China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 190 million broadband customers, and 408 million wireless subscribers, having overtaken China Unicom to become the second-largest wireless operator in China behind China Mobile. The firm is increasing its cross-selling of products and seeing strong growth from industrial digitization services, such as internet data centers and cloud computing. Its internet data center business is already the largest in China and it is expanding overseas.

Financial Strength

7/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry
Cash-To-Debt	1.41
Equity-to-Asset	0.53
Debt-to-Equity	0.15
Debt-to-EBITDA	0.57
Interest Coverage	9.33
Piotroski F-Score	5/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	1.52	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-2.01	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	2.1
	3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate	-1.6
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	-0.4
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	37.7
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	-0.2
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate	7.03
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	4.84

Momentum Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	70.21
	9-Day RSI	70.36
	14-Day RSI	67.92
	6-1 Month Momentum %	9.43
	12-1 Month Momentum %	-6.24

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	0.55
	Quick Ratio	0.54
	Cash Ratio	0.3
	Days Inventory	44.31
	Days Sales Outstanding	56.36
	Days Payable	1475.71

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Dividend Yield %	5.43
	Dividend Payout Ratio	1.31
	3-Year Dividend Growth Rate	21
	Forward Dividend Yield %	5.43
	5-Year Yield-on-Cost %	14.86
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	-4.2
	Shareholder Yield %	2.8

Profitability Rank

8/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	86.22
	Operating Margin %	4.52
	Net Margin %	4.05
	FCF Margin %	1.27
	ROE %	2.31
	ROA %	1.22
	ROIC %	1.11
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	2.55
	ROCE %	2.65
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	10

GF Value Rank

1/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	36.89
	Forward PE Ratio	10.92
	PE Ratio without NRI	36.89
	Shiller PE Ratio	13.72
	PEG Ratio	19.42
	PS Ratio	1.46
	PB Ratio	0.83
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	0.94
	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	92.51
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	5.45
	EV-to-EBIT	36.78
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	11.85
	EV-to-EBITDA	4.55
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	3.58
	EV-to-Revenue	2.07
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	0.95
	EV-to-FCF	162.08
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	0.88
	Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based)	3.2
	Price-to-DCF (FCF Based)	2.93
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	2.12
	Price-to-Graham-Number	1.09
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	2.72
	FCF Yield %	0.59
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	-27.29

Financials (Next Earnings Date:2024-04-26 Est.)

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Key Statistics

	Name	Value
	Revenue (TTM) (Mil HK$)	274,064.455
	EPS (TTM) (HK$)	0.119
	Beta	0.42
	Volatility %	23.68
	14-Day RSI	67.92
	14-Day ATR (HK$)	0.099038
	20-Day SMA (HK$)	4.234
	12-1 Month Momentum %	-6.24
	52-Week Range (HK$)	3.32 - 4.58
	Shares Outstanding (Mil)	91,507.14

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	Component	Result
	Piotroski F-Score	5
	Positive ROA
	Positive CFROA
	Higher ROA yoy
	CFROA > ROA
	Lower Leverage yoy
	Higher Current Ratio yoy
	Less Shares Outstanding yoy
	Higher Gross Margin yoy
	Higher Asset Turnover yoy

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China Telecom Corp Ltd Frequently Asked Questions

What is China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728)'s stock price today?

The current price of HKSE:00728 is HK$4.39. The 52 week high of HKSE:00728 is HK$4.58 and 52 week low is HK$3.32.

When is next earnings date of China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728)?

The next earnings date of China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728) is 2024-04-26 Est..

Does China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728) pay dividends? If so, how much?

The Dividend Yield % of China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728) is 5.43% (As of Today), Highest Dividend Payout Ratio of China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728) was 1.31. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.38. The Forward Dividend Yield % of China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728) is 5.43%. For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

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