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Telus Corp

TToronto Stock Exchange

SectorCommunication Services

IndustryTelecom Services

Beta (adjusted)0.75

Intrinsic Value $2.53median of 5 methods · middle span $2-$3based on filings through 31 Dec 2025

Market Price $8.39Price as of 30 Sep 2026

Significantly overvaluedIntrinsic value is 70% below the market price

−50% · IV below pricenear fair value ±15%IV above price · +50%

marker beyond scale (-70%)

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Market Cap $13.2B

Enterprise Value $39B

Shares Outstanding 1.6B diluted

Moat Rating None

Next Earnings Date6 Nov 2026

Last ex-dividend10 Sep 2026

All prices and values are periodic snapshots, not live quotes. Source dates are shown for reference.

Thesis

Street consensus, scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggers

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Thesis Summary

TELUS enters the second half of 2026 in a transition period. Core telecom indicators remain comparatively resilient, including 1% mobile-network-revenue growth, relatively flat TTech Adjusted EBITDA and positive mobile and internet additions. However, consolidated service revenue and Adjusted EBITDA declined, TELUS Digital revenue fell 10%, and a C$2.1 billion Digital impairment contributed to a large reported loss. Management responded by cutting the quarterly dividend 55%, eliminating the DRIP discount, revising 2026 guidance downward and prioritizing deleveraging. These measures improve the prospective financial foundation but follow a material deterioration in the outlook, supporting a Hold rather than a positive recommendation until cash-flow delivery and leverage reduction become visible.

This section is the 12-month view: analyst targets and the probability-weighted scenarios built from them. The intrinsic value at the top of this page answers a different question: what the business is worth today.

Street view · analyst 12-month targets3 analysts · as of 18 Aug 2026

Low · most bearish analyst$9.50

Mean target$11.67

High · most bullish analyst$14.50

Street targets sit above today's price; our intrinsic value sits below it. Different horizons, different questions.

Our research · scenarios, merits, risks, and invalidation triggersResearch as of 2 Sep 2026

Scenarios · 12-month scenario targetsAnchored at research date

Bear CaseDownside scenario

$9.5025%

Competitive pricing, lower subscriber demand and continued TELUS Digital client ramp-downs produce a further guidance miss. Free cash flow falls below C$1.8 billion, leverage rises above 3.5x and asset monetizations are delayed or generate insufficient proceeds, weakening the path to the 2028 leverage target.

Base CaseCentral scenario

$11.6755%

Matches the consensus mean

TELUS broadly delivers its revised 2026 outlook of flat to negative 2% service-revenue growth, negative 2% to negative 4% Adjusted EBITDA growth, approximately C$2.6 billion of capital expenditures and approximately C$1.8 billion of free cash flow. Core telecom resilience partly offsets continued pressure in TELUS Digital and slower Health growth, while the lower dividend supports gradual deleveraging.

Bull CaseUpside scenario

$14.5020%

Core wireless and fibre performance stabilizes consolidated results, TELUS Health sustains growth, TELUS Digital improves after restructuring, and portfolio monetizations supplement organic free cash flow. The dividend reset and elimination of the DRIP discount then accelerate debt reduction toward the 3.0x-or-lower 2028 target.

Scenarios are anchored to street consensus at the research date, with our probabilities and rationale.

Key Investment Merits

Core telecom operations showed resilience in the second quarter: mobile network revenue grew 1%, TTech Adjusted EBITDA was relatively flat, and TELUS added mobile-phone and internet customers.
The dividend reset is expected to retain approximately C$2.7 billion of cumulative cash through 2028 for debt reduction, while removal of the DRIP discount reduces prospective shareholder dilution.
TELUS Health service revenue increased and healthcare lives covered reached 158.9 million, providing a growth platform beyond traditional telecommunications.

Key Investment Risks

TELUS materially reduced its 2026 outlook to flat-to-negative-2% service-revenue growth, negative-2%-to-negative-4% Adjusted EBITDA growth and approximately C$1.8 billion of free cash flow.
TELUS Digital external revenue declined 10%, and TELUS recorded a C$2.1 billion non-cash impairment associated with the Digital cash-generating unit.
Net debt to Adjusted EBITDA was 3.5x, while the timeline for reaching approximately 3.0x or lower was extended to year-end 2028; execution now depends on cash-flow recovery, capital discipline and asset monetizations.

All scenarios are estimates and subject to change. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

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