TELUS reports strong and industry leading operational and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025; establishes compelling and industry-best 2026 financial targets
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TELUS reports strong and industry leading operational and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025; establishes compelling and industry-best 2026 financial targets
PR Newswire
VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 12, 2026
Industry-leading fourth quarter total Mobile and Fixed customer growth of 377,000, including 50,000 mobile phone, 287,000 connected devices and 35,000 internet net additions driven by continued demand for our premium bundled services nationally; Delivered positive mobile network revenue growth reflecting improving ARPU performance
Full year basic Earnings Per Share growth of 9 per cent; Net income attributable to Common Shares higher by 12 per cent; Cash from Operations of $4.9 billion stable over the prior year
Strong TTech EBITDA growth of 4 per cent in 2025 combined with margin expansion of 230 basis points
Delivered on key annual financial targets for 2025: TTech Adjusted EBITDA, including our health segment, increased 3.1 per cent; Exceeded full-year Consolidated Free Cash Flow guidance, reaching a record $2.2 billion, up 11 per cent
Executing comprehensive balance sheet deleveraging strategy: Concluded 2025 with Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA of 3.4-times, targeting 3.3-times or lower by year-end 2026 and approximately 3.0-times by year-end 2027
Establishing industry-leading 2026 financial targets: Consolidated Service Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA to increase by 2 to 4 per cent and 2 to 4 per cent, respectively; Consolidated Capital Expenditures of approximately $2.3 billion or 10 per cent decrease; Consolidated Free Cash Flow of approximately $2.45 billion or 10 per cent growth
VANCOUVER, BC , Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - TELUS Corporation today released its unaudited results for the fourth quarter of 2025. Consolidated operating revenues and other income was $5.3 billion, compared with $5.4 billion in the prior year, as higher Consolidated service revenue growth of 1 per cent was offset by lower Mobile equipment revenue and Other income. Consolidated service revenue growth was driven by: (i) growth in health services, reflecting business acquisitions and growth in payor and provider solutions; (ii) mobile, residential internet, and security and automation subscriber growth; and (iii) higher external revenues in TELUS Digital inclusive of favourable foreign exchange rates. These factors were partially offset by: (i) mobile phone ARPU declining at a decelerating rate; (ii) lower business-to-business (B2B) data services revenue; (iii) lower agriculture and consumer goods services revenues attributable to the divestiture of non-core assets; and (iv) declines in fixed legacy voice revenues due to technological substitution. See 'Fourth Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights' within this news release for a discussion on TELUS' reportable segment results for TTech, TELUS Health and TELUS Digital.
"In the fourth quarter of 2025, TELUS delivered strong, quality customer growth and robust financial performance, powered by our team's relentless focus on operational excellence," said Darren Entwistle, President and CEO. "Our commitment to profitable customer growth, powered by our world-leading TELUS PureFibre and 5G+ broadband networks, drove industry-leading mobile and fixed customer net additions of 377,000 in the fourth quarter. This growth was driven by 50,000 mobile phone and 35,000 internet customer net additions, while achieving a quarterly record of 287,000 connected device net additions. Notably, this performance culminated into our fourth consecutive year of surpassing one million combined mobility and fixed customer additions, with 2025 customer additions of 1,081,000 – a testament to the compelling value of our comprehensive bundled offerings, our strategic national expansion of TELUS PureFibre connectivity and our team's passion for delivering customer service excellence. Indeed, TELUS continues to drive best-in-class loyalty, with postpaid mobile phone churn of 0.97 per cent for the full year, marking our twelfth consecutive year below the one per cent threshold."
"TELUS Health delivered another strong quarter of growth, achieving revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth of 13 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively, fueled by strategic investments, continuous product innovation and disciplined execution across our global platforms. We successfully delivered $431 million in LifeWorks annualized synergies, exceeding our original target by nearly three-times, comprising $334 million in cost efficiencies and $97 million in cross-selling revenue, demonstrating our ability to execute on transformational integrations. Furthermore, we expanded our global reach to more than 161 million lives covered, solidifying our position as the world leader in workforce digital health and well-being solutions. Indeed, our recently announced strategic joint commercial initiative with M42's Abu Dhabi Health Data Services, marks a significant milestone in our expansion into high-growth markets globally. This collaboration combines our proven global expertise with their regional clinical excellence and AI capabilities to deliver comprehensive workforce health solutions across the Middle East and broader region. As we continue to expand our operational footprint, our engagement with financial advisors to explore strategic partnership opportunities for TELUS Health demonstrates tangible progress on our well-articulated commitments to the investment community. As a world-class digital health provider with expanding global reach, AI-driven innovation and strong profit and cash flow growth, TELUS Health is well-positioned to attract strategic partnerships that unlock significant value for our shareholders."
