Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT) vs EchoStar Corporation (ECHO)

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. and EchoStar Corporation are both Telecom Services companies. Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. is the larger, with a market value of $37.9B against $26.2B — 1.4× the size. EchoStar Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 2.7× against 29.6×. Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.72% against −19.8%. EchoStar Corporation has the higher net margin (81.3% vs 16.1%) and the lower return on invested capital (1.35% vs 9.58%). Across the 21 metrics below, EchoStar Corporation leads on 11 and Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. on 10.

Valuation

Metric CHT ECHO Telecom Services median
P/E 29.58 2.66 12.29
P/S 4.84 2.16 0.94
P/B 3.13 1.55 1.25
Price to free cash flow 22.31 n/m 8.15
EV/EBITDA 12.58 24.19 7.05
EV/Sales 4.62 1.81 1.79
Earnings yield 3.38% 37.62% 3.40%
Free cash flow yield 4.48% (2.22%) 4.48%

Profitability

Metric CHT ECHO Telecom Services median
Gross margin 36.51% 32.49% 48.78%
Operating margin 20.37% 2.25% 9.22%
Net margin 16.13% 81.29% 6.67%
Free cash flow margin 21.67% (4.38%) 2.87%
Return on equity 10.33% 82.42% 6.00%
Return on assets 7.16% 24.25% 1.50%
Return on invested capital 9.58% 1.35% 3.77%

Growth

Metric CHT ECHO Telecom Services median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.72% (19.83%) 5.40%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 7.38% (11,356.82%) 0.62%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 0.36% 51.37% 2.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 0.73% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHT ECHO Telecom Services median
Debt to equity 0.07 0.57 0.57
Current ratio 1.22 10.16 1.09
Net debt to EBITDA (0.37) (1.41) 1.86

Dividend

Metric CHT ECHO Telecom Services median
Dividend yield 3.39% — 2.55%
Payout ratio 1.00 — 0.40

Size

Metric CHT ECHO Telecom Services median
Market cap 37.90b 26.16b 3.16b

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