ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. vs Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AD and CHT diverge most: on fcf yield, AD reads -7.4% and CHT reads 4.7%; on debt / equity, AD reads 0.36 and CHT reads 0.00. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AD's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What CHT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AD | CHT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $35.10 | $42.44 |
| Market cap | $3.0B | $32.9B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +6.9% |
| P/E | 14.6 | 28.3 |
| P/B | 1.63 | 2.73 |
| P/S | 2.99 | 4.69 |
| EV/EBITDA | 126.6 | 11.9 |
| Revenue growth | +58.2% | +2.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 36.3% |
| Operating margin | 309.1% | 20.4% |
| Net margin | 20.5% | 16.7% |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 9.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.3% | 7.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.8% | 9.5% |
| FCF yield | -7.4% | 4.7% |
| Dividend yield | 65.5% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 1.38 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.41 | 5.87 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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