"Following the privatization of TELUS Digital, we are accelerating our enterprise-wide AI and data capabilities, enabling strategic cross-promotion of our industry-leading AI product set throughout our entire business portfolio, while enhancing TELUS Digital's capacity to drive growth opportunities across its external client base. This positions TELUS for differentiated growth, with our AI-enabling capabilities generating approximately $800 million in revenue in 2025, with a target of circa $2 billion in 2028 across TELUS Digital and TELUS Business Solutions, including contributions from our Sovereign AI Factories. In parallel, the integration of TELUS Digital is expected to unlock meaningful operational efficiencies, delivering annual cash synergies of approximately $150 million to $200 million, with approximately $150 million being realized within 2026."
Darren further commented, "Our strong financial and operational performance are underpinned by our world-class networks, data-centric growth assets and customer experience leadership. This positions us well to deliver on our 2026 targets announced today, including Consolidated Service Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA growth of up to 4 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively; Consolidated Free Cash Flow of approximately $2.45 billion; and moderating Consolidated Capital Expenditures of approximately $2.3 billion. Underpinning our outlook is a focused growth strategy centred on amplifying profitable revenue expansion, complemented by ongoing focus on cost efficiency and an unwavering commitment to customer service excellence – positioning TELUS to deliver sustainable, value-accretive growth."
"Notably, 2025 marked the 25th anniversary of our iconic TELUS brand and the 20th year that our team members have participated in our annual TELUS Day of Giving," Darren continued. "During this milestone year, our TELUS family volunteered 1.5 million hours in our local communities around the world. Since 2000, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $1.85 billion in cash, in-kind contributions, time and programs, including 2.5 million days of giving – equivalent to 19 million hours – in the global communities where our team members live, work and serve – more than any other company on the planet."
"Our fourth quarter and full-year results demonstrate strong operational execution and financial discipline, closing out 2025 with strong momentum across all key metrics and significant progress on our deleveraging commitments," said Doug French, Executive Vice-President and CFO. "During the seasonally competitive fourth quarter, we responded in a highly tactical and disciplined manner that is evident in our financial results. We delivered positive network revenue while ARPU demonstrated accelerated sequential improvement – reinforcing the effectiveness of our go-to-market strategy. Furthermore, TTech Adjusted EBITDA excluding lower mobile equipment margin from lower contracted volumes, increased by 2.7 per cent and free cash flow increased 7 per cent supported by positive cash flow impacts from lower contracted volumes on disciplined device financing, in addition to lower cash restructuring. For the full year, TTech service revenue, including our health segment, increased 2 per cent. Notably, TTech Adjusted EBITDA, including our health segment, increased 3.1 per cent, within our guidance range and demonstrating our team's disciplined execution and rigorous cost management, in a dynamic operating environment. Consolidated Cash from Operations of $4.9 billion was stable over last year while Free Cash Flow surpassed our annual guidance, reaching a record $2.2 billion, up 11 per cent over the prior year, reflecting our focus on EBITDA expansion through margin accretive growth, operational efficiency and effectiveness and moderating capital expenditures. Capital expenditures, excluding real estate, was $2.5 billion for the year, representing a capital intensity of 12 per cent as we work towards our target of approximately 10 per cent."
"Importantly, we are executing our capital allocation and deleveraging strategy, moving ahead of plan with our leverage ratio improving to 3.4-times at year-end 2025. Our comprehensive approach consists of multiple value-creating initiatives. This includes our Terrion partnership with La Caisse, which reduced net debt by $1.26 billion or by 0.17-times, advancing strategic partnerships for TELUS Health and TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods and accelerating real estate and copper monetization. Combined with our three-year Free Cash Flow growth target of minimum 10 per cent compounded annual growth through 2028, these initiatives support our deleveraging targets of 3.3-times or lower by year-end 2026 and 3.0-times by the end of 2027, while delivering sustainable shareholder value."
"Looking ahead, our 2026 outlook reinforces our commitment to delivering strong shareholder value. We are confident in our ability to deliver sustained, profitable growth supported by our robust asset mix, diversified business portfolio and proven operational excellence. Our financial guidance reflects continued Free Cash Flow expansion driven by strong EBITDA growth, further capital intensity moderation, and ongoing efficiency and synergy realization. As part of our capital allocation strategy and focus on deleveraging, we are maintaining our dividend at the current level, and we have systematically reduced the discount on our dividend reinvestment program to 1.75 per cent for dividends declared in February and May 2026 while we continue to assess a more accelerated step down, reflecting our commitment to disciplined capital allocation," concluded Doug.
As compared to the same period a year ago, net income in the quarter of $290 million and Basic earnings per share (EPS) of $0.19 declined by 9 per cent and 21 per cent, respectively. These decreases were primarily driven by the after-tax impacts of a decline in Operating income and lower Financing costs. When excluding certain costs and other adjustments (see ' Reconciliation of adjusted Net income ' in this news release), adjusted net income of $311 million decreased by 18 per cent over the same period last year, while adjusted basic EPS of $0.20 was down 20 per cent over the same period last year. Adjusted net income is a non-GAAP financial measure and adjusted basic EPS is a non-GAAP ratio. For further explanation of these measures, see ' Non-GAAP and other specified financial measures ' in this news release.
