- Next-week expectancy is positive at 57.14% based on similar historical setup states.
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Telus Corp · Communication Services · Telecom Services
Latest close
10.22 USD
-1.7%
latest week
Weekly setup
Weak trend
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -16.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 5.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.7%, after a -7.9% four-week move. The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers. Options positioning is bullish with 52/100 conviction, while the latest news-sentiment score is 51/100. Near-term considerations: earnings are due in 1d.
Setup score
26
out of 100
Latest Close
10.22 USD
24 Jul 2026
1W Return
-1.7%
latest completed week
4W Return
-7.9%
short-term follow-through
12W Return
-16.5%
quarterly tape
Trend Breadth
23.1%
12 of 52 weeks active
Volume Ratio
1.1x
vs 13-week average
- The trend backdrop is inactive, so price action has not confirmed a constructive regime.
- Price is below the Trend Line, which keeps downside pressure in focus.
- Price is below Fair Value, so the market is still discounting the latest tape.
- Activity pressure is negative, which weakens the current setup.
- Trend Line remains the key weekly regime level.
- Activity pressure is the gauge to monitor for confirmation or fade.
- A volume ratio above 1.5x would show stronger participation in the next move.
Price follow-through
-1.7%
Latest completed week; four-week move -7.9%.
Indicator stack
13/21
Trend and activity pressure are weighted against the latest 12-week confirmation window.
Trend backdrop
Active
The trend backdrop defines the current weekly regime.
Patient Capital
Quiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal status for institutional accumulation timing.
Next-Week Expectancy
Positive 57.14%
Historical one-week expectancy contributes to the evidence score when direction is confirmed.
Options pressure
Bullish
52/100 conviction; expected move 8.6%.
News sentiment
51/100
63 relevant articles in the latest sentiment read.
Event risk
1d
Next report is scheduled for 31 Jul 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
01 · Price action
Study the full chart
Where price is—and whether the trend supports it
The weekly trend is not active. Price is -16.0% below the Trend Line and sits at 5.1% of its 52-week range. The latest completed week returned -1.7%, after a -7.9% four-week move.
52-week price path
Price vs Trend Line and Fair Value
Price
Trend Line
Fair Value
02 · Volume and demand
Is real participation confirming the move?
Latest weekly volume is 1.1x the 13-week average. Participation is around or above normal and provides reasonable confirmation.
26-week volume confirmation
Bar height shows volume; colour shows the weekly price direction
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27 Feb
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27 Mar
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Demand beneath price
Activity pressure and institutional-style signals
These indicators assess whether participation is improving beneath the headline price move. They are supporting evidence, not proof of institutional buying.
Activity pressure path
Latest 0.0212-week average 0.04
12-week confirmation
Trend active0/12Active trend-backdrop weeks in the latest 12-week window.
Positive pressure0/12Weeks with constructive activity pressure in the latest 12-week window.
Positive leadership0/12Weeks with positive relative leadership in the latest 12-week window.
Activity pressure0.02Current proprietary activity-pressure read.
Buy signals0Accumulation signal count in the latest 12 weeks.
Reversal markers0No reversal markers
No recent accumulation markers. No reversal markers.
03 · Momentum and leadership
Is performance persistent—and is the stock leading?
Performance is -7.9% over four weeks, -16.5% over 12 weeks, and -32.0% over one year. The current trend has remained active for 0 consecutive weeks.
Performance by holding period
Active trend streak0 weeks
Active weeks in one year12
Trend breadth23.1%
Activity pressure vs relative leadership
Activity pressureRelative leadership
Pressure-1.13Latest activity-pressure read.
Pressure change-103.7%Four-week change in activity pressure.
Leadership-27.02Latest relative-leadership reading.
RS change-18.2%Four-week change in relative leadership.
04 · Fundamentals and valuation
Open full factor analysis
What investors are paying for—and the quality behind it
The latest factor snapshot indicates quality is middle-of-the-pack; growth ranks weakly; valuation is inexpensive relative to peers.
Factor week 26 Jul 2026
Financial statements through 31 Dec 2025
Field coverage 97%
Model confidence 93%
Relative factor standing
Higher display scores are better. Each score is converted from the underlying universe rank, where rank 1 is best.
