Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. CHT

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
74/100
Moderate

About Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated telecommunications service provider in Taiwan and internationally. The company operates through Consumer Business, Enterprise Business, International Business, and Others segments. Its services primarily include mobile, fixed-line, information and communication technology (ICT), and sales and other services. The company offers mobile services, including prepaid and postpaid plans; fixed-line services, … Full CHT analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Strong Interest Coverage & Conservative Leverage Debt serviceability is strong (score 0.94), with robust interest coverage.
  • Consistent Cash Generation Cash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.83).

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Pricing Power

Moderate
65

Where CHT ranks in Telecom Services

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. ranks #5 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score — the top 9%. The widest moat in the group is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near CHT in Telecom Services
# Company Moat score Rating
1 Iridium Communications Inc IRDM 76/100 Strong
2 PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tb TLK 76/100 Strong
3 PLDT Inc. Sponsored PHI 75/100 Moderate
4 Millicom International Cellular TIGO 75/100 Moderate
5 Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. CHT 74/100 Moderate
6 TIM S.A. TIMB 73/100 Moderate
7 IHS Holding Limited IHS 71/100 Moderate
8 BCE, Inc. BCE 71/100 Moderate
9 Comcast Corporation CMCSA 71/100 Moderate

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How CHT scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 65 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 86 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 89 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 76 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 86 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 45 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CHT's moat

What is Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.'s moat score?

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (CHT) scores 74 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #5 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services, the top 9%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Telecom Services. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (89/100) and its weakest is Scale & Market Position (45/100).

How does Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. compare with other Telecom Services companies?

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. ranks #5 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score. The widest moat in Telecom Services is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Millicom International Cellular (TIGO) at 75 just above it and TIM S.A. (TIMB) at 73 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 59 companies in Telecom Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CHT scores: Pricing Power (65), Cost Advantage (86), Customer Stickiness (89), Capital Efficiency (76), Resilience (86), Scale & Market Position (45). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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