Compared to the same period last year, consolidated EBITDA decreased by 1 per cent to approximately $1.8 billion. In addition to the factors discussed within Adjusted EBITDA below, EBITDA was impacted by higher restructuring and other costs. Adjusted EBITDA was flat at approximately $1.8 billion reflecting varied results across our reportable segments. See 'Fourth Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights' within this news release for a discussion on segmented Adjusted EBITDA results for TTech, TELUS Health and TELUS Digital.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, we added 377,000 net customer additions, up 49,000 over the same period last year primarily attributable to higher gross additions from customers in the transportation and connectivity industries, partially offset by decelerating growth in the Canadian population from slowing immigration, in addition to a greater emphasis on profitable loading. See 'Fourth quarter 2025 Operating Highlights' within this news release for additional information with regards to mobility and fixed net additions.
Our total TTech subscriber base of 21.2 million connections increased by 5 per cent over the past 12 months, reflecting a 2 per cent growth in our mobile phones subscriber base to 10.3 million and a 19 per cent increase in our connected devices subscriber base to 4.4 million. During the same period, our internet connections grew by 2 per cent to 2.8 million customer connections, our TV connections grew by 4 per cent to over 1.4 million customer connections, and our security and automation subscriber base increased by 3 per cent to more than 1.1 million customer connections. Our residential voice subscriber base declined by 6 per cent to 973,000.
In TELUS Health, as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, healthcare lives covered were 161.2 million, an increase of 85.0 million over the past 12 months, primarily due to the addition of 79.3 million lives covered from our second quarter acquisition of Workplace Options and a prospective change to the definition of healthcare lives covered to include clients who utilize TELUS Health services indirectly. Organically, healthcare lives covered increased mainly reflecting robust growth in our employee and family assistance programs (EFAP) across all of our operating regions, in addition to continued demand for virtual solutions.
Cash provided by operating activities of $1.1 billion increased by 5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025, primarily reflecting other working capital changes and lower restructuring and other costs disbursements, partially offset by lower EBITDA. Free cash flow of $574 million increased by 7 per cent compared to the same period a year ago reflecting: (i) the cash impacts from the effects of contract asset, acquisition and fulfilment and TELUS Easy Payment device financing associated with lower contracted volumes; and (ii) lower restructuring and other costs disbursements. These factors were partially offset by higher capital expenditures.
Consolidated capital expenditures of $649 million increased by $98 million or 18 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025. Capital expenditures in support of TTech operations of $522 million increased by $192 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, primarily from investments to enable growth in our subscriber base and improve coverage and customer experience. Capital expenditures in support of TTech real estate development of $27 million decreased by $101 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 due to the prior year's TELUS Sky transaction and construction of multi-year development projects and other commercial buildings in B.C. in the prior year. TELUS Health capital expenditures of $84 million increased by $22 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, largely driven by increased investments to support clinic expansions and business acquisitions. TELUS Digital capital expenditures of $45 million decreased by $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, primarily due to lower investments in facility equipment and site renovations.
As at December 31, 2025, our 5G network covered 33.3 million Canadians, representing 90 per cent of the population.
Consolidated Financial Highlights
C$ millions, except footnotes and unless noted otherwise | Three months ended
| Per cent | |
(unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 | change |
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers) | 5,230 | 5,331 | (2) |
Operating revenues and other income | 5,261 | 5,381 | (2) |
Total operating expenses | 4,567 | 4,622 | (1) |
Net income | 290 | 320 | (9) |
Net income attributable to common shares | 292 | 358 | (18) |
Adjusted Net income (1) | 311 | 380 | (18) |
Basic EPS ($) | 0.19 | 0.24 | (21) |
Adjusted basic EPS (1) ($) | 0.20 | 0.25 | (20) |
EBITDA (1) | 1,746 | 1,770 | (1) |
Adjusted EBITDA (1) | 1,839 | 1,838 | - |
Capital expenditures (2) | 649 | 551 | 18 |
Cash provided by operating activities | 1,130 | 1,077 | 5 |
Free cash flow (1) | 574 | 534 | 7 |
Total telecom subscriber connections (3) (thousands) | 21,160 | 20,175 | 5 |
Healthcare lives covered (4) (millions) | 161.2 | 76.2 | n/m |
Notation used in the table above: n/m – not meaningful. | |
(1) | These are non-GAAP and other specified financial measures, which do not have standardized meanings under IFRS Accounting Standards and might not be comparable to those used by other issuers. For further definitions and explanations of these measures, see ' Non-GAAP and other specified financial measures ' in this news release. |
(2) | Capital expenditures include assets purchased, excluding right-of-use lease assets, but not yet paid for, and consequently differ from cash payments for capital assets, excluding spectrum licences, as reported in the consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 31 of the consolidated financial statements for further information. |
(3) | The sum of active mobile phone subscribers, connected device subscribers, internet subscribers, residential voice subscribers, TV subscribers, and security and automation subscribers, measured at the end of the respective periods based on information in billing and other source systems. Effective January 1, 2025, we adjusted our mobile phone subscriber base to remove 30,000 subscribers on a prospective basis, following an in-depth review of customer accounts. Effective January 1, 2025, we adjusted our internet subscriber base to remove 66,000 subscribers on a prospective basis, due to a review of our subscriber base. |
(4) | During the second quarter of 2025, we added 79.3 million healthcare lives covered as a result of the Workplace Options acquisition and a prospective change to the definition of healthcare lives covered to include clients who utilize TELUS Health services indirectly. |
Fourth Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights
TELUS technology solutions (TTech)
Mobile products and services
Fixed products and services
Agriculture and consumer goods services
TELUS Health
TELUS Digital
TELUS sets 2026 financial targets
TELUS' financial targets for 2026 are guided by a number of long-term financial objectives, policies and guidelines, which are detailed in Section 4.3 of the 2025 annual management's discussion and analysis (MD&A). With these policies in mind, our financial targets for 2026 are presented below.