Overall factor strength77/100Blend of value, momentum, and quality. Underlying universe rank 24; rank 1 is best.
Value87/100Relative valuation strength. Underlying universe rank 14; rank 1 is best.
Quality65/100Profitability and accounting quality. Underlying universe rank 36; rank 1 is best.
Momentum12/100Medium-term price momentum. Underlying universe rank 89; rank 1 is best.
Growth5/100Revenue and earnings growth. Underlying universe rank 96; rank 1 is best.
Quality and valuation are separate questions
A strong company can still carry a demanding valuation. This report shows profitability, growth, balance-sheet strength, and the price paid for those characteristics separately.
Value-quality framework31/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Valuation
How much investors are paying for earnings, sales, and cash flow.
- P/E
- 17.2x Price divided by trailing earnings.
- Price / sales
- 0.8x Market value relative to trailing revenue.
- EV / EBITDA
- 6.3x Enterprise value relative to operating cash earnings.
- Free-cash-flow yield
- 16.2% Free cash flow as a share of enterprise value.
Business quality
Margins and the return generated on invested capital.
- Gross margin
- 53.6% Gross profit retained from each unit of revenue.
- Operating margin
- 10.7% Operating profit retained from revenue.
- Free-cash-flow margin
- 36.8% Free cash flow generated from revenue.
- Return on invested capital
- 3.0% Operating return generated on invested capital.
Growth and financial strength
Recent business growth and accounting strength.
- Revenue growth
- 0.9% Latest one-year revenue growth.
- EPS growth
- -21.8% Latest one-year earnings-per-share growth.
- Free-cash-flow growth
- -6.8% Latest one-year free-cash-flow growth.
- Piotroski F-score
- 5/9 Nine-point accounting-strength checklist.
Shareholder return and balance sheet
Cash returned to owners and financial leverage.
- Dividend yield
- 5.9% Cash dividends relative to market value.
- Buyback yield
- 0.3% Net share repurchases relative to market value.
- Shareholder yield
- 6.2% Dividend yield plus net buyback yield.
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 4.0x Balance-sheet debt relative to operating cash earnings.
05 · Ownership, options, and sentiment
What other market participants are doing
Options, insider transactions, market sentiment, and activity-pressure signals can confirm or challenge the price story. None should be used alone.
Options positioningBullish
TU shows bullish options pressure with a 52/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.05, expected move of 8.6%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Conviction52/100
Expected move8.6%
Put/call volume0.05
Insider activity-
No recent insider transactions are stored for this company.
News sentiment51/100
Weighted news tone is neutral across 63 relevant articles.
15 positive · 41 neutral · 7 negativePatient CapitalQuiet
Activity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal
06 · Catalysts and risk
What can move the shares—and how volatile the path has been
Event timing, options-implied movement, drawdown, and weekly return distribution frame the risk around the current setup.
Next earnings1dNext report is scheduled for 31 Jul 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
Options expected move8.6%Nearest-chain priced movement where available.
52-week drawdown-33.1%Distance below the 52-week high.
13-week volatility3.0%Standard deviation of weekly returns.
Weekly gains and losses
Latest 26 completed weeksEach bar is one week. Gains rise above the zero line; losses fall below it. Taller bars mean a larger weekly move.
30 Jan
27 Feb
27 Mar
24 Apr
22 May
19 Jun
24 Jul
Weeks higher12 of 2614 weeks finished lower.
Best week+5.0%Week of 17 Apr.
Worst week-8.2%Week of 3 Jul.
Latest week-1.7%Week of 24 Jul.
Shape of recent returns
Strong gains1
Modest gains11
Flat weeks0
Modest losses10
Sharp losses4
Recent vol3.0%13-week weekly-return volatility.
Base vol2.8%52-week weekly-return volatility.
Up/down split25/27Count of positive and negative weeks in the 52-week window.
Average skew1.6% / -2.8%Average positive week versus average negative week.
07 · Sector and peer context
Is this stock leading—or simply moving with its group?
Sector and industry breadth distinguish company-specific strength from a broad group move.
