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Employees: 167
Size Chief Telecom (6561.TWO) is a Taiwan Communication Services company (Specialty Telecommunications) with a market value of $796M, the 315th largest of 687 Taiwan companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at NT$337.50 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 1.5%, against -13.7% for the median peer and -3.4% for the Taiwan market (cap-weighted) — 6th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue fell 0.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +5.5%); the operating margin is 39.1% (peer median 6.8%).
Valuation It trades at 19.7× forward earnings against a peer median of 30.1× (6th cheapest of 12).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -1% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +9%, so the hurdle is -10 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 17.0 points above its cost of capital (5.0% WACC).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | NT$4.03B | NT$3.94B | NT$3.79B | NT$3.24B | NT$3.08B |
| Revenue growth | — | +4% | +17% | +5% | — |
| Gross profit | NT$2.00B | NT$2.07B | NT$1.80B | NT$1.57B | NT$1.46B |
| EBITDA | NT$2.02B | NT$1.93B | NT$1.55B | NT$1.33B | NT$1.22B |
| Net income | NT$1.23B | NT$1.23B | NT$1.08B | NT$921M | NT$837M |
| Free cash flow | NT$1.27B | NT$822M | -NT$103M | NT$315M | NT$503M |
| Capital expenditure | NT$314M | NT$739M | NT$1.61B | NT$767M | NT$599M |
| Total debt | NT$2.41B | NT$2.35B | NT$2.38B | NT$2.39B | NT$1.72B |
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| Measure | 6561.TWO | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +7.5% | +0.8% | 5th highest of 20 |
| 6-month return | +1.5% | -13.7% | 6th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -18.7% | -31.1% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | -0.6% | +5.5% | 5th lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 39.1% | 6.8% | 2nd highest of 19 |
| Forward P/E | 19.7× | 30.1× | 6th cheapest of 12 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | -0.7% | 7.8% | 4th least demanding of 12 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +9.0% | +7.9% | 6th highest of 12 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -9.7 pp | -9.9 pp | 6th most demanding of 12 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +17.0 pp | +0.3 pp | 3rd highest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 14.1× | 9.4× | 4th most expensive of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.1× | 0.9× | 6th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Telecom 6561.TWO | Taiwan | $796M | +2% | -1% | 39% | 19.7× | -0.7% | +9.0% |
| Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) TTML.NS | India | $824M | -11% | -1% | 44% | n/a | 22.7% | +2.1% |
| Macquarie Technology MAQ.AX | Australia | $890M | -34% | +6% | 15% | 58.2× | n/a | n/a |
| cyber_Folks CBF.WA | Poland | $899M | +8% | +27% | n/a | 40.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Net263 002467.SZ | China | $939M | -33% | +14% | -29% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Aussie Broadband ABB.AX | Australia | $968M | -13% | +9% | 7% | 14.7× | 13.1% | +29.9% |
| Telesat TSAT.TO | Canada | $644M | -18% | -24% | -8% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ituran Location and Control ITRN | United States | $987M | -18% | +16% | 22% | 12.9× | -3.4% | +7.9% |
| KINX 093320.KS | South Korea | $623M | +68% | +7% | 19% | 32.8× | 7.8% | +17.7% |
| Guangzhou Frontop Digital Creative Technology 301313.SZ | China | $1.02B | +90% | +1% | -31% | 93.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Guomai Technologies 002093.SZ | China | $1.08B | -14% | +3% | 24% | n/a | 11.7% | +6.5% |
| Eastone Century Technology 300310.SZ | China | $575M | -24% | +3% | 0% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| CITIC Telecom International 1883.HK | Hong Kong | $1.14B | -14% | 0% | 12% | 9.2× | -10.5% | +1.4% |
| Juneyao Grand Healthy Drinks 605388.SS | China | $524M | -15% | +5% | -19% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| StarHub CC3.SI | Singapore | $1.41B | +4% | -8% | 5% | 48.0× | 7.2% | +3.0% |
| Beijing Waluer Information Technology 301380.SZ | China | $440M | -14% | +7% | 7% | n/a | 16.4% | +16.4% |
| Shunya International Martech (Beijing) 300612.SZ | China | $341M | -17% | -45% | -24% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| U-NEXT 9418.T | Japan | $2.04B | +17% | +20% | 6% | 17.6× | 0.4% | +17.7% |
| Helios Towers HTWS.L | United Kingdom | $3.05B | -8% | +6% | 36% | 30.1× | 13.4% | +15.0% |
| freenet FNTN.DE | Germany | $3.06B | -7% | +10% | 14% | 11.4× | -11.3% | -1.1% |