Telus

Telecommunications Services · Communication Services

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is worried

Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Good

Valuation

Data not available

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Telus is a Canadian telecommunications company that provides wireless phone service, home internet, and TV to millions of customers across Canada. It also runs Telus Health, which offers digital health records and pharmacy services, and Telus Agriculture, which provides data tools to farmers. These newer divisions make Telus somewhat different from a typical phone company.

Telus earns money through monthly subscription fees from wireless and internet customers, as well as fees from its health and agriculture technology services. It operates almost entirely in Canada, making it one of the country's three dominant national carriers alongside Rogers and Bell. That concentrated market structure provides some stability, but Telus carries a significant amount of debt from building out its fiber and 5G networks, and its low return on invested capital suggests those heavy infrastructure costs are a real financial burden going forward.

Growth Profile

For growth stock investors

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Revenue Growth

-2.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue declining

EPS Growth

<−1,000% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$3.6B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue declining

Telus's revenue is actually shrinking. In a growth stock, that removes the core investment thesis. The low Winston Score here may be warranted — unless there's a turnaround story.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

14.9%

Thin — 14.9% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

14.9%

Healthy — 14.9% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

14.6%

Good — 14.6% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

-0.3%

Shrinking sales (-0.3% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-188.8%

Earnings shrinking (-188.8% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

N/A

Data not available

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

9.9%

Modest free cash flow (9.9%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.38

Conservative — low debt load (0.38)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

1.32x

Dangerous — barely covers interest (1.3x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

N/M

no trend

Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

N/A

not available

Data not available

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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