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

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), Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C (FWONK), and FOX (FOX). 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

In the previous week, BCE had 6 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for BCE and 27 mentions for TELUS. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat TELUS's score of 0.28 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

BCE pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of $1.21 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. BCE pays out 434.5% 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 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 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%

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$24.41B0.96$251.05M$0.2986.52
TELUS$14.88B1.67$724.69M$0.4635.33

BCE presently has a consensus price target of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 54.11%. TELUS has a consensus price target of $21.50, suggesting a potential upside of 32.31%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, equities 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.93
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TELUS shares are owned 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.

BCE has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$24.78B$34.92B$17.04B$20.98B
Dividend Yield7.56%18.91%5.45%3.65%
P/E Ratio35.3315.4415.4928.93
Price / Sales1.672.66174.8759.74
Price / Cash5.9111.2019.0822.93
Price / Book2.133.312.185.47
Net Income$724.69M$1.00B$751.46M$994.60M
7 Day Performance2.23%3.08%0.23%3.03%
1 Month Performance-1.40%4.85%15.61%1.98%
1 Year Performance0.25%22.91%146.39%16.39%

TELUS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TU
TELUS
2.7359 of 5 stars
$16.25
+1.2%
$21.50
+32.3%
-2.0%$24.78B$14.88B35.33106,800News Coverage
BCE
BCE
2.4019 of 5 stars
$23.47
+0.9%
$38.67
+64.8%
-29.6%$21.85B$24.33B90.1340,390Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
AMX
America Movil
2.653 of 5 stars
$18.70
+2.9%
$16.92
-9.5%
+12.2%$56.80B$47.69B19.91178,468
TME
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
3.3045 of 5 stars
$21.90
+0.1%
$16.60
-24.2%
+93.5%$37.58B$28.99B26.075,353Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
Gap Up
CHT
Chunghwa Telecom
1.0955 of 5 stars
$45.14
+0.6%
N/A+20.0%$35.02B$7.16B29.5032,452
TEF
Telefonica
1.2427 of 5 stars
$5.37
-0.3%
N/A+23.9%$30.47B$40.69B-11.20100,870News Coverage
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.6493 of 5 stars
$11.89
-7.1%
$12.81
+7.8%
+67.2%$29.21B$39.32B-2.7035,000Earnings Report
Insider Trade
VOD
Vodafone Group
4.468 of 5 stars
$11.22
-0.8%
$136.00
+1,112.7%
+22.1%$27.21B$37.45B9.8492,000
FOXA
FOX
2.6314 of 5 stars
$54.01
-0.3%
$55.93
+3.6%
+44.6%$24.30B$16.30B11.0110,200Positive News
FWONK
Liberty Media Corporation - Liberty Formula One Series C
1.8106 of 5 stars
$96.68
-3.0%
$107.56
+11.2%
+28.1%$24.15B$3.32B-242.086,800News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
FOX
FOX
3.8621 of 5 stars
$49.24
-0.5%
N/A+41.1%$22.14B$16.30B10.0310,600Trending News

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This page (NYSE:TU) was last updated on 8/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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