Chunghwa Telecom Q1 Earnings Call Highlights

Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) reported a grounds first-quarter gross show for 2026 and said each cardinal fiscal metrics exceeded its quarterly guidance, arsenic maturation successful ICT services, mobile, fixed broadband and handset income supported results.

President Rong-Shy Lin said the company’s first-quarter gross reached its highest level for immoderate archetypal 4th since 2012, driven chiefly by “outstanding ICT gross growth,” alongside continued spot successful mobile and fixed-line operations. Chunghwa besides announced that its 2025 currency dividend per stock is acceptable astatine TWD 5.2, representing a payout ratio of 104.2%.

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“This represents a precise affirmative commencement to the year,” Lin said, adding that the institution plans to further deploy resources toward “pre-6G and AI-related opportunity” successful 2026.

Revenue Rises 7.5% arsenic Earnings Top Guidance

Chief Financial Officer Audrey Hsu said consolidated gross for the archetypal 4th was TWD 59.99 billion, up 7.5% twelvemonth implicit year. She attributed the summation to 3 main factors: beardown ICT momentum, higher income gross driven by handset request and contributions from subsidiaries including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech, and unchangeable show successful halfway telecom services specified arsenic mobile, broadband and data.

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Income from operations roseate 4.6% from a twelvemonth earlier, supported by the profitability of halfway telecom operations, subsidiary contributions, higher-value integrated projects, and scaling successful IDC and unreality operations. Earnings per stock accrued to TWD 1.30 from TWD 1.26, which Hsu described arsenic the company’s highest first-quarter EPS successful the past 10 years. EBITDA was TWD 23.3 billion, with an EBITDA borderline of 38.85%.