KT (KT) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to CHT or KT?

In the previous week, KT had 18 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for KT and 1 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat KT's score of 0.29 indicating that Chunghwa Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chunghwa Telecom	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
KT	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CHT or KT a better dividend stock?

Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. KT pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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. KT pays out 91.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more risk & volatility, CHT or KT?

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KT has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CHT or KT?

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
KT	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CHT or KT?

Chunghwa Telecom has higher earnings, but lower revenue than KT. KT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chunghwa Telecom, 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	29.57
KT	$53.29T	0.00	$794.66M	$0.74	26.32

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CHT or KT?

Chunghwa Telecom received 31 more outperform votes than KT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.87% of users gave KT an outperform vote while only 63.09% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chunghwa Telecom	Outperform Votes 282 63.09%	Underperform Votes 165 36.91%
KT	Outperform Votes 251 63.87%	Underperform Votes 142 36.13%

Is CHT or KT more profitable?

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.18% compared to KT's net margin of 4.42%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.53% beat KT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom	16.18%	9.53%	7.07%
KT	4.42%	6.20%	2.72%

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

2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of KT shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of KT shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Chunghwa Telecom beats KT on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.