T vs. BCE, SJR.B, RCI.B, RCI.A, GTT, NLN, AMX, ZCH, I, and P
Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include BCE (BCE), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.B), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), GT Gold (GTT), NeuLion (NLN), Amex Exploration (AMX), BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (ZCH), Intellipharmaceutics International (I), and Primero Mining (P). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.
TELUS vs. Its Competitors
BCE (TSE:BCE) and TELUS (TSE:T) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and risk.
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.
In the previous week, BCE had 5 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for BCE and 7 mentions for TELUS. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat TELUS's score of -0.08 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
BCE presently has a consensus target price of C$36.73, indicating a potential upside of 10.17%. TELUS has a consensus target price of C$23.04, indicating a potential upside of 2.18%. Given BCE's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.
43.7% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.0% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BCE has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. 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 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:T) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff