Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. vs VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC, two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CHT and VZ diverge most: on debt / equity, CHT reads 0.00 and VZ reads 0.27; on fcf yield, CHT reads 0.4% and VZ reads 19.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What VZ'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 | VZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.91 | $46.50 |
| Market cap | $348.4B | $195.8B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 299.4 | 11.3 |
| P/B | 28.86 | 1.87 |
| P/S | 49.67 | 1.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 129.8 | 4.5 |
| Revenue growth | +2.5% | +2.9% |
| Gross margin | 36.3% | — |
| Operating margin | 20.4% | 23.9% |
| Net margin | 16.7% | 12.5% |
| Return on equity | 9.7% | 16.6% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 4.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 9.5% | 16.9% |
| FCF yield | 0.4% | 19.1% |
| Dividend yield | — | 5.9% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.27 |
| Current ratio | 1.38 | 0.64 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.19 | 6.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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