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Company snapshot — Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd

CHT in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Chunghwa Telecom operates as an integrated telecommunications provider in Taiwan, split into Consumer, Enterprise, International and Other segments. It sells mobile plans, fixed-line and broadband services, and information-and-communication-technology work such as cloud, content delivery and network security, alongside handset and wearable sales through its own and third-party stores. It is headquartered in Taipei.
Where it sits in the stack
Chunghwa carries no seat in the diary's Rubin or Halo indices. It sits in the Communication Services sector of our universe, grouped with other scored names from the same sector and country rather than a build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelook's peer group draws on scored Communication Services names based in the US, a mixed set spanning Alphabet, Meta, NetEase and Reddit alongside other telecom operators such as Millicom and Telkom Indonesia; the market also names Taiwan Mobile as a direct domestic competitor.
Why Closelook tracks it
Chunghwa carries a Closelook score with valuation as its strongest module and quality as its weakest; it holds no seat in our indices and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
Whether growth in the ICT and enterprise segments starts to offset the weaker quality reading, and whether that shift changes how the score's modules balance against each other.

Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT) trades on US exchanges, classified under Communication Services.

The Closelook company score reads 57/100 composite (momentum 64, quality 56, valuation 64) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for CHT, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Telecom Services · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Telecom Services · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelook universe; scored names rank on their Closelook score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against CHT on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.58%, annual · last 1.65 USD on 2026-07-09

Dividends and capital return

What CHT pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.65 USD per share · a 3.58% yield on the 2026-09-23 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-09-23
  • Change on the year −1.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.67 USD per share
  • Last distribution 1.65 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-07-09
  • By calendar year 2025: 1.67 USD (partial) · 2026: 1.65 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-07-03
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 39.0 bn USD 101% of earnings
  • Share count −0.3% in FY2025 10 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 39.0 bn USD · 79% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.18 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How CHT has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.18 — barely reacts to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd moved 0.18% on average · correlation 0.13 · higher than 20% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.11 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.53% on average against −0.76% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.20% TLT −1.58% that day 2026-09-23

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 65/100 · S&P 500 fund at 68, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-23
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +9.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-23
  • Sector × region Communication services in US: −0.1% week · +0.5% month · +6.0% quarter · −3.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLC.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-23
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.60 · up 0.32 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-23

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24

Quick answers

What is Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT)?

Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd trades as CHT on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Communication Services in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-24.

Is CHT in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-24.

What is Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd's Closelook composite score?

57 out of 100, with momentum 64, quality 56 and valuation 64 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-24. Scores are Closelook's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does CHT trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +6.5% vs the 50-day and +10.3% vs the 200-day average, 0.2% below the 52-week high and +22.3% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd do?

Chunghwa Telecom operates as an integrated telecommunications provider in Taiwan, split into Consumer, Enterprise, International and Other segments. It sells mobile plans, fixed-line and broadband services, and information-and-communication-technology work such as cloud, content delivery and network security, alongside handset and wearable sales through its own and third-party stores. It is headquartered in Taipei. Closelook's peer group draws on scored Communication Services names based in the US, a mixed set spanning Alphabet, Meta, NetEase and Reddit alongside other telecom operators such as Millicom and Telkom Indonesia; the market also names Taiwan Mobile as a direct domestic competitor.

Where does Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Chunghwa carries no seat in the diary's Rubin or Halo indices. It sits in the Communication Services sector of our universe, grouped with other scored names from the same sector and country rather than a build-out layer. Chunghwa carries a Closelook score with valuation as its strongest module and quality as its weakest; it holds no seat in our indices and the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd pay a dividend?

Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd has paid 1.65 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 3.58% on the 2026-09-23 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.65 USD on 2026-07-09. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 39.0 bn USD in dividends, 79% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 0.3% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd had a beta of 0.18 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it barely reacts to bond moves, higher than 20% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.53% on average, against −0.76% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CHT, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Telecom Services. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.