TELUS (TU) Competitors

BCE (NYSE:BCE) and TELUS (NYSE:TU) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer BCE or TU?

BCE currently has a consensus price target of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 69.22%. TELUS has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.63%. Given BCE's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCE	4 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.08
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.13

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BCE or TU?

41.5% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 49.4% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of BCE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TELUS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BCE or TU?

TELUS has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BCE	$17.82B	1.20	$251.05M	$0.26	87.88
TELUS	$14.88B	1.66	$724.69M	$0.57	28.44

Is BCE or TU a better dividend stock?

BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. BCE pays out 488.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS pays out 212.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TELUS has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. TELUS is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to BCE or TU?

In the previous week, BCE had 5 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for BCE and 14 mentions for TELUS. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat TELUS's score of 0.69 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BCE	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
TELUS	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, BCE or TU?

BCE has a beta of 0.61, indicating that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BCE or TU more profitable?

TELUS has a net margin of 5.78% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.82%. BCE's return on equity of 19.22% beat TELUS's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	1.82%	19.22%	3.87%
TELUS	5.78%	9.11%	2.67%

Summary

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