Contrasting Singapore Telecommunications (OTCMKTS:SGAPY) & Advanced Info Service Public (OTCMKTS:AVIFY)

Dividends

Advanced Info Service Public pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Singapore Telecommunications pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Advanced Info Service Public pays out 71.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Advanced Info Service Public and Singapore Telecommunications’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Advanced Info Service Public	15.77%	36.53%	7.31%
Singapore Telecommunications	N/A	N/A	N/A

Insider and Institutional Ownership

0.0% of Singapore Telecommunications shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk and Volatility

Advanced Info Service Public has a beta of 0.36, indicating that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Singapore Telecommunications has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Advanced Info Service Public and Singapore Telecommunications”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Advanced Info Service Public	$5.43 billion	4.54	$837.68 million	$0.31	26.74
Singapore Telecommunications	$10.54 billion	3.59	$591.16 million	N/A	N/A

Advanced Info Service Public has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Singapore Telecommunications.

About Advanced Info Service Public

Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited, together its subsidiaries, provides communication products and services primarily in Thailand. It is involved in the operation of cellular telephone networks, networks, and telecommunication and internet services. The company also distributes handsets; cash cards and electronic payment services; and internet equipment. In addition, it provides international telephone, broadcasting network, and television broadcasting services for various channels; and digital platform, as well as insurance brokerage services. Further, the company offers IT system service development, content aggregator, and billing and collection outsourcing services; call center services; and space, and land and building services, as well as related facilities. Additionally, it provides internet data center, and internet and satellite uplink-downlink services for communications; mobile contents, application development, and digital marketing services; fixed-line services and data communication network services; software development services; online domain names; services of infrastructure development of fibre optic networks; and training and online advertising services. The company is involved in resale of mobile phone, voice over internet phone, and leased circuit services. Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

About Singapore Telecommunications

Singapore Telecommunications Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunication services to consumers and small businesses in Singapore, Australia, China, and internationally. The company operates through Optus, Singtel Singapore, NCS, Digital InfraCo, and Corporate segments. The company provides mobile, equipment sales, fixed voice and data, satellite, ICT and managed services; mobile, fixed voice and data, pay television, content and digital services, ICT as well as equipment sales in Singapore; and provides differentiated and end-to-end technology services to clients through its Gov+, Enterprise, and Telco+ strategic business groups with its NEXT capabilities in digital, data, cloud and platforms, as well as offers applications, infrastructure, engineering and cyber. It offers regional data centre services under Nxera; satellite carrier services; and Paragon, Singtel’s all-in-one digital acceleration platform for 5G multi-access edge compute and cloud orchestration. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Singapore.