TU vs KT vs TMUS Stock Comparison

Telus, Kt and T-Mobile US Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
TU Telus Corp
$8.56 +2.3% 1M -42.9% 1Y
Market cap
$13.26B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$17.13B
Div. yield
16.94%
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
1 win
KT Kt Corp
$16.79 -12.4% 1M -12.2% 1Y
Market cap
$8.10B
P/E
6.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$19.92B
Div. yield
4.82%
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
6 wins
TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc.
$148.08 -11.0% 1M -32.7% 1Y
Market cap
$157.39B
P/E
14.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$93.82B
Div. yield
2.76%
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Kt leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Kt 6, T-Mobile US 5, Telus 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionTUKTTMUSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $13.26B $8.10B $157.39B TMUS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -5.2x 6.7x 14.0x KT
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.8x 8.1x 13.0x KT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +0.6% +2.7% +9.3% TMUS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -14.8% 6.1% 12.0% TMUS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.8% 8.3% 10.5% TMUS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.3x — 2.3x TMUS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 16.94% 4.82% 2.76% TU
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -42.9% -12.2% -32.7% KT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -17.9%/yr +5.6%/yr +5.2%/yr KT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.3% 22.8% 35.5% KT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 73/100 68/100 KT

Percentile Scorecard

TUKTTMUS

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

AxisTUKTTMUS
Valuation 69 #16 of 49 92 #5 of 49 50 #25 of 49
Growth 14 #39 of 45 80 #10 of 45 77 #11 of 45
Profitability 43 #26 of 45 64 #17 of 45 86 #7 of 45
Financial Health 27 #36 of 49 69 #16 of 49 50 #25 of 49
Shareholder Returns 92 #4 of 37 61 #15 of 37 75 #10 of 37
Overall 49 73 68
  • TU ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • KT ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • TMUS ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodTUKTTMUSSPY
1 month +2.3%-12.4%-11.0% +0.9%
3 months -23.2%-8.3%-18.4% +5.9%
6 months -29.9%-20.5%-25.3% +8.5%
Year to date -35.0%-11.5%-27.1% +13.3%
1 year -42.9%-12.2%-32.7% +12.4%
3 years -46.0%+41.7%+5.8% +88.1%
3 years, per year -18.6%+12.3%+1.9% +23.5%
5 years -62.7%+31.1%+28.7% +68.2%
5 years, per year -17.9%+5.6%+5.2% +11.0%
10 years -47.1%+7.0%+200.1% +263.4%
10 years, per year -6.2%+0.7%+11.6% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureTUKTTMUSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.3%22.8%35.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 30.4%24.1%42.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.050.49-0.38 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -1.63-0.54-0.92 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -71.8%-31.6%-46.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -42.9%-31.6%-33.3% -0.9%
52-week high $14.98$24.54$221.98 $779.14
52-week low $7.72$16.79$146.54 $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.

MultipleTUKTTMUS
P/E now vs peer median -5.2xmedian 11.6x 6.7xmedian 11.6x 14.0xmedian 11.6x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.1x 0.4xmedian 1.1x 1.7xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 6.8x —median 6.8x 7.0xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 6.3x 8.0xmedian 6.3x 8.4xmedian 6.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.3xmedian 1.2x 0.7xmedian 1.2x 2.8xmedian 1.2x
PEG now vs peer median 0.08median 0.24 0.96median 0.24 0.84median 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 monthsTUKTTMUS
Revenue $17.13B $19.92B $93.82B
Gross profit – – $58.23B
Operating income $833.56M $1.79B $19.38B
Net income -$2.52B $1.29B $11.30B
Free cash flow $4.97B $1.02B $18.65B
EPS (diluted) $-1.65 $2.50 $10.55
Cash & equivalents $976.14M $2.44B $5.62B
Total debt $54.29B $12.82B $83.67B
Shares (diluted) 1.54B 486.18M 1.07B
Enterprise value $6.42B -$4.90B $139.82B

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
MetricTUKTTMUS
P/E -5.2x 6.7x 14.0x
P/FCF 2.7x 8.0x 8.4x
P/Operating cash flow 3.1x 2.3x 5.5x
P/S 0.8x 0.4x 1.7x
P/B 1.3x 0.7x 2.8x
P/Tangible book -3.2x 0.7x -3.6x
EV/EBITDA 7.0x – 7.0x
EV/EBIT 41.3x 7.5x 12.1x
EV/Revenue 2.0x 0.7x 2.5x
EV/FCF 6.9x 13.2x 12.6x
EV/Operating cash flow 8.0x 3.9x 8.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.08 0.96 0.84

