National Bank Financial Predicts TELUS Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• National Bank Financial predicts TELUS will report Q3 2025 earnings of $0.19 per share, with full-year earnings estimates at $0.71, $0.72 for FY2025, and $0.80 for FY2026.
• TELUS has increased its quarterly dividend to $0.3019 per share, yielding 7.7%, representing a boost from the previous dividend of $0.30.
• Institutional investors hold 49.40% of TELUS's shares, with significant increases in holdings by several funds during the second quarter.

TELUS Corporation (NYSE:TU - Free Report) TSE: T - Analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for shares of TELUS in a report issued on Wednesday, October 1st. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine anticipates that the Wireless communications provider will post earnings of $0.19 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for TELUS's current full-year earnings is $0.71 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for TELUS's FY2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.80 EPS.

Separately, Scotiabank restated an "outperform" rating on shares of TELUS in a research note on Tuesday, July 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $21.50.

TELUS Stock Down 1.5%

TELUS stock opened at $15.59 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.92 billion, a PE ratio of 33.88, a P/E/G ratio of 4.62 and a beta of 0.71. The company's 50-day moving average is $16.13 and its 200-day moving average is $15.74. TELUS has a fifty-two week low of $13.24 and a fifty-two week high of $16.74. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.72, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 0.81.

TELUS (NYSE:TU - Get Free Report) TSE: T last issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 1st. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.17 by ($0.01). TELUS had a net margin of 4.67% and a return on equity of 9.10%. The business had revenue of $3.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.63 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.25 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% on a year-over-year basis.

TELUS Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 1st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 10th were paid a dividend of $0.3019 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 10th. This represents a $1.21 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.7%. This is a boost from TELUS's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. TELUS's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 263.04%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Parvin Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in TELUS in the 2nd quarter valued at about $27,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its stake in TELUS by 71.9% in the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 2,321 shares of the Wireless communications provider's stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 971 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. grew its stake in TELUS by 26.1% in the 2nd quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 3,227 shares of the Wireless communications provider's stock valued at $52,000 after buying an additional 667 shares during the last quarter. CWM LLC grew its stake in TELUS by 169.6% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 3,658 shares of the Wireless communications provider's stock valued at $59,000 after buying an additional 2,301 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State of Wyoming acquired a new position in TELUS in the 2nd quarter valued at about $61,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 49.40% of the company's stock.

About TELUS

TELUS Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of telecommunications and information technology products and services in Canada. It operates through Technology Solutions and Digitally-Led Customer Experiences segments. The Technology Solutions segment offers a range of telecommunications products and services; network services; healthcare services; mobile technologies equipment; data services, such as internet protocol; television; hosting, managed information technology, and cloud-based services; software, data management, and data analytics-driven smart food-chain and consumer goods technologies; home and business security; healthcare software and technology solutions; and voice and other telecommunications services, as well as mobile and fixed voice and data telecommunications services and products.

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