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China Mobile (China Mobile) Asset Turnover : 0.13 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is China Mobile Asset Turnover?

Asset Turnover measures how quickly a company turns over its asset through sales. It is calculated as Revenue divided by Total Assets. China Mobile's Revenue for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $36,618 Mil. China Mobile's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $278,092 Mil. Therefore, China Mobile's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.13.

Asset Turnover is linked to ROE % through Du Pont Formula. China Mobile's annualized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 8.80%. It is also linked to ROA % through Du Pont Formula. China Mobile's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.91%.


China Mobile Asset Turnover Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Mobile's Asset Turnover 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 Mobile Asset Turnover Chart

China Mobile Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Asset Turnover
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.47 0.47 0.48 0.47 0.51

China Mobile Quarterly Data
Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Asset Turnover 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 0.13 0.14 0.12 0.12 0.13

Competitive Comparison of China Mobile's Asset Turnover

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Mobile's Asset Turnover, along with its competitors' market caps and Asset Turnover 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 Mobile's Asset Turnover Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Mobile's Asset Turnover distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Mobile's Asset Turnover falls into.



China Mobile Asset Turnover Calculation

Asset Turnover measures how quickly a company turns over its asset through sales.

China Mobile's Asset Turnover for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Asset Turnover
=Revenue/Average Total Assets
=Revenue (A: Dec. 2023 )/( (Total Assets (A: Dec. 2022 )+Total Assets (A: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=141355.844/( (277627.838+279075.796)/ 2 )
=141355.844/278351.817
=0.51

China Mobile's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Asset Turnover
=Revenue/Average Total Assets
=Revenue (Q: Mar. 2024 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 )+Total Assets (Q: Mar. 2024 ))/ count )
=36618.343/( (279075.796+277109.074)/ 2 )
=36618.343/278092.435
=0.13

* 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.

Companies with low profit margins tend to have high Asset Turnover, while those with high profit margins have low Asset Turnover. Companies in the retail industry tend to have a very high turnover ratio.


China Mobile  (NYSE:CHL) Asset Turnover Explanation

Asset Turnover is linked to ROE % through Du Pont Formula.

China Mobile's annulized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

ROE %**(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Net Income/Total Stockholders Equity
=16446.02/186821.775
=(Net Income / Revenue)*(Revenue / Total Assets)*(Total Assets / Total Stockholders Equity)
=(16446.02 / 146473.372)*(146473.372 / 278092.435)*(278092.435/ 186821.775)
=Net Margin %*Asset Turnover*Equity Multiplier
=11.23 %*0.5267*1.4885
=ROA %*Equity Multiplier
=5.91 %*1.4885
=8.80 %

Note: The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) revenue data.

* 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.

** The ROE % used above is for Du Pont Analysis only. It is different from the defined ROE % page on our website, as here it uses Net Income instead of Net Income attributable to Common Stockholders in the calculation.

It is also linked to ROA % through Du Pont Formula:

China Mobile's annulized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

ROA %(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Net Income/Total Assets
=16446.02/278092.435
=(Net Income / Revenue)*(Revenue / Total Assets)
=(16446.02 / 146473.372)*(146473.372 / 278092.435)
=Net Margin %*Asset Turnover
=11.23 %*0.5267
=5.91 %

Note: The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) revenue data.

* 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.


Be Aware

In the article Joining The Dark Side: Pirates, Spies and Short Sellers, James Montier reported that In their US sample covering the period 1968-2003, Cooper et al find that firms with low asset growth outperformed firms with high asset growth by an astounding 20% p.a. equally weighted. Even when controlling for market, size and style, low asset growth firms outperformed high asset growth firms by 13% p.a. Therefore a company with fast asset growth may underperform.

Therefore, it is a good sign if a company's Asset Turnover is consistent or even increases. If a company's asset grows faster than sales, its Asset Turnover will decline, which can be a warning sign.


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China Mobile (China Mobile) Business Description

Address
99 Queen’s Road Central, 60th Floor, The Center, Hong Kong, HKG
China Mobile is not only the largest telecom operator in China by the number of mobile subscribers (990 million) but also the largest in the world. It has 60% of the total wireless market in China and 45% of the fixed-line broadband market. The firm is continuing to roll out its 5G network, having launched 5G service in late 2019. It is doing some 5G network sharing with China Broadnet at 700 MHz and also resells its 2G/4G/5G network through China Broadnet. Strong growth is being generated through internet data centers where it has the second-largest network in China and through Cloud Services. The company issued stock on the A-share market in 2022 and completed its first buyback of H-shares.