TU Dividend Calculator
Telus Corp yields 11.97%, more than three times the 2.91% median across US dividend payers. A yield that far above the market is the numerator and denominator moving in opposite directions — and the calculations below take it at face value, which is exactly why the caveats underneath them matter.
TU paid $1.05 per share over the last twelve months on a quarterly schedule. Enter any amount below, or use the worked figures.
Your investment
TU
Telus Corp
11.97%
yield
Dividend income
$10,000 in TU pays you
$1,197.27
per year
- Paid each quarter
- $299.32
- Monthly average
- $99.77
- Shares bought
- 1,142.86
- Payments a year
- 4
Total over 10 years, taken as cash
$11,972.69
Based on the trailing twelve-month dividend, assuming it stays flat. Payments are not guaranteed and can be cut or suspended at any time. Figures are before tax and exclude any change in the share price.
TU dividend income by investment amount
Based on the current yield of 11.97%. Figures are before tax and assume the dividend stays at its present level.
| Invested | Per year | Per payment | Monthly average |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $119.73 | $29.93 | $9.98 |
| $5,000 | $598.63 | $149.66 | $49.89 |
| $10,000 | $1,197.27 | $299.32 | $99.77 |
| $25,000 | $2,993.17 | $748.29 | $249.43 |
| $50,000 | $5,986.34 | $1,496.59 | $498.86 |
| $100,000 | $11,972.69 | $2,993.17 | $997.72 |
TU with dividends reinvested
$10,000 in TU, every dividend reinvested, holding the payment and share price flat. Deliberately conservative — most calculators assume years of uninterrupted growth, and that assumption drives most of the result.
- After 10 years
- $32,534
- After 20 years
- $105,846
- After 30 years
- $344,359
$21,973 taking the income as cash
$33,945 taking the income as cash
$45,918 taking the income as cash
What makes up TU's 11.97% yield
TU paid $1.05 per share over the last twelve months against a share price of $8.75, which is where the 11.97% comes from. Special and one-off distributions are excluded from that figure — they do not recur, and including them would overstate every projection below.
A yield rises for two very different reasons, and they are indistinguishable in the number itself: the company raised its payment, or its share price fell. At more than three times the market median the second explanation is common enough to have a name — the yield trap — and it matters here because every projection on this page multiplies the current yield forward. If the price fell because the market expects the payment to be cut, these figures are calculated from a rate that will not survive.
Telecom dividends are funded from cash flows that carry heavy, continuous network capital spending ahead of them. That spending is not discretionary, which is what makes the payout ratio the number to watch in this sector.
When TU pays, and what that changes
TU pays quarterly, the standard schedule for US-listed payers, so the "per payment" column is one quarter of the annual figure and the "monthly average" column is a smoothed figure rather than a description of when cash arrives — nothing is paid in eight months of the year.
Each payment has an ex-dividend date, and it is the date that governs entitlement: shares bought on or after it do not carry that payment. TU's full schedule and payment history are on its dividend page.
Is TU's dividend covered by earnings?
TU's payout ratio is negative, which means the dividend is being paid while the company reports a loss. A dividend can be funded from cash reserves or borrowing through a loss-making period, but not from profits that do not exist — and every projection above assumes the current payment continues indefinitely.
The figures hold the dividend flat. TU has raised its payment in each of the last 5 years, which is a shorter record than the multi-decade streaks found among the longest-standing payers, and not yet long enough to have been tested across a full cycle.
TU dividend calculator FAQ
- How much does $10,000 in TU pay in dividends?
- At TU's current yield of 11.97%, $10,000 pays about $1,197.27 a year — roughly $299.32 per payment, paid quarterly, or $99.77 a month averaged out.
- What would TU be worth after 10 years with dividends reinvested?
- Reinvesting every dividend and assuming the payment and share price both stay flat, $10,000 in TU would grow to about $32,534 after 10 years, against $21,973 if the income were taken as cash. That deliberately assumes no dividend growth — a real holding may do better or considerably worse.
- How often does TU pay dividends?
- TU pays quarterly — 4 payments a year — based on its actual payment history rather than an assumed schedule.
- Is TU's dividend guaranteed?
- No. Dividends are discretionary and can be reduced or suspended at any time, and every figure here is a projection from the current yield rather than a forecast. Check TU's full payment history before relying on any of it.
- Why is TU's dividend yield so high?
- TU yields 11.97% against a 2.91% median across US dividend payers. A yield is a ratio, so it rises either because the payment went up or because the share price came down — and the figure alone does not say which. Yields this far above the market among ordinary operating companies are unusual and often reflect what the market expects rather than what has been announced.
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Telus Corp is a common stock trading at $8.75 per share, paying quarterly. — All figures before tax. Not financial advice.