TELUS International (Cda) (TIXT) Competitors

TELUS International (Cda) (TSE:TIXT) and Stella-Jones (TSE:SJ) are both business services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer TIXT or SJ?

TELUS International (Cda) currently has a consensus target price of C$3.40, indicating a potential downside of 45.34%. Stella-Jones has a consensus target price of C$84.50, indicating a potential upside of 8.61%. Given Stella-Jones' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Stella-Jones is more favorable than TELUS International (Cda).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TELUS International (Cda)	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Stella-Jones	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is TIXT or SJ more profitable?

Stella-Jones has a net margin of 9.43% compared to TELUS International (Cda)'s net margin of 1.17%. Stella-Jones' return on equity of 18.36% beat TELUS International (Cda)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TELUS International (Cda)	1.17%	1.51%	2.63%
Stella-Jones	9.43%	18.36%	9.38%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TIXT or SJ?

9.7% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.9% of Stella-Jones shares are held by institutional investors. 38.9% of TELUS International (Cda) shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Stella-Jones shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is TIXT or SJ a better dividend stock?

TELUS International (Cda) pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 22.5%. Stella-Jones pays an annual dividend of C$1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. TELUS International (Cda) pays out -101.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Stella-Jones pays out 19.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. TELUS International (Cda) is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, TIXT or SJ?

Stella-Jones has higher revenue and earnings than TELUS International (Cda). TELUS International (Cda) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Stella-Jones, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TELUS International (Cda)	C$2.72B	0.64	C$21.68M	-C$1.38	-4.51
Stella-Jones	C$3.45B	1.25	C$321.05M	C$5.94	13.10

Which has more volatility and risk, TIXT or SJ?

TELUS International (Cda) has a beta of 1.382626, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Stella-Jones has a beta of 0.00388, indicating that its stock price is 100% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer TIXT or SJ?

In the previous week, TELUS International (Cda) and TELUS International (Cda) both had 1 articles in the media. Stella-Jones' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat TELUS International (Cda)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Stella-Jones is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TELUS International (Cda)	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Stella-Jones	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Stella-Jones beats TELUS International (Cda) on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.