TELUS Dividends and Buybacks
Dividend criteria checks 4/6
TELUS is a dividend paying company with a current yield of 9.54%.
Key information
9.5%
Dividend yield
0.1%
Buyback Yield
| Total Shareholder Yield | 9.7% |
| Future Dividend Yield | 9.2% |
| Dividend Growth | 6.6% |
| Next dividend pay date | n/a |
| Ex dividend date | n/a |
| Dividend per share | n/a |
| Payout ratio | 227% |
Recent dividend and buyback updates
Recent updates
Narrative Update • Apr 22
T: Space Connectivity And 5G Spectrum Expansion Will Drive Future Upside Potential
Analysts now set a slightly lower TELUS price target of CA$20.59, down from CA$21.00, citing modest adjustments to fair value assumptions, discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E estimates. What's in the News CEO transition planned, with long-time Chief Executive Darren Entwistle set to retire on June 30, 2026, and Board member Victor Dodig, former CIBC President and CEO, appointed CEO Designate and scheduled to assume the role on July 1, 2026, following a multiyear succession process (Executive changes).Narrative Update • Apr 08
T: Quantum And Space Connectivity Will Drive Future Upside Potential
Analysts now set their average TELUS price target at roughly CA$21.00, slightly below the prior fair value estimate of about CA$21.38. This reflects updated views on discount rate, revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E assumptions.Narrative Update • Mar 24
T: Quantum And Space Connectivity Will Drive Future Upside Potential
Analysts now set TELUS's fair value estimate at CA$21.38, compared with CA$21.26 previously, reflecting updated assumptions for the discount rate, modest revenue growth, profit margin and future P/E levels. What's in the News TELUS launched the SmartHome Assistant, described as the world's first smart home AI assistant with Generative UI, designed to unify more than 2,000 device models into a single interface for SmartHome+ customers across Canada (Product-Related Announcements).Narrative Update • Mar 09
T: Quantum Networking And Space Connectivity Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have slightly reduced their fair value estimate for TELUS, with the implied price target moving from about CA$21.44 to roughly CA$21.26 as they refresh their assumptions on discount rates, long term revenue growth, profit margins, and forward P/E expectations. What's in the News TELUS plans to partner with AST SpaceMobile to offer space based cellular broadband across remote parts of Canada.Narrative Update • Feb 22
T: Share Buybacks And Quantum Secure Networking Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have trimmed their TELUS price target slightly from CA$21.71 to CA$21.44. This reflects updated views that combine more cautious revenue growth expectations with a stronger profit margin profile and a lower assumed future P/E multiple.Narrative Update • Feb 08
T: Share Buybacks And Quantum Safe Security Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have kept their fair value estimate for TELUS steady at $21.71, with only minor tweaks to inputs such as the discount rate, revenue growth, profit margin, and future P/E that reflect modest refinements to their models rather than a change in overall view. What's in the News TELUS launched a share repurchase program authorizing the purchase of up to 28,000,000 shares, or 1.81% of shares outstanding, for a total of $500 million.Narrative Update • Jan 24
T: Quantum-Safe Security And Share Buybacks Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have slightly trimmed their TELUS fair value estimate from $22.00 to about $21.71, reflecting modest tweaks to discount rate assumptions, revenue growth expectations, profit margin outlook, and future P/E inputs. What's in the News kini mobile partnered with TELUS to launch Made for Pinoys 5G prepaid plans, offering Filipino-Canadians one plan with both Philippine and Canadian numbers, international calling and texting, GCash cashbacks, and Pinoy customer support on TELUS' 5G network.Narrative Update • Jan 10
T: Quantum-Safe Network Rollout And Buybacks Will Support Future Upside Potential
Analysts have trimmed their fair value estimate for TELUS slightly from about $22.21 to $22.00. This reflects small adjustments to assumptions on discount rate, revenue growth, profit margins and future P/E multiples.Narrative Update • Dec 18
T: Quantum-Safe Network And AI Infrastructure Will Drive Future Upside Potential
