China Telecom (SHSE:601728) Short Percentage of Float

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SHSE:601728 China Telecom Corp Ltd SHSE:601728
66 GF Score
Price ¥6.16
GF Value ¥5.67
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 7 Warning Signs
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What is China Telecom Short Percentage of Float?

Short Percentage of Float is the percentage of shares shorted compared to the float.

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SHSE:601728 vs TMUS, VZ, T: Short Percentage of Float Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, China Telecom's Short Percentage of Float, along with its competitors' market caps and Short Percentage of Float 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 Short Percentage of Float vs Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, China Telecom's Short Percentage of Float distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where China Telecom's Short Percentage of Float falls into.


SHSE:601728
66GF Score
China Telecom Corp Ltd SHSE:601728
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Is China Telecom (SHSE:601728) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, China Telecom stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of ¥6.16 is trading 8.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of ¥5.67. GuruFocus considers China Telecom to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for SHSE:601728:

  • Short Percentage of Float:
  • GF Value™: ¥5.67 vs. price of ¥6.16 (8.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 66/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the SHSE:601728 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

China Telecom Business Description

Other Exchanges 00728:Hong Kong
Address 31 Jinrong Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, CHN, 100033
China Telecom is the largest fixed-line operator in China, originally covering 21 southern provinces but now operating nationally. It has 201 million broadband customers, and 439 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.
66GF Score

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¥6.16
Price
¥5.67
GF Value