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TELUS (TSX:T) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow : 0.61 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is TELUS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow?

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow assesses how much of a company’s cash flow from operations is being devoted to capital expenditure. It’s also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not.

TELUS's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$-654.00 Mil. Its Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$1,077.00 Mil.

Hence, TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.61.


TELUS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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TELUS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Chart

TELUS Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.62 1.21 0.76 0.71 0.70

TELUS Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.99 0.84 0.47 0.57 0.61

Competitive Comparison of TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow

For the Telecom Services subindustry, TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.


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TELUS Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Calculation

TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-3387) / 4847
=0.70

TELUS's Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow=- Capital Expenditure / Cash Flow from Operations
=- (-654) / 1077
=0.61

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


TELUS  (TSX:T) Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio assesses how much of a company’s Cash Flow from Operations is being devoted to Capital Expenditure. It is a good indicator in terms of how much the company is focused on growth. In general, a high Capex-to-Operating-Cash-Flow ratio indicates that the company is investing more in physical assets and is focused on growth and expansion. Conversely, lower ratio could indicate that a company has reached maturity and is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.

Moreover, the ratio is also useful to distinguish whether the company is capital intensive or not. If the ratio is large, then the company tends to be capital intensive. Lower ratio suggests that it’s a capital-light business. The ratio can be combined with ROIC % to identify whether the company is an asset-light business that has a high return on invested capital. This is one question investors commonly ask to see if a company qualifies as a good company.


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TELUS Business Description

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Address
510 West Georgia Street, 23rd Floor, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6B 0M3
Telus is one of the Big Three wireless service providers in Canada, with over 10 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. Mostly because of recent acquisitions, more than 20% of Telus' sales now come from nontelecom businesses, most notably in the international business services, health, security, and agriculture industries. The firm has a 55% economic stake in Telus International.
Executives
Hazel Cynthia Claxton Director
Marc Parent Director
Victor George Dodig Director
Andrea Louise Wood Senior Officer
Zainul Mawji Senior Officer
Darren Entwistle Director, Senior Officer
Gopi Chande Senior Officer
Raymond Tatsun Chan Director
Sandy Mcintosh Senior Officer
Tony Geheran Senior Officer
Stephen Flynn Lewis Senior Officer
Jim Senko Senior Officer
Navin Arora Senior Officer
Douglas French Senior Officer
Francois Gratton Senior Officer