TELUS (T) Competitors

BCE (TSE:BCE) and TELUS (TSE:T) 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 community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BCE or T?

43.7% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BCE or T?

BCE has a beta of 0.48, meaning that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BCE or T?

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	C$24.29B	1.15	C$268.07M	C$0.30	103.29
TELUS	C$20.15B	1.64	C$931.40M	C$0.62	35.68

Is BCE or T more profitable?

TELUS has a net margin of 4.62% compared to BCE's net margin of 1.10%. TELUS's return on equity of 5.80% beat BCE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BCE	1.10%	1.39%	4.82%
TELUS	4.62%	5.80%	3.58%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BCE or T?

TELUS received 151 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.89% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 46.80% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BCE	Outperform Votes 432 46.80%	Underperform Votes 491 53.20%
TELUS	Outperform Votes 583 62.89%	Underperform Votes 344 37.11%

Does the media prefer BCE or T?

In the previous week, BCE had 3 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for BCE and 10 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat BCE's score of 0.11 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BCE	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
TELUS	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate BCE or T?

BCE currently has a consensus target price of C$37.04, suggesting a potential upside of 20.30%. TELUS has a consensus target price of C$23.04, suggesting a potential upside of 4.78%. Given BCE's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BCE	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
TELUS	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36

Is BCE or T a better dividend stock?

BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. BCE pays out 1,338.6% 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 253.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.