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Chunghwa Telecom Co LTD key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Chunghwa Telecom Co LTD had return on equity of 10.4%, an operating margin of 20.6%, debt equal to 1.0% of equity and a current ratio of 1.45. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025
Gross margin36.1%35.8%35.5%35.2%34.5%34.0%35.8%36.9%36.5%36.3%36.8%
Operating margin21.7%20.9%20.5%20.3%19.6%20.4%21.3%21.6%20.8%20.4%20.6%
Net margin18.1%17.6%17.1%17.4%15.9%16.1%16.9%16.8%16.6%16.2%16.4%
Free-cash-flow margin22.1%18.0%19.4%17.5%23.3%24.5%18.8%20.5%19.6%22.0%21.1%
Return on equity11.8%11.2%11.0%10.2%8.6%8.8%9.4%9.4%9.6%9.6%10.4%
Return on assets—9.1%8.8%8.2%6.8%6.7%7.0%6.9%7.0%6.9%7.5%
Asset turnover—0.520.520.470.430.410.410.410.420.430.45
Current ratio—1.271.241.451.421.121.371.501.521.381.45
Debt to equity0.0%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.4%0.6%0.6%2.8%1.0%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)———————178.0x145.3x138.3x131.2x
Effective tax rate17.5%15.8%16.3%14.2%19.0%19.0%19.6%19.8%19.0%19.5%19.4%
R&D as % of revenue1.6%1.6%1.7%1.7%1.9%1.9%1.8%1.7%1.7%1.8%1.8%
Capital spending as % of revenue10.8%10.2%11.8%13.2%11.6%11.3%16.8%14.5%13.8%12.5%11.7%
Free cash flow ÷ net income121.9%102.3%113.0%100.7%146.5%152.4%111.0%122.2%118.6%135.8%128.5%
Dividends ÷ net income89.6%105.1%98.3%99.1%105.5%98.1%93.8%98.3%98.7%99.2%100.2%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow73.5%102.7%87.0%98.4%72.0%64.3%84.5%80.5%83.2%73.1%78.0%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

7 of 7 checks passed · December 31, 2025
What it owns · $17.1bn
Short-term assets $3.7bnLonger-term assets $13.3bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $16.6bn
Short-term liabilities $2.6bnLonger-term liabilities $1.8bnShareholders' equity $12.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $3.7bn of assets due within a year against $2.6bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $3.7bn short-term assets against $1.8bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $1.2bn of cash against $122m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 1% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 0% to 1% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $2.5bn of operating cash flow against $122m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $1.6bn against $12m of interest.

From Chunghwa Telecom Co LTD's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Chunghwa Telecom Co LTD's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 2, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Chunghwa Telecom Co LTD.