SectorUS Communication Services
4-week rank86 / 100
Group average-0.8%
Trend breadth41.0%
Trend41.0%active weekly trend signals
MD49.0%positive activity pressure
RS30.0%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
IndustryUS Telecom Services
4-week rank40 / 55
Group average-4.3%
Trend breadth32.7%
Trend32.7%active weekly trend signals
MD21.8%positive activity pressure
RS23.6%positive relative leadership
Four-week leaders
08 · Evidence and weekly data
The underlying research record
Every top-level statement above should be traceable to a stored market, fundamental, event, or positioning observation.
Weekly tape27/100
Trend, activity pressure, participation, and risk combine to a 27/100 tape read.
Indicator analysis9/100Latest 12-week confirmation: trend 0/12, activity pressure 0/12, relative leadership 0/12.
Activity pressure 0.02; No reversal markers Next-Week ExpectancyPositive 57.14%Next-week expectancy is positive with a 57.14% historical one-week setup read.
Adds short-term historical context without overriding trend, activity, or relative leadership. Factors61/100O'Shaughnessy factor stack blends value, quality, momentum, and confidence.
Buyback Yield rank 38; Small Cap Core rank 6 SVQF31/100Value and quality alignment from the Sharemaestro SVQF framework.
Composite rank 694.5 of 1013 Patient CapitalQuietActivity-pressure buy-signal evidence highlights potential institutional accumulation windows.
No recent buy signal Options48/100TU shows bullish options pressure with a 52/100 conviction score, put-call volume ratio of 0.05, expected move of 8.6%, and Sharemaestro trend signal inactive.
Bullish · Call-side pressure · Expected move 8.6% Sentiment51/100Weighted news tone is neutral across 63 relevant articles.
TELUS transforms legacy telecommunications site into 195 new homes for Nanaimo Insiders50/100No recent insider transaction evidence is stored.
Earnings1dNext report is scheduled for 31 Jul 2026; event risk rises as the date approaches.
| Week | Close | Return | Trend Line | Fair Value | Pressure | Leadership | Volume | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2026 | 10.22 USD | -1.7% | 12.16 USD | 13.48 USD | -1.13 | -27.02 | 30.2M | Off |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 10.40 USD | -0.2% | 12.23 USD | 13.51 USD | -1.11 | -26.92 | 30.5M | Off |
| 10 Jul 2026 | 10.42 USD | 2.3% | 12.29 USD | 13.53 USD | -1.05 | -28.62 | 26.4M | Off |
| 3 Jul 2026 | 10.19 USD | -8.2% | 12.35 USD | 13.56 USD | -0.76 | -29.98 | 32.1M | Off |
| 26 Jun 2026 | 11.10 USD | -3.8% | 12.43 USD | 13.60 USD | -0.55 | -22.86 | 27.2M | Off |
| 19 Jun 2026 | 11.54 USD | -2.9% | 12.46 USD | 13.62 USD | -0.41 | -22.36 | 31.2M | Off |
| 12 Jun 2026 | 11.88 USD | -1.0% | 12.49 USD | 13.65 USD | -0.37 | -20.05 | 34.8M | Off |
| 5 Jun 2026 | 12.00 USD | -1.9% | 12.55 USD | 13.67 USD | -0.52 | -19.47 | 29.1M | Off |
| 29 May 2026 | 12.23 USD | 0.5% | 12.61 USD | 13.69 USD | -0.54 | -20.60 | 18.7M | Off |
| 22 May 2026 | 12.18 USD | 2.3% | 12.65 USD | 13.71 USD | -0.63 | -20.51 | 25.1M | Off |
| 15 May 2026 | 11.90 USD | -4.2% | 12.71 USD | 13.73 USD | -0.76 | -22.26 | 24.3M | Off |
| 8 May 2026 | 12.43 USD | 1.6% | 12.79 USD | 13.75 USD | -0.70 | -19.25 | 27.3M | Off |
| 1 May 2026 | 12.23 USD | 1.9% | 12.85 USD | 13.78 USD | -0.69 | -19.30 | 20.0M | Off |
| 24 Apr 2026 | 12.00 USD | -0.9% | 12.93 USD | 13.81 USD | -0.44 | -20.61 | 22.6M | Off |
How to use this report
This is a completed-week research summary. It explains the available evidence and its conflicts; it does not predict a guaranteed outcome or replace your own risk assessment. Fundamental figures may refer to an earlier financial reporting period, which is shown above.