How to buy Telus (TU) stocks

Telus is a telecom services business based in the US. Telus shares (TU) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $13.87 – a decrease of 5.97% over the previous week. Telus employs 106,400 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $20 billion.

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Telus stock price (NYSE: TU)

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Telus stocks at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$13.87
52-week range	$13.69 - $17.32
50-day moving average more info button	$15.64
200-day moving average more info button	$16.06
Wall St. target price	$17.79
PE ratio more info button	31.5227
Dividend yield more info button	$1.53 (8.2%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$0.44

Is it a good time to buy Telus stock?

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Telus price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $14.05 from 2024-12-17

1 week (2024-12-13)	-3.44%
1 month (2024-11-20)	-9.41%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-16.07%
6 months (2024-06-20)	-10.68%

1 year (2023-12-20)	-19.85%
2 years (2022-12-20)	-18.91%
3 years (2021-12-20)	19.3564
5 years (2019-12-20)	14.7355

Is Telus stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Telus stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Telus's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Telus's P/E ratio

Telus's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 32x. In other words, Telus shares trade at around 32x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're over-valued.

Telus's PEG ratio

Telus's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.6486. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Telus's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Telus's EBITDA

Telus's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $4.6 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Telus's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Telus financials

Revenue TTM	$20 billion
Operating margin TTM	16.28%
Gross profit TTM	$6.5 billion
Return on assets TTM	3.43%
Return on equity TTM	5.39%
Profit margin	4.62%
Book value	$10.57
Market Capitalization more info button	$20.9 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Telus's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Telus.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Telus's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 22.03

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Telus's overall score of 22.03 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 21st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Telus is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Telus's environmental score

Environmental score: 6.13/100

Telus's environmental score of 6.13 puts it squarely in the 4th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Telus is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Telus's social score

Social score: 12.15/100

Telus's social score of 12.15 puts it squarely in the 4th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Telus is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.

Telus's governance score

Governance score: 7.24/100

Telus's governance score puts it squarely in the 4th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Telus is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.

Telus's controversy score

Controversy score: 2/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Telus scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Telus has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Telus Corp was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	22.03
Total ESG percentile	20.88
Environmental score	6.13
Environmental score percentile	4
Social score	12.15
Social score percentile	4
Governance score	7.24
Governance score percentile	4
Level of controversy	2

Telus stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 129.38% of net profits

Recently Telus has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Telus shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Telus's case, that would currently equate to about $1.53 per share.

Telus's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Telus's most recent dividend payout was on 1 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 10 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Telus's stocks ever split?

Telus's stocks were split on a 2:1 basis on 17 March 2020 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Telus stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Telus stocks, which in turn could have impacted Telus's stock price.

Telus stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Telus's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $13.69 up to $17.3182. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Telus's is 0.722. This would suggest that Telus's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Telus overview

TELUS Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of telecommunications and information technology products and services in Canada. It operates through Technology Solutions and Digitally-Led Customer Experiences segments. The Technology Solutions segment offers a range of telecommunications products and services; network services; healthcare services; mobile technologies equipment; data services, such as internet protocol; television; hosting, managed information technology, and cloud-based services; software, data management, and data analytics-driven smart food-chain and consumer goods technologies; home and business security; healthcare software and technology solutions; and voice and other telecommunications services, as well as mobile and fixed voice and data telecommunications services and products. The Digitally-Led Customer Experiences segment provides digital customer experience and digital-enablement transformation solutions, including artificial intelligence and content management solutions. The company was formerly known as TELUS Communications Inc. and changed its name to TELUS Corporation in February 2005. TELUS Corporation was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Telus is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.021% of Telus stocks are held by insiders and 55.272% by institutions. How many people work for Telus?
Latest data suggests 106,400 work at Telus. When does the fiscal year end for Telus?
Telus's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Telus based?
Telus's address is: 510 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 0M3 What is Telus's ISIN number?
Telus's international securities identification number is: CA87971M1032 What is Telus's CUSIP number?
Telus's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 87971M202

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