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TELUS (TU) Competitors

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$14.05 -0.33 (-2.29%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

TU vs. CHT, WBD, TEF, VOD, FOXA, FWONK, FOX, TME, RCI, and PARAA

Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Telefónica (TEF), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), FOX (FOXA), Formula One Group (FWONK), FOX (FOX), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Rogers Communications (RCI), and Paramount Global (PARAA). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

TELUS vs.

TELUS (NYSE:TU) and Chunghwa Telecom (NYSE:CHT) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. Chunghwa Telecom pays an annual dividend of $1.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. TELUS pays out 253.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chunghwa Telecom pays out 77.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

TELUS received 148 more outperform votes than Chunghwa Telecom when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.35% of users gave Chunghwa Telecom an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TELUSOutperform Votes
428
59.78%
Underperform Votes
288
40.22%
Chunghwa TelecomOutperform Votes
280
63.35%
Underperform Votes
162
36.65%

TELUS currently has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 85.05%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than Chunghwa Telecom.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Chunghwa Telecom
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

49.4% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.1% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Chunghwa Telecom shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, TELUS had 10 more articles in the media than Chunghwa Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for TELUS and 3 mentions for Chunghwa Telecom. Chunghwa Telecom's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat TELUS's score of 0.30 indicating that Chunghwa Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TELUS
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Chunghwa Telecom
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Chunghwa Telecom has a net margin of 16.09% compared to TELUS's net margin of 4.56%. Chunghwa Telecom's return on equity of 9.25% beat TELUS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TELUS4.56% 8.80% 2.64%
Chunghwa Telecom 16.09%9.25%6.88%

TELUS has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chunghwa Telecom has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Chunghwa Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than TELUS. Chunghwa Telecom is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TELUS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TELUS$19.96B1.06$623.01M$0.4729.89
Chunghwa Telecom$225.21B0.13$1.21B$1.4625.94

Summary

TELUS and Chunghwa Telecom tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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TU vs. The Competition

MetricTELUSRadiotelephone communication IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$21.57B$33.68B$13.68B$19.64B
Dividend Yield8.18%4.47%4.06%3.51%
P/E Ratio29.8913.9882.3343.80
Price / Sales1.061.4129.4317.47
Price / Cash5.287.1218.3721.73
Price / Book1.601.442.265.46
Net Income$623.01M$1.89B$632.07M$987.68M
7 Day Performance-10.94%18.84%-1.30%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-7.38%19.95%-1.07%1.31%
1 Year Performance-21.55%14.13%6.56%16.45%

TELUS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TU
TELUS
3.2514 of 5 stars
$14.05
-2.3%
$26.00
+85.1%
-21.6%$21.57B$19.96B29.89106,400Analyst Forecast
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
1.5648 of 5 stars
$38.16
0.0%
N/A+1.0%$29.60B$225.21B26.1332,383
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.7401 of 5 stars
$11.71
-3.0%
$11.33
-3.2%
-7.4%$28.73B$39.58B-2.6435,300Insider Trade
TEF
Telefónica
1.1073 of 5 stars
$4.39
-0.7%
N/A+11.0%$24.89B$43.99B-17.00104,142
VOD
Vodafone Group Public
4.3467 of 5 stars
$8.58
-1.3%
N/A+5.6%$22.12B$39.85B0.0093,000Options Volume
FOXA
FOX
2.8944 of 5 stars
$47.23
+0.3%
$44.00
-6.8%
+64.8%$21.57B$13.98B11.5110,200Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
FWONK
Formula One Group
0.8654 of 5 stars
$95.77
+0.7%
$88.25
-7.9%
+47.4%$21.29B$3.22B82.696,800Short Interest ↑
FOX
FOX
3.4527 of 5 stars
$44.85
+0.3%
N/A+68.1%$20.48B$13.98B10.9310,200
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
4.3598 of 5 stars
$11.36
-5.2%
$13.28
+16.9%
+32.7%$19.49B$3.91B22.195,185Positive News
Gap Down
RCI
Rogers Communications
4.824 of 5 stars
$32.40
-3.0%
$61.75
+90.6%
-29.4%$17.32B$20.46B15.9726,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PARAA
Paramount Global
1.4854 of 5 stars
$22.62
-1.4%
N/A+1.5%$15.09B$29.65B-2.8024,500News Coverage
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:TU) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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