T-Mobile US, Inc. vs TELUS CORP, two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
The multiples on T-Mobile and Telus nearly touch, 19.41 and 20.68 times, and everything underneath diverges. T-Mobile earns an 18.9% return on equity on a 19.5% operating margin, the industry's growth franchise still compounding; Telus earns 4.7% on 11.5%, a diversification story whose ventures have yet to pay their way to the bottom line. Free-cash yields sit at 9% and 9.3%, effectively tied, which is what keeps Telus' multiple aloft. T-Mobile pays a growing 2.1% dividend; Telus' payout is not shown here. Same price per dollar of earnings for triple the return on equity: the pair is a mispricing hypothesis wearing two ticker symbols, unless the ventures deliver.
Comparison updated 2026-07-10.
| Metric | TMUS | TU |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $182.63 | $11.10 |
| Market cap | $201.3B | $17.0B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.3% | +5.8% |
| P/E | 19.4 | 20.7 |
| P/B | 3.60 | 1.39 |
| P/S | 2.22 | 1.13 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.2 | 8.7 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +4.5% |
| Operating margin | 19.5% | 11.5% |
| Net margin | 11.7% | 3.8% |
| Return on equity | 18.9% | 4.7% |
| Return on assets | 4.9% | 1.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 23.2% | 9.2% |
| FCF yield | 9.0% | 9.3% |
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.09 | 0.86 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.65 | 0.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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