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C$21.22 +0.23 (+1.10%)
As of 04/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

T vs. BCE, SJR.B, RCI.B, RCI.A, GTT, NLN, ZCH, AMX, 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), BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF (ZCH), Amex Exploration (AMX), Intellipharmaceutics International (I), and Primero Mining (P). These companies are all part of the "communication" industry.

TELUS vs.

TELUS (TSE:T) and BCE (TSE:BCE) are both large-cap communication services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.

TELUS has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
TELUSC$20.15B1.59C$931.40MC$0.6234.43
BCEC$24.29B1.14C$268.07MC$0.30102.79

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
TELUS4.62% 5.80% 3.58%
BCE 1.10%1.39%4.82%

TELUS pays an annual dividend of C$1.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. 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. 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.

In the previous week, TELUS had 8 more articles in the media than BCE. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for TELUS and 8 mentions for BCE. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat TELUS's score of 0.19 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

TELUS received 153 more outperform votes than BCE when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.03% of users gave TELUS an outperform vote while only 46.94% of users gave BCE an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TELUSOutperform Votes
583
63.03%
Underperform Votes
342
36.97%
BCEOutperform Votes
430
46.94%
Underperform Votes
486
53.06%

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

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

TELUS currently has a consensus target price of C$22.77, indicating a potential upside of 7.31%. BCE has a consensus target price of C$38.77, indicating a potential upside of 26.54%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BCE is more favorable than TELUS.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
BCE
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

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

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T vs. The Competition

MetricTELUSTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$31.95BC$11.03BC$3.29BC$5.65B
Dividend Yield7.22%9.58%6.76%6.84%
P/E Ratio34.4329.9921.6429.27
Price / Sales1.5929.19188.49568.85
Price / Cash27.9031.1616.0283.07
Price / Book1.873.124.503.72
Net IncomeC$931.40MC$628.05MC$143.11MC$300.39M
7 Day Performance1.82%-0.83%0.18%0.29%
1 Month Performance3.11%-0.52%-0.18%-0.19%
1 Year Performance-4.93%8.70%6.60%14.06%

TELUS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
T
TELUS
1.4174 of 5 stars
C$21.22
+1.1%
C$22.77
+7.3%
-4.0%C$31.95BC$20.15B34.43160,700
BCE
BCE
2.7123 of 5 stars
C$30.23
+0.7%
C$38.77
+28.3%
-32.3%C$27.38BC$24.29B101.4245,132
SJR.B
Shaw Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$19.32BC$5.43B27.549,300High Trading Volume
RCI.B
Rogers Communications
3.9718 of 5 stars
C$35.28
+1.1%
C$55.35
+56.9%
-30.3%C$14.88BC$20.42B21.6423,000
RCI.A
Rogers Communications
1.0819 of 5 stars
C$39.10
-0.5%
C$72.50
+85.4%
-28.8%C$4.35BC$20.42B23.9926,000
GTT
GT Gold
N/AC$3.85
+13.2%
N/A+0.0%C$501.42MN/A-45.836,300Gap 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$17.47
-0.3%
N/A+30.1%C$165.88MN/A0.00291,526
AMX
Amex Exploration
3.0983 of 5 stars
C$1.04
+2.0%
C$3.25
+212.5%
-44.5%C$128.24MN/A100.75176,000Positive News
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 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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