KYIV vs TU vs WRD Stock Comparison

Kyivstar, Telus and WeRide Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd.
$13.13 +0.6% 1M -1.5% 1Y
Market cap
$2.86B
P/E
17.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$662.00M
Div. yield
–
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
5 wins
TU Telus Corp
$8.70 +2.6% 1M -42.2% 1Y
Market cap
$13.17B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$17.13B
Div. yield
0.09%
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
2 wins
WRD WeRide Inc.
$4.18 -24.4% 1M -60.7% 1Y
Market cap
$1.36B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$92.10M
Div. yield
–
Autonomous Driving Technology
2 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Kyivstar leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Kyivstar 5, Telus 2, WeRide 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionKYIVTUWRDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $2.86B $13.17B $1.36B TU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 17.5x -5.2x -6.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.6x 17.1x — KYIV
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -36.2% +0.6% +244.8% WRD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 24.6% -14.8% -243.6% KYIV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 14.1% 3.8% -24.9% KYIV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 4.3x — KYIV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.09% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -1.5% -42.2% -60.7% KYIV
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — -17.5%/yr — –
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 49.5% 26.3% 60.2% TU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 60/100 49/100 70/100 WRD

Percentile Scorecard

KYIVTUWRD

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisKYIVTUWRD
Valuation 35 #32 of 49 71 #15 of 49 58 #6 of 13
Growth 16 #38 of 45 14 #39 of 45 91 #2 of 12
Profitability 100 #1 of 45 43 #26 of 45 82 #3 of 12
Financial Health 90 #6 of 49 27 #36 of 49 50 #7 of 13
Shareholder Returns – 92 #4 of 37 –
Overall 60 49 70
  • KYIV ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • TU ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • WRD ranked among 14 companies in Robotics and Automation

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodKYIVTUWRDSPY
1 month +0.6%+2.6%-24.4% -0.8%
3 months -3.8%-16.3%-25.8% +3.5%
6 months +13.9%-28.3%-48.8% +7.0%
Year to date +1.2%-33.9%-51.8% +12.2%
1 year -1.5%-42.2%-60.7% +13.0%
3 years —-45.1%— +86.3%
3 years, per year —-18.2%— +23.1%
5 years —-61.8%— +68.6%
5 years, per year —-17.5%— +11.0%
10 years —-45.8%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —-5.9%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureKYIVTUWRDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 49.5%26.3%60.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 49.6%30.6%63.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.71-0.052.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.03-1.60-1.01 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.5%-71.8%-89.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -18.8%-41.9%-64.3% -1.8%
52-week high $16.17$14.98$11.72 $779.14
52-week low $9.33$7.72$4.08 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleKYIVTUWRD
P/E now vs peer median 17.4xmedian 11.8x -5.3xmedian 11.8x -5.8x
P/S now vs peer median 4.6xmedian 1.1x 0.8xmedian 1.1x 14.0xmedian 17.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.9xmedian 6.8x 7.0xmedian 6.8x —
P/FCF now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 5.7x 2.7xmedian 5.7x —median 14.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.3x 1.4xmedian 1.3x 1.4xmedian 1.0x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.24 0.09median 0.24 —

