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TU vs. BCE, AMX, TME, CHT, TEF, WBD, VOD, FOXA, FOX, and FWONK

Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include BCE (BCE), America Movil (AMX), Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), Telefonica (TEF), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Vodafone Group (VOD), FOX (FOXA), FOX (FOX), and Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

TELUS vs. Its Competitors

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

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

BCE has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its share price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

BCE presently has a consensus target price of $38.67, indicating a potential upside of 58.31%. TELUS has a consensus target price of $21.50, indicating a potential upside of 31.54%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BCE
4 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

TELUS has a net margin of 4.67% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.96%. BCE's return on equity of 18.89% beat TELUS's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BCE1.96% 18.89% 3.74%
TELUS 4.67%9.10%2.59%

In the previous week, BCE had 2 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BCE and 16 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat BCE's score of 0.99 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. BCE pays out 437.9% 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 263.0% 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
BCE$17.82B1.28$251.05M$0.2984.22
TELUS$14.88B1.68$724.69M$0.4635.53

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TU vs. The Competition

MetricTELUSDiversified Comm Services IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$25.15B$35.14B$16.38B$21.39B
Dividend Yield7.35%19.40%5.39%3.49%
P/E Ratio35.5314.6451.2229.00
Price / Sales1.683.0238.4648.99
Price / Cash6.0811.4519.2818.29
Price / Book2.143.282.145.30
Net Income$724.69M$1.00B$751.26M$997.87M
7 Day Performance-0.91%-1.37%-0.93%-0.47%
1 Month Performance4.78%4.54%2.61%6.49%
1 Year Performance-0.34%19.67%352.46%13.66%

TELUS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TU
TELUS
3.9551 of 5 stars
$16.35
-0.9%
$21.50
+31.5%
+1.3%$25.15B$14.88B35.53106,800News Coverage
Positive News
BCE
BCE
3.6377 of 5 stars
$24.76
-0.9%
$38.67
+56.2%
-30.2%$23.08B$17.82B85.3740,390Analyst Revision
AMX
America Movil
2.4072 of 5 stars
$20.17
+1.3%
$18.12
-10.2%
+20.3%$60.90B$926.22B21.45176,000Positive News
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.4867 of 5 stars
$25.24
-2.3%
$24.47
-3.0%
+135.5%$43.30B$3.89B27.735,353Positive News
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
0.7153 of 5 stars
$43.72
-0.6%
N/A+12.7%$33.91B$231.91B28.5732,452Positive News
Short Interest ↑
TEF
Telefonica
2.0007 of 5 stars
$5.35
-0.8%
N/A+18.7%$30.31B$40.69B-11.14100,870Short Interest ↓
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.025 of 5 stars
$12.20
+0.4%
$13.14
+7.8%
+48.2%$30.14B$39.32B40.5835,000Positive News
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.6764 of 5 stars
$11.90
-1.4%
$136.00
+1,043.3%
+20.0%$28.91B$39.39B10.4392,000Positive News
Gap Down
FOXA
FOX
2.6277 of 5 stars
$59.41
-0.2%
$56.20
-5.4%
+47.6%$26.46B$16.30B12.1010,400
FOX
FOX
3.4884 of 5 stars
$54.24
-0.3%
N/A+44.7%$24.17B$16.30B11.0510,600Trending News
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
3.2269 of 5 stars
$99.97
+0.1%
$111.22
+11.3%
+29.5%$22.35B$3.87B97.986,800

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