TELUS (TU) Competitors

Orange (NYSE:ORAN) and TELUS (NYSE:TU) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ORAN or TU?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Orange	$44.61B	0.00	$2.64B	$1.28	N/A
TELUS	$14.90B	1.52	$623.01M	$0.47	32.28

Is ORAN or TU a better dividend stock?

Orange pays an annual dividend of $0.71 per share. TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. Orange pays out 55.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TELUS pays out 244.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do analysts rate ORAN or TU?

TELUS has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 71.39%. Given TELUS's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than Orange.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Orange	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.33
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to ORAN or TU?

In the previous week, TELUS had 8 more articles in the media than Orange. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for TELUS and 22 mentions for Orange. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Orange's score of -0.30 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Orange	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	4 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TELUS	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is ORAN or TU more profitable?

TELUS has a net margin of 4.56% compared to Orange's net margin of 0.00%. TELUS's return on equity of 8.80% beat Orange's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Orange	N/A	N/A	N/A
TELUS	4.56%	8.80%	2.64%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ORAN or TU?

49.4% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of TELUS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, ORAN or TU?

Orange has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ORAN or TU?

TELUS received 120 more outperform votes than Orange when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.16% of users gave Orange an outperform vote while only 60.03% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Orange	Outperform Votes 308 60.16%	Underperform Votes 204 39.84%
TELUS	Outperform Votes 428 60.03%	Underperform Votes 285 39.97%

Summary

TELUS beats Orange on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.