Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) Competitors

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) and América Móvil (NYSE:AMX) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends, risk and institutional ownership.

Is CHT or AMX a better dividend stock?

Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. América Móvil pays an annual dividend of $0.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Chunghwa Telecom pays out 75.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. América Móvil pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to CHT or AMX?

In the previous week, Chunghwa Telecom had 1 more articles in the media than América Móvil. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom and 1 mentions for América Móvil. América Móvil's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Chunghwa Telecom's score of 1.20 indicating that América Móvil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chunghwa Telecom	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
América Móvil	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer CHT or AMX?

América Móvil has a consensus target price of $17.22, indicating a potential upside of 0.97%. Given América Móvil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe América Móvil is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chunghwa Telecom	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
América Móvil	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CHT or AMX?

América Móvil received 236 more outperform votes than Chunghwa Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.09% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote while only 61.96% of users gave América Móvil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chunghwa Telecom	Outperform Votes 282 63.09%	Underperform Votes 165 36.91%
América Móvil	Outperform Votes 518 61.96%	Underperform Votes 318 38.04%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CHT or AMX?

2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.3% of América Móvil shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of América Móvil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CHT or AMX?

América Móvil has higher revenue and earnings than Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than América Móvil, 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
Chunghwa Telecom	$229.33B	0.15	$1.16B	$1.49	29.68
América Móvil	$897.96B	0.06	$1.55B	$0.54	31.58

Which has more risk & volatility, CHT or AMX?

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.23, suggesting that its stock price is 77% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, América Móvil has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHT or AMX more profitable?

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.18% compared to América Móvil's net margin of 3.25%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.53% beat América Móvil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom	16.18%	9.53%	7.07%
América Móvil	3.25%	6.38%	1.62%

Summary

América Móvil beats Chunghwa Telecom on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.