Telus (TU) reported $3.71 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year decline of 0.8%. EPS of $0.17 for the same period compares to $0.21 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.27% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.72 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.19, the EPS surprise was -10.53%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Telus performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Subscribers - Mobile Phone: 10.27 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 10.27 million.
- Subscribers - Connected Device: 4.16 million compared to the 4.12 million average estimate based on two analysts.
- Subscribers - Internet: 2.78 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 2.77 million.
- Subscribers - TV: 1.43 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.44 million.
- Subscribers - Security: 1.15 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.15 million.
- Subscribers - Residential Voice: 986 thousand compared to the 991 thousand average estimate based on two analysts.
- Mobile phone churn, per month: 1.1% versus the two-analyst average estimate of 1.1%.
- Net Additions - Connected Device: 169 thousand versus 134.82 thousand estimated by two analysts on average.
- Net Additions - Internet: 40 thousand versus the two-analyst average estimate of 24.97 thousand.
- Net Additions - TV: 5 thousand versus 15.71 thousand estimated by two analysts on average.
- Net Additions - Security: 6 thousand versus 10.32 thousand estimated by two analysts on average.
- Net Additions - Residential Voice: -14 thousand versus the two-analyst average estimate of -9 thousand.
View all Key Company Metrics for Telus here>>>
Shares of Telus have returned -3.7% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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