TELUS (T) Competitors

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

Is BCE or T a better dividend stock?

BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.6%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.8%. BCE pays out 185.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS pays out 294.3% 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.

Is BCE or T more profitable?

BCE has a net margin of 8.75% compared to TELUS's net margin of 3.91%. BCE's return on equity of 10.63% beat TELUS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	8.75%	10.63%	4.82%
TELUS	3.91%	4.67%	3.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BCE or T?

TELUS received 149 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.17% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 47.51% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BCE	Outperform Votes 429 47.51%	Underperform Votes 474 52.49%
TELUS	Outperform Votes 578 63.17%	Underperform Votes 337 36.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, BCE or T?

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

Does the media prefer BCE or T?

In the previous week, BCE had 1 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for BCE and 12 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of -0.23 beat BCE's score of -0.40 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BCE	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TELUS	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate BCE or T?

BCE presently has a consensus price target of C$41.88, indicating a potential upside of 21.73%. TELUS has a consensus price target of C$24.06, indicating a potential upside of 20.86%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCE	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.09
TELUS	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BCE or T?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BCE	C$24.57B	1.28	C$1.96B	C$2.15	16.00
TELUS	C$19.91B	1.48	C$779M	C$0.53	37.57

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BCE or T?

43.7% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

BCE beats TELUS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.