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TELUS (T) Competitors

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C$21.91 -0.11 (-0.50%)
As of 09/16/2025 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 businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

In the previous week, BCE had 2 more articles in the media than TELUS. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for BCE and 4 mentions for TELUS. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat TELUS's score of 0.41 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.43 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. 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 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$24.41B1.22C$268.07MC$0.4670.04
TELUSC$20.42B1.64C$931.40MC$0.6533.71

BCE presently has a consensus price target of C$34.88, indicating a potential upside of 8.24%. TELUS has a consensus price target of C$23.32, indicating a potential upside of 6.43%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BCE
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.23
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

18.0% of BCE shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.3% of TELUS shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of BCE shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of TELUS shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

BCE has a beta of 0.648714, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.975165, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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%

Summary

TELUS beats BCE on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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T vs. The Competition

MetricTELUSTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$33.41BC$12.50BC$3.54BC$9.40B
Dividend Yield7.53%9.36%6.68%6.50%
P/E Ratio33.71277.83361.5025.82
Price / Sales1.64182.97143.499.36
Price / Cash27.9031.1616.1583.29
Price / Book1.934.105.035.54
Net IncomeC$931.40MC$628.05MC$72.73MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.23%0.33%1.22%0.82%
1 Month Performance-3.27%1.41%1.02%8.14%
1 Year Performance-4.49%11.83%28.03%37.48%

TELUS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
T
TELUS
1.5303 of 5 stars
C$21.91
-0.5%
C$23.32
+6.4%
-4.9%C$33.41BC$20.42B33.71160,700
BCE
BCE
1.7307 of 5 stars
C$33.62
-1.8%
C$34.88
+3.7%
-31.0%C$30.99BC$24.41B73.0945,132Dividend Announcement
RCI.A
Rogers Communications
1.8159 of 5 stars
C$50.83
-1.3%
C$69.00
+35.7%
-10.4%C$27.46BC$20.80B18.2226,000
RCI.B
Rogers Communications
3.1907 of 5 stars
C$49.05
-0.3%
C$54.27
+10.6%
-11.5%C$26.50BC$20.80B17.5823,000
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
1.5476 of 5 stars
C$2.70
+3.1%
C$3.00
+11.1%
+136.1%C$382.11MN/A-108.00176,000Positive News
NLN
NeuLion
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$302.76MN/A0.00147,000High Trading Volume
ZCH
BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF
N/AC$21.17
+1.5%
N/A+69.6%C$127.70MN/A0.00291,526
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 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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