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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and risk.
In the previous week, TELUS had 2 more articles in the media than BCE. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TELUS and 1 mentions for BCE. BCE's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat TELUS's score of -0.33 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.5%. 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 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.
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.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of BCE 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.
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.
TELUS has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BCE has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TELUS presently has a consensus price target of C$25.48, indicating a potential upside of 11.95%. BCE has a consensus price target of C$52.15, indicating a potential upside of 10.75%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than BCE.
Summary
BCE beats TELUS on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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