2026 Targets | |
Consolidated Service revenues (1) | Growth of 2 to 4% |
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA | Growth of 2 to 4% |
Consolidated Free cash flow | 10% growth Approximately $2.45 billion |
Consolidated Capital expenditures (2) | 10% decrease Approximately $2.3 billion |
(1) | 2026 target for Consolidated Service revenues excludes Other income. Consolidated Service revenues for 2025 were $18.0 billion. |
(2) | Includes approximately $75 million targeted towards real estate development initiatives. |
The preceding disclosure respecting TELUS' 2026 financial targets is forward-looking information and is fully qualified by the 'Caution regarding forward-looking statements' below and based on management's expectations and assumptions as set out below and in Section 9.3 TELUS assumptions for 2026 in the 2025 annual MD&A. This disclosure is presented for the purpose of assisting our investors and others in understanding certain key elements of our expected 2026 financial results as well as our objectives, strategic priorities and business outlook. Such information may not be appropriate for other purposes.
CEO Succession
Today we also announced that, after a 26-year tenure as our President and Chief Executive Officer, Darren Entwistle will retire on June 30, 2026. Following a comprehensive succession planning process, the Board of Directors has appointed Victor Dodig as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2026. Please see our press release on this topic for more information.
Dividend Declaration
The TELUS Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4184 per share on the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company payable on April 1, 2026 to holders of record at the close of business on March 11, 2026.
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TELUS makes significant contributions and investments in the communities where team members live, work and serve and to the Canadian economy on behalf of customers, shareholders and team members. These include:
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Global awards and third party recognition
Access to quarterly results information
Interested investors, the media and others may review this quarterly earnings news release, MD&A, financial statements, quarterly results slides, audio and transcript of the investor webcast call, supplementary financial information at telus.com/investors .
TELUS' fourth quarter 2025 conference call is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 1:00 pm ET (10:00 am PT) and will feature a presentation followed by a question and answer period with investment analysts. Interested parties can access the webcast at telus.com/investors . An audio recording will be available approximately 60 minutes after the call until April 12, 2026 at 1-855-201-2300. Quote conference access code 29327# and playback access code 29327#. An archive of the webcast will also be available at telus.com/investors and a transcript will be posted on the website within a few business days.
Caution regarding forward-looking statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements about expected events and our financial and operating performance. Forward-looking statements include any statements that do not refer to historical facts. They include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our objectives and our strategies to achieve those objectives, our expectations regarding trends in the telecommunications industry (including demand for data and ongoing subscriber base growth), our expectations regarding growth in different areas of our business and regarding the nature, timing and benefits of our asset monetization and deleveraging plans, and our financing plans (including our targeted dividend payments). Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the words assumption, goal, guidance, objective, outlook, strategy, target and other similar expressions, or verbs such as aim, anticipate, believe, could, expect, intend, may, plan, predict, seek, should, strive and will . These statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of applicable securities laws in Canada and the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties and are based on assumptions, including assumptions about future economic conditions and courses of action. These assumptions may ultimately prove to have been inaccurate and, as a result, our actual results or other events may differ materially from expectations expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements.
Our general outlook and assumptions for 2026 are presented in Section 9 General trends, outlook and assumptions, and regulatory developments and proceedings in our 2025 annual MD&A. Our assumptions in support of our 2026 outlook are generally based on industry analysis, including our estimates regarding economic and telecom industry growth, as well as our 2025 results and trends discussed in Section 5 in our 2025 annual MD&A. Our 2026 key assumptions are listed below and in Section 9.3 TELUS assumptions for 2026 in our 2025 annual MD&A:
The extent to which the economic growth estimates affect us and the timing of their impact will depend upon the actual experience of specific sectors of the Canadian economy.
Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made herein and in other TELUS filings include, but are not limited to, the following:
Risks and uncertainties include:
Risks relating to operational performance include:
We may not be able to deliver the service excellence our customers expect or maintain our competitive advantage in this area.