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsKYIVTUWRD
Revenue $662.00M $17.13B $92.10M
Gross profit $7.07B – $39.20M
Operating income $238.00M $833.56M -$260.29M
Net income $163.00M -$2.52B -$237.93M
Free cash flow $6.23B $4.97B –
R&D – – $219.70M
EPS (diluted) $0.75 $-1.65 –
Cash & equivalents $364.00M $976.14M $629.27M
Total debt $1.44B $54.29B $194.84M
Shares (diluted) 216.12M 1.54B –
Enterprise value $716.24M $5.76B -$1.68B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricKYIVTUWRD
P/E 17.4x -5.3x -5.8x
P/FCF 0.5x 2.7x –
P/Operating cash flow 0.5x 3.1x –
P/S 4.6x 0.8x 14.0x
P/B 2.2x 1.4x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 3.2x -3.3x 1.4x
EV/EBITDA 7.9x 7.0x –
EV/EBIT 12.0x 41.6x -2.7x
EV/Revenue 4.3x 2.0x 7.5x
EV/FCF 0.5x 7.0x –
EV/Operating cash flow 0.5x 8.0x –
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.09 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricKYIVTUWRD
Revenue growth (1Y) -36.2% 0.6% 244.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -2.3% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -33.0% – 142.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) -41.2% -65.6% -22.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -30.6% –
Net income growth (1Y) -45.8% -4,024% 29.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -62.5% –
EPS growth (1Y) -48.1% -548.7% –
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -61.5% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 12.7% 4.9% –
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -1.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.5% 15.3% –
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 2.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricKYIVTUWRD
Gross margin 1,068% – 42.6%
EBITDA margin 55.0% 28.7% –
Operating margin 36.0% 4.9% -282.6%
Pretax margin 30.8% 8.1% -258.0%
Net margin 24.6% -14.8% -243.6%
FCF margin 941.5% 29.0% –
Operating cash flow margin 931.7% 25.2% –
Return on equity 12.0% -10.0% -24.1%
Return on assets 7.3% -1.1% -20.5%
Return on invested capital 14.1% 3.8% -24.9%
Return on capital employed 13.6% 2.0% -26.6%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.3x 0.1x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 37.8x -1.7x –
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricKYIVTUWRD
Debt / assets 15.7% 55.4% 6.3%
Debt / equity 0.3x 2.2x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA -0.5x 4.3x –
Debt / FCF 0.1x 4.5x –
Liabilities / assets 38.8% 75.2% 17.5%
Equity / assets 61.2% 24.8% 82.5%
Interest coverage 3.1x 0.7x –
Current ratio 1.3x 0.7x 5.4x
Quick ratio 1.2x 0.5x 4.0x
Cash ratio 1.1x 0.1x 3.7x
Altman Z-score – – 2.03

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricKYIVTUWRD
Dividend yield – 16.7% –
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield – 16.7% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – -46.0% –
Payout ratio (FCF) – 23.3% –
Dividend growth (1Y) – 8.0% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 11.2% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusKYIVTUWRD
Forward P/E 9.6xFY2026 17.1xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $1.37FY2026 $0.51FY2026 $-0.62FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +140.4%FY2026 -23.9%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after +22.6% +7.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.29BFY2026 $15.17BFY2026 $149.56MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +11.0%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026 +52.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.9% -9.9% +88.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersKYIVTUWRD
Held by institutions 12.7% 44.5% 26.0%
Institutions holding 74 291 110
Change in shares held, QoQ +5.3% -4.8% -1.2%
Institutions buying 46 154 51
Institutions selling 18 85 35
Buyers to sellers 2.56 1.81 1.46

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

KYIVTUWRD
KYIV 1.00 -0.11 0.25
TU -0.11 1.00 0.02
WRD 0.25 0.02 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, KYIV, TU and WRD?

Telus (TU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Kyivstar (KYIV) $2.86B, Telus (TU) $13.17B, WeRide (WRD) $1.36B.

Which company is growing faster?

WeRide (WRD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Kyivstar (KYIV) -36.2%, Telus (TU) +0.6%, WeRide (WRD) +244.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Kyivstar (KYIV) has the highest net margin (Kyivstar (KYIV) 24.6%, Telus (TU) -14.8%, WeRide (WRD) -243.6%). On return on invested capital, Kyivstar (KYIV) leads (Kyivstar (KYIV) 14.1%, Telus (TU) 3.8%, WeRide (WRD) -24.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kyivstar (KYIV) returned the most: Kyivstar (KYIV) -1.5%, Telus (TU) -42.2%, WeRide (WRD) -60.7%. Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Kyivstar (KYIV) 0.00%, Telus (TU) 0.09%, WeRide (WRD) 0.00%. Kyivstar (KYIV) and WeRide (WRD) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Telus (TU) has been the steadiest (Kyivstar (KYIV) 49.5%, Telus (TU) 26.3%, WeRide (WRD) 60.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, KYIV, TU and WRD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Kyivstar (KYIV) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.