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China Telecom (SHSE:601728) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 0.69 (As of Jun. 06, 2024)


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What is China Telecom Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-06-06), China Telecom's current share price is ¥5.90. China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥8.55. China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 0.69.

The historical rank and industry rank for China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

SHSE:601728' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36   Med: 0.76   Max: 1.6
Current: 0.74

During the past years, China Telecom's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 1.60. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.76.

SHSE:601728's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked better than
60.33% of 300 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 1.035 vs SHSE:601728: 0.74

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

China Telecom's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was ¥1.408. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is ¥8.55 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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China Telecom Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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China Telecom Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

China Telecom Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.60 0.40 0.46 0.52 0.64

China Telecom Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.71 0.64 0.67 0.64 0.71

Competitive Comparison of China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



China Telecom Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=5.90/8.55
=0.69

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

China Telecom's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, China Telecom's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=1.408/115.2271*115.2271
=1.408

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 115.2271.

China Telecom Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201406 1.023 98.200 1.200
201409 0.959 98.900 1.117
201412 0.998 99.000 1.162
201503 1.006 99.900 1.160
201506 1.032 99.500 1.195
201509 1.005 100.500 1.152
201512 1.053 100.600 1.206
201603 1.068 102.200 1.204
201606 1.117 101.400 1.269
201609 1.075 102.400 1.210
201612 1.096 102.600 1.231
201703 1.130 103.200 1.262
201706 1.147 103.100 1.282
201709 1.120 104.100 1.240
201712 1.128 104.500 1.244
201803 1.194 105.300 1.307
201806 1.191 104.900 1.308
201809 1.136 106.600 1.228
201812 1.139 106.500 1.232
201903 1.188 107.700 1.271
201906 1.166 107.700 1.247
201909 1.141 109.800 1.197
201912 1.148 111.200 1.190
202003 1.171 112.300 1.202
202006 1.223 110.400 1.276
202009 1.221 111.700 1.260
202012 1.247 111.500 1.289
202103 1.320 112.662 1.350
202106 1.388 111.769 1.431
202109 0.976 112.215 1.002
202112 1.206 113.108 1.229
202203 1.313 114.335 1.323
202206 1.335 114.558 1.343
202209 1.288 115.339 1.287
202212 1.324 115.116 1.325
202303 1.463 115.116 1.464
202306 1.388 114.558 1.396
202309 1.369 115.339 1.368
202312 1.447 114.781 1.453
202403 1.408 115.227 1.408

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


China Telecom  (SHSE:601728) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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China Telecom (SHSE:601728) Business Description

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31 Jinrong Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, CHN, 100033
China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces. It has 102 million fixed-line subscribers, 189 million broadband customers, and 406 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, with a plan to have 560,000 cabinets by end 2023.

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