Risks and uncertainties include:
Risks and uncertainties include:
Risks include:
The assumptions underlying our forward-looking statements are described in additional detail in Section 9 General trends, outlook and assumptions, and regulatory developments and proceedings and Section 10 Risks and risk management in our 2025 annual MD&A. Those descriptions are incorporated by reference in this cautionary statement but are not intended to be a complete list of the risks that could affect the Company, or of our assumptions.
Additional risks and uncertainties that are not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also have a material adverse effect on our financial position, financial performance, cash flows, business or reputation. Except as otherwise indicated in this document, the forward-looking statements made herein do not reflect the potential impact of any non-recurring or special items or any mergers, acquisitions, dispositions or other business combinations or transactions that may be announced or that may occur after the date of this document.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this document describe our expectations, and are based on our assumptions, as at the date of this document and are subject to change after this date. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by law.
This cautionary statement qualifies all of the forward-looking statements in this document.
Non-GAAP and other specified financial measures
We have issued guidance on and report certain non-GAAP measures that are used to evaluate the performance of TELUS, as well as to determine compliance with debt covenants and to manage our capital structure. As non-GAAP measures generally do not have a standardized meaning, they may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Securities regulations require such measures to be clearly defined, qualified and reconciled with their nearest GAAP measure. Certain of the metrics do not have generally accepted industry definitions.
Adjusted Net income and adjusted basic earnings per share (EPS): These are non-GAAP measures that do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS Accounting Standards and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Adjusted Net income excludes the effects of restructuring and other costs, income tax-related adjustments, long-term debt prepayment premium and other adjustments (identified in the following tables). Adjusted basic EPS is calculated as adjusted Net income divided by basic weighted-average common shares outstanding. These measures are used to evaluate performance at a consolidated level and exclude items that, in management's view, may obscure underlying trends in business performance or items of an unusual nature that do not reflect our ongoing operations. They should not be considered alternatives to Net income and basic EPS in measuring TELUS' performance.
Reconciliation of adjusted Net income
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C$ millions | 2025 | 2024 |
Net income attributable to Common Shares | 292 | 358 |
Add (deduct) amounts net of amount attributable to non-controlling interests: | ||
Restructuring and other costs | 86 | 60 |
Tax effects of restructuring and other costs | (17) | (13) |
Real estate rationalization-related restructuring impairments (recoveries) | 21 | (20) |
Tax effect of real estate rationalization-related restructuring impairments (recoveries) | (5) | 5 |
Income tax-related adjustments | 4 | (11) |
Gain on purchase of long-term debt | (81) | — |
Tax effect of gain on purchase on purchase of long-term debt | 11 | — |
Unrealized changes in virtual power purchase agreements forward element 1 | — | 3 |
Tax effect of unrealized changes in virtual power purchase agreements forward element 1 | — | (2) |
Adjusted Net income | 311 | 380 |
(1) | Effective for the first quarter of 2025, arising from a prospective change in accounting policy which applies hedge accounting (see Note 2(a) of the consolidated financial statements), unrealized fair value adjustments which were previously included within Financing costs are now included within Other comprehensive income. |
Reconciliation of adjusted basic EPS
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C$ | 2025 | 2024 |
Basic EPS | 0.19 | 0.24 |
Add (deduct) amounts net of amount attributable to non-controlling interests: | ||
Restructuring and other costs, per share | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Tax effect of restructuring and other costs, per share | (0.01) | (0.01) |
Real estate rationalization-related restructuring impairments, (recoveries), per share | 0.01 | (0.01) |
Income tax-related adjustments, per share | — | (0.01) |
Gain on purchase of long-term debt, per share | (0.05) | |
Tax effect of gain on purchase of long-term debt, per share | 0.01 | — |
Adjusted basic EPS | 0.20 | 0.25 |
EBITDA (earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization): We have issued guidance on and report EBITDA because it is a key measure used to evaluate performance at a consolidated level. EBITDA is commonly reported and widely used by investors and lending institutions as an indicator of a company's operating performance and ability to incur and service debt, and as a valuation metric. EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to Net income in measuring TELUS' performance, nor should it be used as a measure of cash flow. EBITDA as calculated by TELUS is equivalent to Operating revenues and other income less the total of Goods and services purchased expense and Employee benefits expense.
We also calculate Adjusted EBITDA to exclude items of an unusual nature that do not reflect our ongoing operations and should not, in our opinion, be considered in a long-term valuation metric or should not be included in an assessment of our ability to service or incur debt.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA reconciliations | ||||||||||
TTech | TELUS Health | TELUS Digital | Eliminations | Total | ||||||
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(C$ millions) | 2025 | 2024 1 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
Net income | 290 | 320 | ||||||||
Financing costs | 290 | 321 | ||||||||
Income taxes | 114 | 118 | ||||||||
EBIT | 794 | 799 | (25) | (31) | (43) | 7 | (32) | (16) | 694 | 759 |
Depreciation | 557 | 551 | 18 | 11 | 65 | 56 | — | — | 640 | 618 |
Amortization of intangible assets | 241 | 239 | 99 | 91 | 72 | 63 | — | — | 412 | 393 |
EBITDA | 1,592 | 1,589 | 92 | 71 | 94 | 126 | (32) | (16) | 1,746 | 1,770 |
Add restructuring and other costs included in EBITDA | 45 | 34 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 17 | — | — | 93 | 68 |
Adjusted EBITDA | 1,637 | 1,623 | 96 | 88 | 138 | 143 | (32) | (16) | 1,839 | 1,838 |
Combined TTech and TELUS Health Adjusted EBITDA | 1,733 | 1,711 |
(1) | TTech results for 2024 have been restated to conform with our new segmented reporting structure. |
Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures is calculated for our reportable segments, as it represents a performance measure that may be more comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.
Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures reconciliation | ||||||||||
TTech | TELUS Health | TELUS Digital | Eliminations | Total | ||||||
Three months ended December 31 (C$ millions) | 2025 | 2024 1 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
Adjusted EBITDA | 1,637 | 1,623 | 96 | 88 | 138 | 143 | (32) | (16) | 1,839 | 1,838 |
Capital expenditures | (549) | (458) | (84) | (62) | (45) | (47) | 29 | 16 | (649) | (551) |
Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures | 1,088 | 1,165 | 12 | 26 | 93 | 96 | (3) | — | 1,190 | 1,287 |
(1) | TTech results for 2024 have been restated to conform with our new segmented reporting structure. |
Free cash flow: We report this measure as a supplementary indicator of our operating performance, and there is no generally accepted industry definition of free cash flow. It should not be considered as an alternative to the measures in the Consolidated statements of cash flows. Free cash flow excludes certain working capital changes (such as trade receivables and trade payables), proceeds from divested assets and other sources and uses of cash, as reported in the Consolidated statements of cash flows. It provides an indication of how much cash generated by operations is available after capital expenditures that may be used to, among other things, pay dividends, repay debt, purchase shares or make other investments. Free cash flow may be supplemented from time to time by proceeds from divested assets or financing activities.
Free cash flow calculation | |||||||||||
Three months ended December 31, 2025 | Three months ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
($ millions) | Cash provided by operating activities | Difference | Free cash flow | Cash provided by operating activities | Difference | Free cash flow | |||||
EBITDA | 1,746 | — | 1,746 | 1,770 | — | 1,770 | |||||
Restructuring and other costs, net of disbursements | 33 | — | 33 | (39) | — | (39) | |||||
Effects of contract asset, acquisition and fulfilment and TELUS
| (97) | — | (97) | (230) | — | (230) | |||||
Effect of non-discretionary lease principal | — | (123) | (123) | — | (158) | (158) | |||||
Items from the statements of cash flows: | |||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of employee share purchase plan cash outflows | 23 | 4 | 27 | 41 | 1 | 42 | |||||
Net employee defined benefit plans expense | 15 | — | 15 | 23 | — | 23 | |||||
Employer contributions to employee defined benefit plans | (7) | — | (7) | (6) | — | (6) | |||||
Gain on contributions of real estate to joint ventures | (23) | 23 | — | (8) | 8 | — | |||||
Loss from equity accounted investments | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | |||||
Gain on purchase of long-term debt | (81) | 81 | — | — | — | — | |||||
Interest paid | (306) | — | (306) | (319) | — | (319) | |||||
Interest received | 15 | — | 15 | 3 | — | 3 | |||||
Other | 7 | (7) | — | (105) | 105 | — | |||||
Other working capital items | (89) | 89 | — | 42 | (42) | — | |||||
Capital expenditures (excluding acquisition from related party) | — | (649) | (649) | — | (458) | (458) | |||||
Capital expenditure for acquisition from related party | — | — | — | — | (93) | (93) | |||||
Related party construction credit facility repayment
| — | 26 | 26 | — | 94 | 94 | |||||
1,236 | (556) | 680 | 1,177 | (543) | 634 | ||||||
Income taxes paid, net of refunds | (106) | — | (106) | (100) | — | (100) | |||||
1,130 | (556) | 574 | 1,077 | (543) | 534 | ||||||
Mobile phone average revenue per subscriber per month (ARPU) is calculated as network revenue derived from monthly service plan, roaming and usage charges; divided by the average number of mobile phone subscribers on the network during the period, and is expressed as a rate per month.
