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TELUS (T) Competitors

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C$21.14 -0.34 (-1.58%)
As of 10/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

T vs. BCE, RCI.A, RCI.B, SJR.B, GTT, AMX, NLN, ZCH, I, and P

Should you be buying TELUS stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TELUS include BCE (BCE), Rogers Communications (RCI.A), Rogers Communications (RCI.B), Shaw Communications (SJR.B), GT Gold (GTT), Amex Exploration (AMX), NeuLion (NLN), 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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

17.8% of BCE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are held by 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.

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
BCEC$24.41B1.26C$268.07MC$0.4672.78
TELUSC$20.42B1.57C$931.40MC$0.6532.52

In the previous week, BCE had 17 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for BCE and 10 mentions for TELUS. TELUS's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat BCE's score of 0.53 indicating that TELUS is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.6%. BCE pays out 745.7% 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 247.7% 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 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
BCE1.10% 1.39% 4.82%
TELUS 4.62%5.80%3.58%

BCE currently has a consensus target price of C$36.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.02%. TELUS has a consensus target price of C$23.46, suggesting a potential upside of 10.97%. Given TELUS's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe TELUS is more favorable than BCE.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BCE
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

BCE has a beta of 0.572394, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.922594, suggesting that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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T vs. The Competition

MetricTELUSTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$32.76BC$12.39BC$3.53BC$9.70B
Dividend Yield7.75%9.36%6.71%6.51%
P/E Ratio32.528.2410.7029.59
Price / Sales1.57192.98140.9311.83
Price / Cash27.9031.1616.2383.29
Price / Book1.864.195.095.76
Net IncomeC$931.40MC$628.05MC$77.77MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.52%0.91%-0.60%-0.81%
1 Month Performance-3.60%0.33%-2.70%4.19%
1 Year Performance-5.67%11.89%30.45%50.03%

TELUS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
T
TELUS
1.7662 of 5 stars
C$21.14
-1.6%
C$23.46
+11.0%
N/AC$32.76BC$20.42B32.52160,700
BCE
BCE
1.6404 of 5 stars
C$33.46
+1.8%
C$34.92
+4.4%
-27.7%C$30.84BC$24.41B72.7445,132
RCI.A
Rogers Communications
1.4719 of 5 stars
C$52.27
+1.0%
C$69.00
+32.0%
-9.7%C$28.12BC$20.80B18.7326,000News Coverage
RCI.B
Rogers Communications
3.4627 of 5 stars
C$51.50
+1.5%
C$54.69
+6.2%
-4.8%C$27.71BC$20.80B18.4623,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
SJR.B
Shaw Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$19.32BC$5.43B27.549,300High Trading Volume
GTT
GT Gold
N/AC$3.85
+13.2%
N/A+0.0%C$501.42MN/A-45.836,300Gap Up
AMX
Amex Exploration
1.2088 of 5 stars
C$2.87
-1.7%
C$3.00
+4.5%
+116.4%C$406.17MN/A-114.80176,000Gap Up
NLN
NeuLion
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$302.76MN/A0.00147,000High Trading Volume
ZCH
BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF
N/AC$21.60
-6.5%
N/A+40.8%C$188.61MN/A0.00291,526High Trading Volume
I
Intellipharmaceutics International
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$97.40MN/A0.001,069Gap Up
P
Primero Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$59.84MN/A0.002,488

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This page (TSE:T) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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