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How TELUS Corporation stacks up
TU · against 62 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
49/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #50 of 63 · scores higher than 19% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score7 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including TU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 49?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Communication Services norm.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 1.9% vs peer median 2.7%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 4.2% vs peer median 6.0%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 11.5% vs peer median 8.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = TU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | TU | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 58 reported | 4.2% | 11.5% | 12% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 63 reported | 11.5% | 18.6% | 29% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 60 reported | 1.9% | 5.1% | 17% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 58 reported | -6.4% | 11.8% | 5% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 63 reported | 35.6% | 53.6% | 10% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around TU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 100 | 79 | |
| 2 | 21.7B AUD (≈$14.4B) | 99 | 65 | |
| 3 | 3.54T JPY (≈$24.1B) | 98 | 77 | |
| 4 | 18.5B USD | 96 | 81 | |
| 5 | 1.08T JPY (≈$7.4B) | 95 | 67 | |
| 47 | 8.4B USD | 54 | 61 | |
| 48 | 11.5B USD | 52 | 55 | |
| 49 | 24.0B USD | 50 | 52 | |
| 50 | 11.0B USD | 49 | 36 | |
| 50 | 14.0B USD | 49 | 44 | |
| 52 | 12.74T KRW (≈$9.2B) | 48 | 70 | |
| 53 | 139.36T IDR (≈$8.6B) | 46 | 50 | |
| 54 | 7.6B USD | 45 | 38 | |
| 54 | 12.1B EUR (≈$13.4B) | 45 | 40 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score