Appendix
Operating revenues and other income – TTech segment
C$ millions | Three months ended
| Per cent | |
(unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 (restated) | change |
Mobile network revenue | 1,764 | 1,758 | — |
Mobile equipment and other service revenues | 617 | 776 | (20) |
Fixed data services (1) | 1,178 | 1,159 | 2 |
Fixed voice services | 164 | 173 | (5) |
Fixed equipment and other service revenues | 140 | 164 | (15) |
Agriculture and consumer goods services | 108 | 117 | (8) |
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers) | 3,971 | 4,147 | (4) |
Other income | 29 | 51 | (43) |
External Operating revenues and other income | 4,000 | 4,198 | (5) |
Intersegment revenues | 6 | 5 | 20 |
TTech Operating revenues and other income | 4,006 | 4,203 | (5) |
(1) | Excludes agriculture and consumer goods services. |
Operating revenues and other income – TELUS health segment
C$ millions | Three months ended
| Per cent | |
(unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 | change |
Health services | 536 | 474 | 13 |
Health equipment | 1 | 1 | — |
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers) | 537 | 475 | 13 |
Other income | 1 | 1 | — |
External Operating revenues and other income | 538 | 476 | 13 |
Intersegment revenues | 2 | 2 | — |
TELUS Health Operating revenues and other income | 540 | 478 | 13 |
Operating revenues and other income – TELUS digital experience segment
C$ millions | Three months ended
| Per cent | |
(unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 | change |
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers) | 722 | 709 | 2 |
Other income | 1 | (2) | n/m |
External Operating revenues and other income | 723 | 707 | 2 |
Intersegment revenues | 274 | 260 | 5 |
TELUS Digital Operating revenues and other income | 997 | 967 | 3 |
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a world-leading communications technology company operating in more than 45 countries and generating over $20 billion in annual revenue with more than 21 million customer connections through our advanced suite of broadband services for consumers, businesses and the public sector. We are committed to leveraging our technology to enable remarkable human outcomes. TELUS is passionate about putting our customers and communities first, leading the way globally in client service excellence and social capitalism. TELUS Health is enhancing more than 161 million lives across 200 countries and territories through innovative preventive medicine and well-being technologies. TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods utilizes digital technologies and data insights to optimize the connection between producers and consumers. TELUS Digital specializes in digital customer experiences and future-focused digital transformations that deliver value for their global clients. Guided by our enduring 'give where we live' philosophy, TELUS continues to invest in initiatives that support education, health and community well-being. In 2023, we launched the TELUS Student Bursary, which strives to ensure that every young person in Canada who wants a post-secondary education has the opportunity to pursue one. To date, the program has distributed over $6 million in bursaries to 2,000 students and counting. Since 2000, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $1.85 billion in cash, in-kind contributions, time and programs, including 2.5 million days of service - earning TELUS the distinction of the world's most giving company.
For more information, visit telus.com and telusdigital.com or follow @TELUSNews on X and @Darren_Entwistle on Instagram.
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TELUS reports strong and industry leading operational and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2025; establishes compelling and industry-best 2026 financial targets
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VANCOUVER, BC, Feb. 12, 2026
Industry-leading fourth quarter total Mobile and Fixed customer growth of 377,000, including 50,000 mobile phone, 287,000 connected devices and 35,000 internet net additions driven by continued demand for our premium bundled services nationally; Delivered positive mobile network revenue growth reflecting improving ARPU performance
Full year basic Earnings Per Share growth of 9 per cent; Net income attributable to Common Shares higher by 12 per cent; Cash from Operations of $4.9 billion stable over the prior year
Strong TTech EBITDA growth of 4 per cent in 2025 combined with margin expansion of 230 basis points
Delivered on key annual financial targets for 2025: TTech Adjusted EBITDA, including our health segment, increased 3.1 per cent; Exceeded full-year Consolidated Free Cash Flow guidance, reaching a record $2.2 billion, up 11 per cent
Executing comprehensive balance sheet deleveraging strategy: Concluded 2025 with Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA of 3.4-times, targeting 3.3-times or lower by year-end 2026 and approximately 3.0-times by year-end 2027
Establishing industry-leading 2026 financial targets: Consolidated Service Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA to increase by 2 to 4 per cent and 2 to 4 per cent, respectively; Consolidated Capital Expenditures of approximately $2.3 billion or 10 per cent decrease; Consolidated Free Cash Flow of approximately $2.45 billion or 10 per cent growth
VANCOUVER, BC , Feb. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - TELUS Corporation today released its unaudited results for the fourth quarter of 2025. Consolidated operating revenues and other income was $5.3 billion, compared with $5.4 billion in the prior year, as higher Consolidated service revenue growth of 1 per cent was offset by lower Mobile equipment revenue and Other income. Consolidated service revenue growth was driven by: (i) growth in health services, reflecting business acquisitions and growth in payor and provider solutions; (ii) mobile, residential internet, and security and automation subscriber growth; and (iii) higher external revenues in TELUS Digital inclusive of favourable foreign exchange rates. These factors were partially offset by: (i) mobile phone ARPU declining at a decelerating rate; (ii) lower business-to-business (B2B) data services revenue; (iii) lower agriculture and consumer goods services revenues attributable to the divestiture of non-core assets; and (iv) declines in fixed legacy voice revenues due to technological substitution. See 'Fourth Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights' within this news release for a discussion on TELUS' reportable segment results for TTech, TELUS Health and TELUS Digital.
