AI will help with turnaround

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TELUS INTERNATIONAL (CDA) INC. $5.68 remains a buy, but only for aggressive investors. The company (Toronto symbol TIXT; Aggressive Growth Portfolio; Manufacturing sector; Shares outstanding: 275.0 million; Market cap: $1.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.5; No dividend paid; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.telusinternational.com) now operates as Telus Digital Experience. It operates call centres for over corporate clients and helps them manage their computer systems. Telus Corp. (Toronto symbol T) controls 87.0% of the voting power. Due to the current economic uncertainty, businesses are spending less on Telus Digital’s services. As a result, its revenue in the three months ended September 30, 2024, fell 0.8%, to $658 million from $663 million a year earlier (all amounts except share price and market cap in U.S. dollars). Due to higher employee salaries and other costs, earnings before unusual items fell 73.7%, to $0.05 a share from $0.19. However, job cuts and other cost-cutting measure saved the company $30 million in 2024. It’s also integrating artificial intelligence tools into its products,…