Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) Competitors

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) and Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHT or SPOT?

Spotify Technology received 142 more outperform votes than Chunghwa Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.09% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote while only 62.81% of users gave Spotify Technology an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chunghwa Telecom	Outperform Votes 282 63.09%	Underperform Votes 165 36.91%
Spotify Technology	Outperform Votes 424 62.81%	Underperform Votes 251 37.19%

Do analysts rate CHT or SPOT?

Spotify Technology has a consensus price target of $602.15, indicating a potential downside of 2.06%. Given Spotify Technology's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Spotify Technology 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
Spotify Technology	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74

Which has more volatility & risk, CHT or SPOT?

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Spotify Technology has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHT or SPOT more profitable?

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.18% compared to Spotify Technology's net margin of 7.26%. Spotify Technology's return on equity of 25.56% beat Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom	16.18%	9.53%	7.07%
Spotify Technology	7.26%	25.56%	10.84%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CHT or SPOT?

2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Spotify Technology shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to CHT or SPOT?

In the previous week, Spotify Technology had 69 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Spotify Technology and 3 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Spotify Technology's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Chunghwa Telecom's score of 0.74 indicating that Spotify Technology 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
Spotify Technology	42 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CHT or SPOT?

Spotify Technology has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Spotify Technology, 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	$228.58B	0.14	$1.16B	$1.49	27.16
Spotify Technology	$15.67B	8.03	$1.23B	$5.95	103.33

Summary

Spotify Technology beats Chunghwa Telecom on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.