David Lawrence Mowat Purchases 3,000 Shares of TELUS (TSE:T) Stock

TELUS Co. (TSE:T) (NYSE:TU) Director David Lawrence Mowat acquired 3,000 shares of TELUS stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was acquired at an average price of C$17.37 per share, with a total value of C$52,110.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the director directly owned 14,486 shares in the company, valued at C$251,621.82. This represents a 26.12% increase in their position.

TELUS Trading Up 1.1%

TSE:T opened at C$19.01 on Monday. TELUS Co. has a 1 year low of C$17.26 and a 1 year high of C$23.29. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is C$18.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$20.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 183.41, a current ratio of 0.69 and a quick ratio of 0.52. The company has a market cap of C$29.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.37, a P/E/G ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 0.85.

TELUS (TSE:T) (NYSE:TU) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, November 7th. The company reported C$0.24 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of C$5.07 billion during the quarter. TELUS had a return on equity of 5.80% and a net margin of 4.62%. As a group, analysts expect that TELUS Co. will post 1.2267985 EPS for the current year.

More TELUS News

Here are the key news stories impacting TELUS this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Company insiders materially bought shares in December — CEO/director Darren Entwistle made large purchases (including a 190,000‑share buy at ~C$17.38 plus other smaller buys) and multiple non‑executive directors (David Mowat, Thomas Flynn, Hazel Claxton) also increased positions. Heavy insider accumulation signals management confidence and can support the stock. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Brokerage consensus is constructive — research coverage shows a majority of analysts rating TELUS at Buy / Moderate Buy, and MarketBeat lists a consensus “Moderate Buy” with a mid‑$20s target range, which supports investor demand. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation and balance‑sheet metrics remain mixed: market cap ~C$29.5B, P/E ~24, high leverage (debt/equity ~183), and the stock trades below its 200‑day moving average — facts that temper upside even with insider buying. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure: Freedom Mobile rolled out a $39 roaming plan aimed at undercutting Rogers, Telus and Bell — lower‑priced offers from smaller carriers can pressure churn and ARPU for incumbents. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Investor sentiment may be dented by media comparisons suggesting other TSX dividend stocks are preferable to TELUS, which can shift dividend‑income flows away if widely circulated. Read More.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on T shares. BMO Capital Markets lowered shares of TELUS from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price objective for the company from C$23.00 to C$19.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Natl Bk Canada upgraded shares of TELUS from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Desjardins set a C$23.00 price target on shares of TELUS and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Canaccord Genuity Group raised shares of TELUS from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Finally, Scotiabank dropped their price objective on TELUS from C$22.50 to C$22.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, TELUS currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$21.79.

About TELUS

Telus is one of the Big Three wireless service providers in Canada, with its 9 million mobile phone subscribers nationwide constituting about 30% of the total market. It is the incumbent local exchange carrier in the western Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, where it provides internet, television, and landline phone services. It also has a small wireline presence in eastern Quebec. In recent years Telus has moved to bring fiber to the home over most of its wireline footprint as it upgrades its legacy copper network, leaving it able to compete on more equal footing with cable providers.