Ratings HKT Trust and HKT Limited

Equities

6823

HK0000093390

Market Closed - Hong Kong S.E. Other stock markets 04:08:20 2024-04-26 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
8.9 ^HKD	+0.68%		+2.53%	-4.51%

Feb. 22	HKT's 2023 Profit Rises	MT
Feb. 22	Transcript : HKT Trust and HKT Limited, 2023 Earnings Call, Feb 22, 2024

Strengths

The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
The company returns high margins, thereby supporting business profitability.
The company has a low valuation given the cash flows generated by its activity.
This company will be of major interest to investors in search of a high dividend stock.
Analysts have a positive opinion on this stock. Average consensus recommends overweighting or purchasing the stock.
The difference between current prices and the average target price is rather important and implies a significant appreciation potential for the stock.
The opinion of analysts covering the stock has improved over the past four months.
Consensus analysts have strongly revised their opinion of the company over the past 12 months.
There is high visibility into the group's activities for the coming years. Outlooks on future revenues from analysts covering the equity remain similar. Such hardly dispersed estimates support highly predictable sales for the current and upcoming fiscal years.
The divergence of price targets given by the various analysts who make up the consensus is relatively low, suggesting a consensus method of evaluating the company and its prospects.

Weaknesses

As estimated by analysts, this group is among those businesses with the lowest growth prospects.
The company's currently anticipated earnings per share (EPS) growth for the next few years is a notable weakness.
The company is in a hindered financial situation with significant debt and rather low EBITDA levels.
The company's enterprise value to sales, at 3.24 times its current sales, is high.
Financial statements have repeatedly disappointed market stakeholders. Most often, they were below expectations.

Ratings chart - Surperformance

Chart ESG Refinitiv

Sector: Integrated Telecommunications Services

	1st Jan change	Capi.	ESG Refinitiv
HKT TRUST AND HKT LIMITED	-4.51%	8.62B	B
CHINA MOBILE LIMITED	+9.65%	199B	B+
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS	+5.25%	167B	C
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG	+0.46%	116B	A-
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION	-2.38%	89.84B	B-
CHINA TELECOM CORPORATION LIMITED	+17.65%	72.93B	B-
AMÉRICA MÓVIL, S.A.B. DE C.V.	+2.80%	58.42B	B
SAUDI TELECOM COMPANY	-5.07%	50.97B	B
EMIRATES TELECOMMUNICATIONS GROUP COMPANY	-13.54%	40.2B	B
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.	-34.49%	36.67B	C

Investor Rating

Trading Rating

ESG Refinitiv

Financials

Sales growth

Earnings Growth

EBITDA / Sales

Profitability

Finances

Valuation

P/E ratio

EV / Sales

Price to Book

Price to Free Cash Flow

Yield

Momentum

1 year Revenue revision

4 months Revenue revision

7 days Revenue revision

1 year EPS revision

4 months EPS revision

Consensus

Analyst Opinion

Potential Price Target

4m Target Price Revision

4m Revision of opinion

12m Revision of opinion

Business Predictability

Analyst Coverage

Divergence of Estimates

Divergence of analysts' opinions

Divergence of Target Price

Earnings quality

Environment

Emissions

Innovation

Use of resources

Governance

CSR Strategy

Management

Shareholders

Controversy

Technical analysis

ST Timing

MT Timing

LT Timing

RSI

Bollinger Spread

Unusual volumes