TLK vs ECHO vs TU Stock Comparison

Perusahaan Perseroan Persero Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk, EchoStar and Telus Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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ECHO EchoStar CORP
$89.26 -0.9% 1M +20.4% 1Y
Market cap
$26.28B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$14.65B
Div. yield
–
Satellite Communications Communication Services
5 wins
TU Telus Corp
$8.70 +2.6% 1M -42.2% 1Y
Market cap
$13.14B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$17.13B
Div. yield
0.09%
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
5 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

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

QuestionTLKECHOTULeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.64B $26.28B $13.14B ECHO
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only — -4.6x -5.2x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 11.2x 3.8x 17.1x ECHO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — -5.2% +0.6% TU
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — -38.7% -14.8% TU
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -35.4% 3.8% TU
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -1.1x 4.3x ECHO
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.09% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -39.0% +20.4% -42.2% ECHO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -14.3%/yr +31.1%/yr -17.5%/yr ECHO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.3% 54.2% 26.3% TU
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 22/100 49/100 TU

Percentile Scorecard

TLKECHOTU

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

AxisTLKECHOTU
Valuation – 15 #42 of 49 71 #15 of 49
Growth – 11 #40 of 45 14 #39 of 45
Profitability – 14 #39 of 45 43 #26 of 45
Financial Health 67 #17 of 49 50 #25 of 49 27 #36 of 49
Shareholder Returns 94 #3 of 37 – 92 #4 of 37
Overall – 22 49
  • TLK ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • ECHO ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • TU ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTLKECHOTUSPY
1 month -8.1%-0.9%+2.6% -0.8%
3 months -15.1%+3.0%-16.3% +3.5%
6 months -27.2%-26.6%-28.3% +7.0%
Year to date -41.8%-17.9%-33.9% +12.2%
1 year -39.0%+20.4%-42.2% +13.0%
3 years -44.4%+572.6%-45.1% +86.3%
3 years, per year -17.8%+88.9%-18.2% +23.1%
5 years -53.7%+286.7%-61.8% +68.6%
5 years, per year -14.3%+31.1%-17.5% +11.0%
10 years -61.8%+135.9%-45.8% +258.0%
10 years, per year -9.2%+9.0%-5.9% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureTLKECHOTUSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.3%54.2%26.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 44.1%52.8%30.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.621.59-0.05 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.020.38-1.60 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -68.3%-68.0%-71.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -47.7%-37.1%-41.9% -1.8%
52-week high $23.43$141.80$14.98 $779.14
52-week low $10.44$66.93$7.72 $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.

MultipleTLKECHOTU
P/E now vs peer median —median 11.8x -4.6xmedian 11.8x -5.3xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median —median 1.1x 1.8xmedian 1.1x 0.8xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 6.8x -2.8xmedian 6.8x 7.0xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 5.7x -35.7xmedian 5.7x 2.7xmedian 5.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.3x 1.8xmedian 1.3x 1.4xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.24 0.12median 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 monthsTLKECHOTU
Revenue – $14.65B $17.13B
Gross profit – $6.18B –
Operating income – -$16.52B $833.56M
Net income – -$5.68B -$2.52B
Free cash flow – -$725.18M $4.97B
EPS (diluted) – $-16.13 $-1.65
Cash & equivalents $54.58T $439.99M $976.14M
Total debt $135.75T $24.26B $54.29B
Shares (diluted) – 351.62M 1.54B
Enterprise value -$129.22T $17.37B $5.73B

