T vs. BCE, RCI.B, SJR.B, RCI.A, QBR.B, QBR.A, CCA, CGO, TGO, and USS
Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include BCE (BCE), Rogers Communications (RCI.B), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Quebecor (QBR.B), Quebecor (QBR.A), Cogeco Communications (CCA), Cogeco (CGO), TeraGo (TGO), and Uniserve Communications (USS). These companies are all part of the "telecom services" industry.
TELUS (TSE:T) and BCE (TSE:BCE) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership and community ranking.
TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.6%. TELUS pays out 288.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BCE pays out 207.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BCE is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
TELUS has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TELUS currently has a consensus target price of C$25.48, suggesting a potential upside of 13.70%. BCE has a consensus target price of C$52.15, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than BCE.
BCE has higher revenue and earnings than TELUS. BCE is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
56.5% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.0% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of BCE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TELUS received 143 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.65% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 49.19% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BCE had 4 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for BCE and 5 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.15 beat BCE's score of 0.05 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BCE has a net margin of 7.88% compared to TELUS's net margin of 4.20%. BCE's return on equity of 9.36% beat TELUS's return on equity.
Summary
BCE beats TELUS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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