37% and a net margin of 16.88%.

Chunghwa Telecom announced an annual dividend on Wednesday, June 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, June 30th will be given a dividend of $1.5457 per share on Friday, August 12th. This represents a dividend yield of 5.7%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 29th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) stock in their portfolio include Defiance Next Gen Connectivity ETF (FIVG), SPDR MSCI ACWI ex-US ETF (CWI), First Trust NASDAQ Technology Dividend Index Fund (TDIV), Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (AVEM).Avantis Responsible Emerging Markets Equity ETF (AVSE) and

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.02%. The dividend payout ratio is 75.32%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Chunghwa Telecom updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, January, 31st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.14-$0.15 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.06 billion-$7.11 billion.

7 employees have rated Chunghwa Telecom Chief Executive Officer Rick L. Tsai on Glassdoor.com. Rick L. Tsai has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

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

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One share of CHT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.10.

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) has a market capitalization of $30.33 billion and generates $7.28 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.22 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.58 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 31,812 workers across the globe.

Chunghwa Telecom's mailing address is 21-3 Hsinyi Road Section 1, Taipei F5, . The official website for the company is www.cht.com.tw. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 886223941845, via email at chtir@cht.com, or via fax at 886-2-3393-8188.