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.

Financial Strength

6/10

Name	Current	Vs Industry
Cash-To-Debt	1.33
Equity-to-Asset	0.53
Debt-to-Equity	0.16
Debt-to-EBITDA	1.08
Interest Coverage	9.63
Piotroski F-Score	4/9	0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Altman Z-Score	1.02	Distress Grey Safe
Beneish M-Score	-3.3	Manipulator Not Manipulator
WACC vs ROIC		WACC ROIC

Growth Rank

10/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	3-Year Revenue Growth Rate	4.4
	3-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate	6.4
	3-Year FCF Growth Rate	10.6
	3-Year Book Growth Rate	2.8
	Future 3-5Y EPS without NRI Growth Rate	8.15
	Future 3-5Y Total Revenue Growth Rate	5.24

Momentum Rank

8/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	5-Day RSI	61.04
	9-Day RSI	58.33
	14-Day RSI	54.93
	6-1 Month Momentum %	-14.97
	12-1 Month Momentum %	5.68

Liquidity Ratio

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Current Ratio	0.59
	Quick Ratio	0.57
	Cash Ratio	0.3
	Days Inventory	12.26
	Days Sales Outstanding	55.22
	Days Payable	391.58

Dividend & Buy Back

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Dividend Yield %	6.78
	Dividend Payout Ratio	0.67
	3-Year Dividend Growth Rate	38.5
	Forward Dividend Yield %	6.78
	5-Year Yield-on-Cost %	16.09
	3-Year Average Share Buyback Ratio	-4.2
	Shareholder Yield %	1.61

Profitability Rank

7/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	Gross Margin %	45.36
	Operating Margin %	4.65
	Net Margin %	4.07
	FCF Margin %	18.78
	ROE %	2.21
	ROA %	1.19
	ROIC %	1.08
	ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %	2.45
	ROCE %	2.58
	Years of Profitability over Past 10-Year	10

GF Value Rank

7/10

	Name	Current	Vs Industry		Vs History
	PE Ratio	29.67
	Forward PE Ratio	8.66
	PE Ratio without NRI	29.67
	Shiller PE Ratio	11.48
	Price-to-Owner-Earnings	4.71
	PEG Ratio	8.73
	PS Ratio	1.22
	PB Ratio	0.67
	Price-to-Tangible-Book	0.75
	Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow	6.5
	Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow	2.15
	EV-to-EBIT	30.74
	EV-to-Forward-EBIT	9.58
	EV-to-EBITDA	6.56
	EV-to-Forward-EBITDA	2.93
	EV-to-Revenue	1.74
	EV-to-Forward-Revenue	0.79
	EV-to-FCF	9.23
	Price-to-Projected-FCF	0.46
	Price-to-DCF (Earnings Based)	2.58
	Price-to-DCF (FCF Based)	0.33
	Price-to-Median-PS-Value	1.63
	Price-to-Graham-Number	1.03
	Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) %	3.25
	FCF Yield %	10.43
	Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %	15.8

Financials (Next Earnings Date:2024-03-22 Est.)

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Key Statistics

	Name	Value
	Revenue (TTM) (Mil HK$)	267,101.871
	EPS (TTM) (HK$)	0.12
	Beta	0.44
	Volatility %	34.79
	14-Day RSI	54.93
	14-Day ATR (HK$)	0.077566
	20-Day SMA (HK$)	3.5505
	12-1 Month Momentum %	5.68
	52-Week Range (HK$)	2.98 - 4.58
	Shares Outstanding (Mil)	91,507

Piotroski F-Score Details

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	Component	Result
	Piotroski F-Score	4
	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

China Telecom Corp Ltd Filings

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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$3.56. The 52 week high of HKSE:00728 is HK$4.58 and 52 week low is HK$2.98.

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

The next earnings date of China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728) is 2024-03-22 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 6.78% (As of Today), Highest Dividend Payout Ratio of China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728) was 0.97. The lowest was 0.32. And the median was 0.37. The Forward Dividend Yield % of China Telecom Corp Ltd(HKSE:00728) is 6.78%. For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.

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