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TELUS (TU) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : 6.70% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is TELUS 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

TELUS's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.28.

During the past 12 months, TELUS's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 7.50% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of TELUS was 34.20% per year. The lowest was -24.60% per year. And the median was 8.50% per year.

TELUS's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.46. As of today, TELUS's Dividend Yield % is 6.93%.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of TELUS Corp is 2.72, which seems too high.

Good Sign:

TELUS Corp stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.


Competitive Comparison of TELUS's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Telecom Services subindustry, TELUS's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, TELUS's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where TELUS's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



TELUS 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


TELUS  (NYSE:TU) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

TELUS's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=0.28/ 0.114
=2.46

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of TELUS was 2.72. The lowest was 0.67. And the median was 0.89.

Warning Sign:

If a company's dividend payout ratio is too high, its dividend may not be sustainable. The dividend payout ratio of TELUS Corp is 2.72, which seems too high.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

TELUS Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
CAD 0.3762024-03-082024-03-112024-04-01Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.738242
CAD 0.3762023-12-082023-12-112024-01-02Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.754720
CAD 0.3642023-09-072023-09-082023-10-02Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.735808
CAD 0.3642023-06-082023-06-092023-07-04Cash DividendquarterlyCAD:USD 0.755744

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

TELUS's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.10427864/15.955
=6.92 %

Current Share Price is $15.955.
TELUS's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $1.10427864.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of TELUS was 6.98%. The lowest was 3.34%. And the median was 4.29%.

Good Sign:

TELUS Corp stock dividend yield is close to 10-year high.

* 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 (TU) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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 its nearly 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.