Telus Corporation Dividend yield

Telus Corporation is part of Fixed Line Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. Telus Corporation is a company from Canada, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Telus Corporation stock dividend

Telus Corporation paid a total dividend of 2,069 million CAD last year, for a market value of 33,863 millions (Market Cap 11,286 millions). Telus Corporation dividend per share is 1.45 CAD, and his stock market price 23.73 CAD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Telus Corporation has a dividend yield of 6.13%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from Canada. It is also bigger than average of Telecommunications industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare Telus Corporation stocks dividend with other Fixed Line Telecommunications companies or other of the highest Canada dividend stocks list.

Telus Corporation Dividend Payout

About the ability of Telus Corporation to maintain his current dividend of CAD 1.45 per share, an amount that accounts for 6.13%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Telus Corporation payout on ernings is currently 72.86%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures show that Telus Corporation can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Telus Corporation is CAD 3.39 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of CAD 1.45, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Telus Corporation, compared againt world market average, Canada companies, Telecommunications industry and Fixed Line Telecommunications sector companies.

Telus Corporation Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Telus Corporation's dividend stock, both in percentage and in CAD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	CAD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	6.13%	1.45	72.86%	1,427
2022	5.37%	1.40	72.92%	1,427
2021	4.40%	1.31	83.97%	1,355
2020	4.94%	1.25	66.49%	1,272
2019	4.63%	2.33	62.97%	596
2018	4.64%	2.10	62.13%	596
2017	4.24%	2.02	69.90%	590
2016	4.39%	1.84	60.13%	594
2015	3.96%	1.68	55.08%	602

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Telus Corporation dividend stock, and compare it with the average of Canada stocks and that of the Fixed Line Telecommunications stocks.

Telus Corporation Stock performance

Finally, last moth Telus Corporation showed a return of 1.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -19.80% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for Canada and Fixed Line Telecommunications firms.