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C$19.76 -0.23 (-1.15%)
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T vs. BCE, SJR.B, RCI.B, RCI.A, GTT, NLN, ZCH, AMX, I, and P

Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include BCE (BCE), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), GT Gold (GTT), NeuLion (NLN), BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (ZCH), Amex Exploration (AMX), Intellipharmaceutics International (I), and Primero Mining (P). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

TELUS vs.

TELUS (TSE:T) and BCE (TSE:BCE) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, TELUS had 7 more articles in the media than BCE. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for TELUS and 5 mentions for BCE. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat TELUS's score of 0.00 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

TELUS presently has a consensus target price of C$22.91, indicating a potential upside of 15.94%. BCE has a consensus target price of C$40.50, indicating a potential upside of 25.54%. Given BCE's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
BCE
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.92

TELUS has a net margin of 4.62% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.10%. TELUS's return on equity of 5.80% beat BCE's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TELUS4.62% 5.80% 3.58%
BCE 1.10%1.39%4.82%

56.0% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.7% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

TELUS received 152 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.02% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 47.09% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TELUSOutperform Votes
581
63.02%
Underperform Votes
341
36.98%
BCEOutperform Votes
429
47.09%
Underperform Votes
482
52.91%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TELUSC$20.15B1.48C$931.40MC$0.6232.06
BCEC$24.29B1.20C$268.07MC$0.30108.23

TELUS has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.9%. BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.4%. TELUS pays out 253.1% 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 1,338.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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T vs. The Competition

MetricTELUSTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$29.75BC$11.35BC$3.38BC$5.74B
Dividend Yield7.22%9.58%6.77%6.44%
P/E Ratio32.0628.8325.3030.36
Price / Sales1.4830.79172.27498.80
Price / Cash27.9031.1615.9983.21
Price / Book1.743.124.563.68
Net IncomeC$931.40MC$628.05MC$142.44MC$300.15M
7 Day Performance-7.88%-0.74%-0.37%1.72%
1 Month Performance-11.35%2.82%-0.84%0.60%
1 Year Performance-9.19%10.72%11.13%29.92%

TELUS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
T
TELUS
2.0583 of 5 stars
C$19.76
-1.2%
C$22.91
+15.9%
-8.1%C$29.75BC$20.15B32.06160,700Analyst Downgrade
BCE
BCE
2.1212 of 5 stars
C$34.05
+1.0%
C$40.50
+18.9%
-29.0%C$30.84BC$24.29B114.2345,132Analyst Revision
SJR.B
Shaw Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$19.32BC$5.43B27.549,300High Trading Volume
RCI.B
Rogers Communications
2.897 of 5 stars
C$40.46
+0.7%
C$60.31
+49.1%
-30.2%C$17.06BC$20.42B24.8223,000
RCI.A
Rogers Communications
N/AC$44.15
-0.2%
C$72.50
+64.2%
-24.4%C$4.91BC$20.42B27.0926,000
GTT
GT Gold
N/AC$3.85
+13.2%
N/A+0.0%C$501.42MN/A-45.836,300Gap Up
NLN
NeuLion
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$302.76MN/A0.00147,000High Trading Volume
ZCH
BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF
N/AC$20.31
+1.9%
N/A+56.9%C$192.84MN/A0.00291,526
AMX
Amex Exploration
2.9398 of 5 stars
C$0.97
-5.8%
C$3.25
+235.1%
-38.5%C$119.61MN/A93.97176,000
I
Intellipharmaceutics International
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$97.40MN/A0.001,069Gap Up
P
Primero Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$59.84MN/A0.002,488
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This page (TSE:T) was last updated on 3/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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