Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. vs T-MOBILE US, INC., two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHT and TMUS diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CHT reads +7.8% and TMUS reads -3.6%; on revenue growth, CHT reads -1.2% and TMUS reads +9.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CHT price has a different growth bar priced in than TMUS (+7.8% implied for CHT vs -3.6% for TMUS); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What TMUS'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 | CHT | TMUS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $42.62 | $172.69 |
| Market cap | $33.1B | $186.9B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +7.8% | -3.6% |
| P/E | 28.4 | 18.1 |
| P/B | 2.74 | 3.32 |
| P/S | 4.71 | 2.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.9 | 5.8 |
| Revenue growth | -1.2% | +9.7% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 20.4% | 24.1% |
| Net margin | 16.7% | 11.4% |
| Return on equity | 9.7% | 18.8% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 4.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.5% | 21.9% |
| FCF yield | 4.7% | 9.8% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.11 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.89 | 6.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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