TELUS (TSX:T) Opens Nanaimo Rental Project On A Valuation Case That Still Faces Questions
TELUS (TSX:T) has opened a 195 home purpose built rental community in downtown Nanaimo, converting a former telecommunications site into smart, fibre connected housing that targets Canada’s rental supply challenges.
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The Nanaimo housing project comes at a time when TELUS’s share price has eased, with a 30 day share price return of 10.11% and a year to date decline of 19.96%. The 1 year total shareholder return is down 30.31%, indicating momentum has been fading despite ongoing business initiatives.
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After TELUS’s recent share price slide, with a market price of CA$14.40 sitting well below an average analyst target of CA$19.26 and an even lower intrinsic estimate, where does a reasonable view of fair value actually land?
Most Popular Narrative: 29% Undervalued
On the most followed narrative, TELUS screens as undervalued, with a fair value of CA$20.28 versus the last close of CA$14.40, and that gap rests on some specific long term assumptions.
Deployment and commercialization of next-generation technologies, including AI powered customer experience platforms, data center assets for "sovereign AI" infrastructure, and private 5G, position TELUS to create new revenue streams, lower cost to serve, and enhance its competitive moat, translating into higher future earnings and margin improvements.
The story behind that CA$20.28 figure leans heavily on steady revenue expansion, a step up in profit margins, and a rich future earnings multiple. Want to see how those moving pieces fit together in the TELUS narrative, and how they support that valuation gap on paper?
Result: Fair Value of CA$20.28 (UNDERVALUED)
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However, this TELUS narrative still faces pressure from high ongoing capital spending and regulatory decisions that could weigh on margins and slow any earnings momentum.
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Another View: TELUS On Earnings Multiples
While the TELUS narrative leans on future cash flows and a CA$20.28 fair value, the current P/E of 24.4x paints a tougher picture. It sits above the estimated fair ratio of 10.4x, and above both global telecom peers at 16.9x and a peer average of 10.3x. This raises questions about how much optimism is already priced in.
For a closer look at what these gaps could mean for valuation risk or opportunity, including how the ratio might move toward that fair ratio over time, See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
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