Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. vs TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC., two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHT and TDS diverge most: on fcf yield, CHT reads 4.7% and TDS reads -1.3%; on debt / equity, CHT reads 0.00 and TDS reads 0.13. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What CHT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What TDS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CHT | TDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $42.62 | $33.58 |
| Market cap | $33.1B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.2% | — |
| P/E | 28.4 | 63.4 |
| P/B | 2.74 | 0.74 |
| P/S | 4.71 | 2.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.9 | 281.9 |
| Revenue growth | -1.2% | -1.1% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 20.4% | 46.5% |
| Net margin | 16.7% | 7.3% |
| Return on equity | 9.7% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 1.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.5% | 0.1% |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | -1.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 3.43 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.89 | 6.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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