Analysts have modestly reduced their price target on TELUS, trimming fair value by about $0.86 per share as slightly higher discount rates and marginally softer long term growth and margin assumptions temper the company’s forward valuation multiple. What's in the News The board has authorized a new normal course issuer bid allowing TELUS to repurchase up to 28 million shares (about 1.81% of shares outstanding) for approximately CAD 500 million by December 16, 2026, with all repurchased shares to be cancelled (share repurchase program).Narrative Update • Dec 04
T: Quantum-Safe Network And AI Infrastructure Will Support Long-Term Opportunity
Analysts have modestly raised their price target on TELUS to approximately $23.06 from $22.97, reflecting slightly improved profit margin expectations that more than offset a small reduction in long term revenue growth assumptions. What's in the News TELUS launched a Quantum Safe VPN service using post quantum cryptography to protect government and business clients against future quantum enabled cyber threats, integrated with its Managed Next Generation Firewall platform (Product Related Announcements).Narrative Update • Nov 20
T: Rising Discount Rate Will Drive Long-Term Opportunity With New Developments
Analyst Price Target for TELUS Adjusted Slightly Lower Analysts have revised their fair value estimate for TELUS, reducing the price target from $23.38 to $22.97. This change is due to updated assumptions regarding discount rates and future profitability.Analysis Article • Nov 10
TELUS (TSE:T) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year
TELUS Corporation ( TSE:T ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year's comparable payment...Analysis Article • Aug 08
Statutory Profit Doesn't Reflect How Good TELUS' (TSE:T) Earnings Are
TSX:T 1 Year Share Price vs Fair Value Explore TELUS's Fair Values from the Community and select yours The subdued...Analysis Article • May 15
TELUS (TSE:T) Is Paying Out A Larger Dividend Than Last Year
TELUS Corporation's ( TSE:T ) dividend will be increasing from last year's payment of the same period to CA$0.4163 on...Analysis Article • May 13
Results: TELUS Corporation Exceeded Expectations And The Consensus Has Updated Its Estimates
Investors in TELUS Corporation ( TSE:T ) had a good week, as its shares rose 7.1% to close at CA$22.33 following the...
New Narrative • Nov 10
Calculated Innovation And 5G Integration Poised To Propel Future Revenue Growth
Strategic emphasis on customer expansion and digital transformation enhances margins, boosts lifetime value, and decreases churn through PureFibre and broadband networks.Stability and Growth of Payments
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Stable Dividend: T's dividends per share have been stable in the past 10 years.
Growing Dividend: T's dividend payments have increased over the past 10 years.
Dividend Yield vs Market
| TELUS Dividend Yield vs Market |
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| Segment | Dividend Yield |
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| Company (T) | 9.5% |
| Market Bottom 25% (CA) | 1.7% |
| Market Top 25% (CA) | 5.4% |
| Industry Average (Telecom) | 6.5% |
| Analyst forecast (T) (up to 3 years) | 9.2% |
Notable Dividend: T's dividend (9.54%) is higher than the bottom 25% of dividend payers in the Canadian market (1.66%).
High Dividend: T's dividend (9.54%) is in the top 25% of dividend payers in the Canadian market (5.39%)
Earnings Payout to Shareholders
Earnings Coverage: With its high payout ratio (227.4%), T's dividend payments are not well covered by earnings.
Cash Payout to Shareholders
Cash Flow Coverage: With its high cash payout ratio (111.1%), T's dividend payments are not well covered by cash flows.
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
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| Company Analysis | 2026/05/07 23:35 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2026/05/07 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2025/12/31 |
Data Sources
The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.
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| Company Financials | 10 years |
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| Analyst Consensus Estimates | +3 years |
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| Market Prices | 30 years |
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| Ownership | 10 years |
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| Management | 10 years |
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| Key Developments | 10 years |
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Analyst Sources
TELUS Corporation is covered by 30 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
| Analyst | Institution |
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| Amman Saeed | Accountability Research Corporation |
| David McFadgen | ATB Cormark |
| Phillip Huang | Barclays |