TIM (TIMB) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CHT or TIMB?

Chunghwa Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than TIM. TIM 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	$228.58B	0.14	$1.16B	$1.49	27.16
TIM	$25.45B	0.32	$584.88M	$1.18	14.09

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

2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer CHT or TIMB?

In the previous week, TIM had 8 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for TIM and 3 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. TIM's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Chunghwa Telecom's score of 0.74 indicating that TIM 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
TIM	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CHT or TIMB?

Chunghwa Telecom received 266 more outperform votes than TIM when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.09% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote while only 29.63% of users gave TIM an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chunghwa Telecom	Outperform Votes 282 63.09%	Underperform Votes 165 36.91%
TIM	Outperform Votes 16 29.63%	Underperform Votes 38 70.37%

Is CHT or TIMB more profitable?

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.18% compared to TIM's net margin of 12.24%. TIM's return on equity of 11.91% beat Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chunghwa Telecom	16.18%	9.53%	7.07%
TIM	12.24%	11.91%	5.59%

Do analysts rate CHT or TIMB?

TIM has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 2.22%. Given TIM's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TIM 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
TIM	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Which has more volatility and risk, CHT or TIMB?

Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TIM has a beta of 0.53, indicating that its stock price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CHT or TIMB a better dividend stock?

Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. TIM pays an annual dividend of $0.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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. TIM pays out 65.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TIM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Chunghwa Telecom and TIM tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.