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China Telecom (China Telecom) Total Assets : $117,058 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is China Telecom Total Assets?

China Telecom's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $117,058 Mil.

During the past 12 months, China Telecom's average Total Assets Growth Rate was -0.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 0.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 2.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 2.30% per year.

During the past 13 years, China Telecom's highest 3-Year average Total Assets Growth Rate was 28.20%. The lowest was -0.90%. And the median was 3.65%.

Total Assets is connected with ROA %. China Telecom's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.62%. Total Assets is also linked to Revenue through Asset Turnover. China Telecom's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.16.


China Telecom Total Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Telecom's Total Assets 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 Total Assets Chart

China Telecom Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Total Assets
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 100,251.08 109,353.60 119,673.91 115,853.81 117,057.51

China Telecom Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Total Assets 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 115,853.81 117,349.40 114,498.47 117,057.51 -

China Telecom Total Assets Calculation

Total Assets are all the assets a company owns.

From the capital sources of the assets, some of the assets are funded through shareholder's paid in capital and retained earnings of the business. Others are funded through borrowed money.

China Telecom's Total Assets for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Total Assets=Total Equity (A: Dec. 2023 )+Total Liabilities (A: Dec. 2023 )
=62626.677+54430.828
=117,058

China Telecom's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Total Assets=Total Equity (Q: Dec. 2023 )+Total Liabilities (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=62626.677+54430.828
=117,058

* 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  (NYSE:CHA) Total Assets Explanation

Total Assets is connected with ROA %.

China Telecom's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

ROA %=Net Income (Q: Dec. 2023 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Sep. 2023 )+Total Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=1874.176/( (114498.474+117057.505)/ 2 )
=1874.176/115777.9895
=1.62 %

Note: The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.

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Total Assets is linked to total revenue through Asset Turnover.

China Telecom's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is

Asset Turnover
=Revenue (Q: Dec. 2023 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Sep. 2023 )+Total Assets (Q: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=18549.682/( (114498.474+117057.505)/ 2 )
=18549.682/115777.9895
=0.16

* 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.

Therefore, if a company grows its Total Assets faster than its Revenue, the Asset Turnover will decline. This might be a warning sign for the business.

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China Telecom (China Telecom) Business Description

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Address
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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