Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. vs AT&T INC., two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHT and T diverge most: on debt / equity, CHT reads 0.00 and T reads 0.05; on p/s, CHT reads 49.67 and T reads 1.26. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What T's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (segment-resolved basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHT | T |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.91 | $22.70 |
| Market cap | $348.4B | $159.5B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 299.4 | 7.6 |
| P/B | 28.86 | 1.27 |
| P/S | 49.67 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 129.8 | 3.4 |
| Revenue growth | +2.5% | +2.9% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 20.4% | 21.1% |
| Net margin | 16.7% | 12.4% |
| Return on equity | 9.7% | 12.5% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 3.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.5% | 14.8% |
| FCF yield | 0.4% | 12.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 4.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.05 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.19 | 6.40 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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