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China Mobile Ltd (CHL:NYSE)

LAST $49.70 USD
CHANGE TODAY +0.23 0.46%
VOLUME 1.6M
As of 4:02 PM 11/23/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of China Mobile Ltd (CHL)

OPEN
$49.58
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$49.47
DAY HIGH
$49.89
DAY LOW
$49.54
52 WEEK HIGH
08/10/09 - $59.22
52 WEEK LOW
03/20/09 - $40.20
MARKET CAP
199.3B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
1.7M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$4.08
SHARES OUTSTANDING
4.0B
EX-DATE
09/10/09
P/E TTM
12.2x
DIVIDEND
$1.77
DIVIDEND YIELD
3.57%
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions

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CHL Details

China Mobile Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile telecommunications and related services primarily in China, Hong Kong, and internationally. It offers mobile voice services, such as local calls, domestic long distance calls, international long distance calls, intra-provincial roaming, inter-provincial roaming, and international roaming; and voice value-added services, including caller identity display, caller restrictions, call waiting, call forwarding, call holding, voice mail, and conference calls. The company also engages in data businesses, which include short message services, wireless application protocol, and multimedia messaging services, as well as color ring services that enable users to customize the answer ring tone from various selection of songs, melodies, sound effects, or voice recordings; and provides various data products, such as java applications, IVR, and PIM. In addition, it offers agricultural information services. As of December 31, 2008, it had approximately 457.25 million subscriber base. The company was formerly known as China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited and changed its name to China Mobile Limited in 2006. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Central, Hong Kong. China Mobile Limited is a subsidiary of China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Limited.

138,368 Employees
Founded in 1997

CHL Top Compensated Officers

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Preside...
Age: 59
Total Annual Compensation: $1.8M
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Exec...
Age: 52
Total Annual Compensation: $1.5M
Executive Director, Chairman of Guangdong Mob...
Age: 52
Total Annual Compensation: $1.5M
Vice President, Executive Director and Vice P...
Age: 48
Total Annual Compensation: $1.5M
Vice President and Executive Director
Age: 49
Total Annual Compensation: $1.5M
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2008.

Key developments for China Mobile Ltd (CHL)

China Mobile Limited Reports Earnings Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 2009

China Mobile Limited reported earnings results for the third quarter ended September 2009. For the quarter, the company reported EBITDA of CNY 57.824 billion and net profit of CNY 28.606 billion on operating revenue of CNY 114.064 billion. The company reported EBITDA margin of 50.7%.

PetroChina Co. Ltd. Signs Agreement with China Mobile

PetroChina Co. Ltd. has signed an agreement with China Mobile Limited to develop the oil company's internal information system. Under the agreement, PetroChina can use China Mobile's national information network to improve and update its internal information system, to make PetroChina's sales operation more efficient.

China Mobile Limited to Expand 3G Services with $4.4 Billion Investment

China Mobile Limited plans to triple its investments to $4.4 billion in 2010 and expects to spend a majority of these investments to expand 3G services in China.

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2007  #10
2006  #8
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2005  #41

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