FY2025 EPS Estimates for TELUS Co. (TSE:T) Cut by Analyst

TELUS Co. (TSE:T) (NYSE:TU) – Equities researchers at National Bank Financial cut their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of TELUS in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, June 25th. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.14 for the year, down from their prior estimate of $1.15. The consensus estimate for TELUS’s current full-year earnings is $1.00 per share.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on T. Scotiabank cut their target price on shares of TELUS from C$26.00 to C$24.25 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 17th. CIBC dropped their price target on shares of TELUS from C$28.00 to C$26.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 4th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on shares of TELUS from C$29.00 to C$26.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 10th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on shares of TELUS from C$26.00 to C$24.00 in a research note on Tuesday, April 2nd. Finally, Cormark dropped their price target on shares of TELUS from C$27.00 to C$26.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 15th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$25.33.

TELUS Stock Performance

T opened at C$20.79 on Thursday. TELUS has a 12-month low of C$20.67 and a 12-month high of C$26.09. The company has a current ratio of 0.67, a quick ratio of 0.52 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 159.88. The firm has a market capitalization of C$30.77 billion, a PE ratio of 39.87, a P/E/G ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 0.67. The firm has a 50 day moving average of C$22.13 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$22.94.

TELUS (TSE:T) (NYSE:TU) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 9th. The company reported C$0.26 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of C$0.24 by C$0.02. TELUS had a net margin of 4.20% and a return on equity of 4.96%. The firm had revenue of C$4.93 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of C$5.06 billion.

TELUS Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.389 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 10th. This is a positive change from TELUS’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.48%. TELUS’s dividend payout ratio is 288.46%.

TELUS Company Profile

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.