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
MetricTLKECHOTU
P/E – -4.6x -5.3x
P/FCF – -35.7x 2.7x
P/Operating cash flow – -303.6x 3.1x
P/S – 1.8x 0.8x
P/B 0.0x 1.8x 1.4x
P/Tangible book 0.0x 4.7x -3.3x
EV/EBITDA – -2.8x 7.0x
EV/EBIT – -2.6x 41.6x
EV/Revenue – 2.9x 2.0x
EV/FCF – -59.1x 7.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – -502.1x 8.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.12 0.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTLKECHOTU
Revenue growth (1Y) – -5.2% 0.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – -6.4% -2.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 12.5% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 23.0% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – -3,046% -65.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -135.0% -30.6%
Net income growth (1Y) – -1,685% -4,024%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -69.9% -62.5%
EPS growth (1Y) – -1,371% -548.7%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -39.5% -61.5%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -115.9% 4.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -26.4% -1.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – -4.6% 15.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -60.1% 2.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTLKECHOTU
Gross margin – 42.1% –
EBITDA margin – -106.3% 28.7%
Operating margin – -112.7% 4.9%
Pretax margin – -58.8% 8.1%
Net margin – -38.7% -14.8%
FCF margin – -4.9% 29.0%
Operating cash flow margin – -0.6% 25.2%
Return on equity – -57.2% -10.0%
Return on assets – -14.1% -1.1%
Return on invested capital – -35.4% 3.8%
Return on capital employed – -45.1% 2.0%
Asset turnover – 0.4x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 0.0x -1.7x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.1% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTLKECHOTU
Debt / assets 18.8% 44.2% 55.4%
Debt / equity 0.4x 1.2x 2.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – -1.1x 4.3x
Debt / FCF – -24.0x 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 55.5% 64.0% 75.2%
Equity / assets 44.5% 36.0% 24.8%
Interest coverage – – 0.7x
Current ratio 0.8x 5.2x 0.7x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.1x 0.1x
Altman Z-score – 0.29 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTLKECHOTU
Dividend yield 10.0% – 16.7%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 10.0% – 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.

ConsensusTLKECHOTU
Forward P/E 11.2xFY2026 3.8xFY2026 17.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.09FY2026 $23.27FY2026 $0.51FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +9.0%FY2026 – -23.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +9.2% -86.5% +7.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.21BFY2026 $13.35BFY2026 $15.17BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.3%FY2026 -11.0%FY2026 +1.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +11.7% -4.6% -9.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTLKECHOTU
Held by institutions 6.3% 0.0% 44.5%
Institutions holding 209 1 291
Change in shares held, QoQ +7.8% – -4.8%
Institutions buying 101 1 154
Institutions selling 76 0 85
Buyers to sellers 1.33 – 1.81

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.

TLKECHOTU
TLK 1.00 0.15 0.06
ECHO 0.15 1.00 -0.06
TU 0.06 -0.06 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TLK, ECHO and TU?

EchoStar (ECHO) is the largest by market capitalisation: Perusahaan Perseroan Persero Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK) $11.64B, EchoStar (ECHO) $26.28B, Telus (TU) $13.14B.

Which company is growing faster?

Telus (TU) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: EchoStar (ECHO) -5.2%, Telus (TU) +0.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Telus (TU) has the highest net margin (EchoStar (ECHO) -38.7%, Telus (TU) -14.8%). On return on invested capital, Telus (TU) leads (EchoStar (ECHO) -35.4%, Telus (TU) 3.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year EchoStar (ECHO) returned the most: Perusahaan Perseroan Persero Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK) -39.0%, EchoStar (ECHO) +20.4%, Telus (TU) -42.2%. Over five years, EchoStar (ECHO) compounded fastest (Perusahaan Perseroan Persero Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK) -14.3%/yr, EchoStar (ECHO) +31.1%/yr, Telus (TU) -17.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Perusahaan Perseroan Persero Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK) 0.00%, EchoStar (ECHO) 0.00%, Telus (TU) 0.09%. Perusahaan Perseroan Persero Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK) and EchoStar (ECHO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Telus (TU) has been the steadiest (Perusahaan Perseroan Persero Pt Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK) 38.3%, EchoStar (ECHO) 54.2%, Telus (TU) 26.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TLK, ECHO and TU?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, EchoStar (ECHO) 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.