Cost cuts will lift Telus earnings

TELUS INTERNATIONAL (CDA) INC. $10 remains a buy for aggressive investors. The operator of call centres (Toronto symbol TIXT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 274.0 million; Market cap: $2.7 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.telusinternational.com) paid $1.17 billion in January 2023… Read More

Telus raises your dividend

TELUS CORP. $24 is still your #1 Income Buy for 2023. The company (Toronto symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 1.4 billion; Market cap: $33.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 6.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.telus.com) is Canada’s second-largest wireless carrier after… Read More

Telus plans big job cuts

TELUS, $22.78, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $33.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.4%; www.telus.comwww.telus.com) is Canada’s second-largest wireless carrier (after BCE, see page 81).
Telus now plans to cut 4,000 positions from Telus and another 2,000… Read More

These dividend ETFs offer you regular income

Higher interest rates mean dividend-paying stocks must increasingly compete with fixed-income investments for investor interest. However, sustainable dividends still offer an attractive and growing income stream for investors.
Meanwhile, dividend-focused ETFs often follow strategies that can set investors up for maximum long-term gains with the least… Read More

Telus upgrades set to pay off

Telus has largely completed a multi-year plan to upgrade its wireless and fibre-optic networks. Those improvements are already attracting new customers and lifting the company’s cash flow. Telus has also lowered capital spending, which will free up cash for future dividend hikes.
TELUS, $22.19, is a buy. The… Read More

Q: Pat: I am looking for your advice on the iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETF. Thanks.

A: The iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETF, $24.44, symbol XEI on Toronto (Units outstanding: 58.7 million; Market cap: $1.4 billion; www.blackrock.com/ca), aims to track the S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index, which effectively holds the 75 highest-yielding Canadian stocks.

The index is market-capitalization weighted, with… Read More