China Telecom Corporation Limited

XSSC:601728 Stock Report

Market Cap: CN¥552.8b

China Telecom Valuation

Is 601728 undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of 601728 when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: 601728 (CN¥6.38) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CN¥17)

Significantly Below Fair Value: 601728 is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for 601728?

Key metric: As 601728 is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for 601728. This is calculated by dividing 601728's market cap by their current earnings.
What is 601728's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio11.6x
EarningsCN¥32.64b
Market CapCN¥552.80b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does 601728's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for 601728 vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average23.3x
603220 China Bester Group Telecom
48.5xn/aCN¥9.1b
600050 China United Network Communications
18.6x10.1%CN¥162.5b
9432 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
11.1x4.4%JP¥12.9t
7010 Saudi Telecom
14.9x6.5%ر.س198.2b
601728 China Telecom
11.6x7.1%CN¥593.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: 601728 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the peer average (23.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does 601728's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Asian Telecom Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
601728 11.6xIndustry Avg. 15.1xNo. of Companies19PE01224364860+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: 601728 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the Asian Telecom industry average (15.1x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is 601728's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

601728 PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio11.6x
Fair PE Ratio30.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: 601728 is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (11.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (30.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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