Telus Corp dividend history

Telus Corp paid $1.14bn in dividends in fiscal 2024. That was 157.3% of net income.

Dividends, buybacks and capital spending

FY2025 Q4 TTM

Buybacks (TTM): $28.6M
Dividends (TTM): $1.1B
Buybacks, last 3 fiscal years: $241M
Diluted share count: +2.8%; year over year
Total shareholder yield: 8.4%; dividends 8.2% + buybacks 0.2% of market value
Dividend payout ratio: 143%; of net income paid out
Days sales outstanding: 69 days; receivables vs revenue

Dividends by fiscal year

US$ millions unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Telus Corp: dividends by fiscal year, annual
Fiscal year	2016Dec 2016	2017Dec 2017	2018Dec 2018	2019Dec 2019	2020Dec 2020	2021Dec 2021	2022Dec 2022	2023Dec 2023	2024Dec 2024	2025Dec 2025
Dividends paid	809	834	881	866	694	834	914	975	1,141	—
Share buybacks	135	—	77	—	—	—	—	—	—	29
Dividends ÷ net income	87.5%	69.4%	71.3%	65.8%	77.1%	63.1%	73.6%	156.4%	157.3%	—
Dividends ÷ free cash flow	124.3%	74.1%	68.1%	99.5%	48.9%	87.1%	78.2%	70.1%	70.7%	—

Dividend per share is the amount declared for the fiscal year as stated in the company's filings (including any special dividend), restated for stock splits and checked against the cash dividends paid. Dividends paid and buybacks are cash amounts; the last-twelve-months column can include an extra payment when a quarter-end date moves.

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Figures from Telus Corp's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved November 1, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Telus Corp.