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TELUS (T) Competitors

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C$21.87 +0.19 (+0.88%)
As of 06/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

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 better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.

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

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

BCE pays an annual dividend of C$3.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. 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.

BCE presently has a consensus price target of C$37.04, indicating a potential upside of 22.65%. TELUS has a consensus price target of C$23.13, indicating a potential upside of 5.74%. Given BCE's higher probable upside, equities 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)
5 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
TELUS
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

In the previous week, BCE and BCE both had 8 articles in the media. BCE's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat TELUS's score of -0.12 indicating that BCE is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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$24.29B1.13C$268.07MC$0.30101.32
TELUSC$20.15B1.63C$931.40MC$0.6235.48

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 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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T vs. The Competition

MetricTELUSTelecom Services IndustryCommunication SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$32.93BC$11.26BC$3.42BC$6.15B
Dividend Yield7.22%9.58%6.84%6.72%
P/E Ratio35.4833.0721.6849.44
Price / Sales1.6329.17116.271,104.40
Price / Cash27.9031.1616.6583.29
Price / Book1.933.494.304.72
Net IncomeC$931.40MC$628.05MC$147.76MC$301.20M
7 Day Performance0.09%0.59%1.04%1.02%
1 Month Performance-3.27%0.21%6.68%4.24%
1 Year Performance7.15%8.95%18.35%26.29%

TELUS Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
T
TELUS
0.3715 of 5 stars
C$21.87
+0.9%
C$23.13
+5.7%
+5.6%C$32.93BC$20.15B35.48160,700Analyst Revision
BCE
BCE
1.7141 of 5 stars
C$30.00
+0.6%
C$37.04
+23.5%
-31.8%C$27.17BC$24.29B100.6445,132Analyst Revision
SJR.B
Shaw Communications
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$19.32BC$5.43B27.549,300High Trading Volume
RCI.B
Rogers Communications
4.5101 of 5 stars
C$38.63
+1.3%
C$55.73
+44.3%
-20.2%C$16.29BC$20.42B23.7023,000Analyst Forecast
RCI.A
Rogers Communications
0.8258 of 5 stars
C$42.25
+0.6%
C$72.50
+71.6%
-19.3%C$4.70BC$20.42B25.9226,000
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
AMX
Amex Exploration
2.6791 of 5 stars
C$1.45
-1.4%
C$3.25
+124.1%
+5.7%C$178.80MN/A140.48176,000
ZCH
BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF
N/AC$18.13
+1.2%
N/A+36.0%C$172.14MN/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 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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