Growth

14 metrics
MetricTUKTTMUS
Revenue growth (1Y) 0.6% 2.7% 9.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.3% 9.7% 6.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 6.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 6.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) -65.6% 263.1% 1.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -30.6% 13.5% 12.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -4,024% 11.3% -4.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -62.5% 27.9% 13.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -548.7% 246.5% 0.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -61.5% 7.0% 16.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 4.9% -6.2% 7.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -1.8% 7.0% 16.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 15.3% -38.3% 8.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 2.9% 33.6% 42.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricTUKTTMUS
Gross margin – – 62.1%
EBITDA margin 28.7% – 36.1%
Operating margin 4.9% 9.0% 20.7%
Pretax margin 8.1% 8.5% 15.8%
Net margin -14.8% 6.1% 12.0%
FCF margin 29.0% 5.1% 19.9%
Operating cash flow margin 25.2% 17.5% 30.6%
Return on equity -10.0% 11.2% 20.1%
Return on assets -1.1% 4.3% 5.3%
Return on invested capital 3.8% 8.3% 10.5%
Return on capital employed 2.0% 8.1% 10.2%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.7x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -1.7x 2.7x 2.5x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% – 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricTUKTTMUS
Debt / assets 55.4% 29.9% 39.3%
Debt / equity 2.2x 0.7x 1.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.3x – 2.3x
Debt / FCF 4.5x 8.8x 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 75.2% 59.1% 73.6%
Equity / assets 24.8% 40.9% 26.4%
Interest coverage 0.7x 3.3x –
Current ratio 0.7x 1.2x 0.9x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.3x 0.5x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.2x
Altman Z-score – 1.68 1.51

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricTUKTTMUS
Dividend yield 16.9% 4.8% 2.8%
Net buyback yield – 2.1% 7.6%
Shareholder yield 16.9% 6.9% 10.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) -46.0% – 39.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) 23.3% – 23.8%
Dividend growth (1Y) 8.0% – 11.1%
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.

ConsensusTUKTTMUS
Forward P/E 16.8xFY2026 8.1xFY2026 13.0xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $0.51FY2026 $2.07FY2026 $11.36FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -23.9%FY2026 -12.7%FY2026 +16.9%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.8% +11.1% +30.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $15.17BFY2026 $21.09BFY2026 $96.73BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +1.6%FY2026 +8.3%FY2026 +9.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -9.9% -7.9% +6.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersTUKTTMUS
Held by institutions – 34.8% 43.1%
Institutions holding – 244 1,656
Change in shares held, QoQ – +8.3% +4.7%
Institutions buying – 135 849
Institutions selling – 78 630
Buyers to sellers – 1.73 1.35

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.

TUKTTMUS
TU 1.00 0.11 0.27
KT 0.11 1.00 0.09
TMUS 0.27 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, TU, KT and TMUS?

T-Mobile US (TMUS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Telus (TU) $13.26B, Kt (KT) $8.10B, T-Mobile US (TMUS) $157.39B.

Which stock is cheaper, TU, KT and TMUS?

Kt (KT) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Telus (TU) -5.2x, Kt (KT) 6.7x, T-Mobile US (TMUS) 14.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Kt (KT) is cheapest (Telus (TU) 16.8x, Kt (KT) 8.1x, T-Mobile US (TMUS) 13.0x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

T-Mobile US (TMUS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Telus (TU) +0.6%, Kt (KT) +2.7%, T-Mobile US (TMUS) +9.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

T-Mobile US (TMUS) has the highest net margin (Telus (TU) -14.8%, Kt (KT) 6.1%, T-Mobile US (TMUS) 12.0%). On return on invested capital, T-Mobile US (TMUS) leads (Telus (TU) 3.8%, Kt (KT) 8.3%, T-Mobile US (TMUS) 10.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Kt (KT) returned the most: Telus (TU) -42.9%, Kt (KT) -12.2%, T-Mobile US (TMUS) -32.7%. Over five years, Kt (KT) compounded fastest (Telus (TU) -17.9%/yr, Kt (KT) +5.6%/yr, T-Mobile US (TMUS) +5.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Telus (TU) has the highest dividend yield: Telus (TU) 16.94%, Kt (KT) 4.82%, T-Mobile US (TMUS) 2.76%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Kt (KT) has been the steadiest (Telus (TU) 26.3%, Kt (KT) 22.8%, T-Mobile US (TMUS) 35.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, TU, KT and TMUS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Kt (KT) leads on 6. 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.