"In the fourth quarter of 2025, TELUS delivered strong, quality customer growth and robust financial performance, powered by our team's relentless focus on operational excellence," said Darren Entwistle, President and CEO. "Our commitment to profitable customer growth, powered by our world-leading TELUS PureFibre and 5G+ broadband networks, drove industry-leading mobile and fixed customer net additions of 377,000 in the fourth quarter. This growth was driven by 50,000 mobile phone and 35,000 internet customer net additions, while achieving a quarterly record of 287,000 connected device net additions. Notably, this performance culminated into our fourth consecutive year of surpassing one million combined mobility and fixed customer additions, with 2025 customer additions of 1,081,000 – a testament to the compelling value of our comprehensive bundled offerings, our strategic national expansion of TELUS PureFibre connectivity and our team's passion for delivering customer service excellence. Indeed, TELUS continues to drive best-in-class loyalty, with postpaid mobile phone churn of 0.97 per cent for the full year, marking our twelfth consecutive year below the one per cent threshold."
"TELUS Health delivered another strong quarter of growth, achieving revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth of 13 per cent and 10 per cent, respectively, fueled by strategic investments, continuous product innovation and disciplined execution across our global platforms. We successfully delivered $431 million in LifeWorks annualized synergies, exceeding our original target by nearly three-times, comprising $334 million in cost efficiencies and $97 million in cross-selling revenue, demonstrating our ability to execute on transformational integrations. Furthermore, we expanded our global reach to more than 161 million lives covered, solidifying our position as the world leader in workforce digital health and well-being solutions. Indeed, our recently announced strategic joint commercial initiative with M42's Abu Dhabi Health Data Services, marks a significant milestone in our expansion into high-growth markets globally. This collaboration combines our proven global expertise with their regional clinical excellence and AI capabilities to deliver comprehensive workforce health solutions across the Middle East and broader region. As we continue to expand our operational footprint, our engagement with financial advisors to explore strategic partnership opportunities for TELUS Health demonstrates tangible progress on our well-articulated commitments to the investment community. As a world-class digital health provider with expanding global reach, AI-driven innovation and strong profit and cash flow growth, TELUS Health is well-positioned to attract strategic partnerships that unlock significant value for our shareholders."
"Following the privatization of TELUS Digital, we are accelerating our enterprise-wide AI and data capabilities, enabling strategic cross-promotion of our industry-leading AI product set throughout our entire business portfolio, while enhancing TELUS Digital's capacity to drive growth opportunities across its external client base. This positions TELUS for differentiated growth, with our AI-enabling capabilities generating approximately $800 million in revenue in 2025, with a target of circa $2 billion in 2028 across TELUS Digital and TELUS Business Solutions, including contributions from our Sovereign AI Factories. In parallel, the integration of TELUS Digital is expected to unlock meaningful operational efficiencies, delivering annual cash synergies of approximately $150 million to $200 million, with approximately $150 million being realized within 2026."
Darren further commented, "Our strong financial and operational performance are underpinned by our world-class networks, data-centric growth assets and customer experience leadership. This positions us well to deliver on our 2026 targets announced today, including Consolidated Service Revenues and Adjusted EBITDA growth of up to 4 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively; Consolidated Free Cash Flow of approximately $2.45 billion; and moderating Consolidated Capital Expenditures of approximately $2.3 billion. Underpinning our outlook is a focused growth strategy centred on amplifying profitable revenue expansion, complemented by ongoing focus on cost efficiency and an unwavering commitment to customer service excellence – positioning TELUS to deliver sustainable, value-accretive growth."
"Notably, 2025 marked the 25th anniversary of our iconic TELUS brand and the 20th year that our team members have participated in our annual TELUS Day of Giving," Darren continued. "During this milestone year, our TELUS family volunteered 1.5 million hours in our local communities around the world. Since 2000, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $1.85 billion in cash, in-kind contributions, time and programs, including 2.5 million days of giving – equivalent to 19 million hours – in the global communities where our team members live, work and serve – more than any other company on the planet."
"Our fourth quarter and full-year results demonstrate strong operational execution and financial discipline, closing out 2025 with strong momentum across all key metrics and significant progress on our deleveraging commitments," said Doug French, Executive Vice-President and CFO. "During the seasonally competitive fourth quarter, we responded in a highly tactical and disciplined manner that is evident in our financial results. We delivered positive network revenue while ARPU demonstrated accelerated sequential improvement – reinforcing the effectiveness of our go-to-market strategy. Furthermore, TTech Adjusted EBITDA excluding lower mobile equipment margin from lower contracted volumes, increased by 2.7 per cent and free cash flow increased 7 per cent supported by positive cash flow impacts from lower contracted volumes on disciplined device financing, in addition to lower cash restructuring. For the full year, TTech service revenue, including our health segment, increased 2 per cent. Notably, TTech Adjusted EBITDA, including our health segment, increased 3.1 per cent, within our guidance range and demonstrating our team's disciplined execution and rigorous cost management, in a dynamic operating environment. Consolidated Cash from Operations of $4.9 billion was stable over last year while Free Cash Flow surpassed our annual guidance, reaching a record $2.2 billion, up 11 per cent over the prior year, reflecting our focus on EBITDA expansion through margin accretive growth, operational efficiency and effectiveness and moderating capital expenditures. Capital expenditures, excluding real estate, was $2.5 billion for the year, representing a capital intensity of 12 per cent as we work towards our target of approximately 10 per cent."
"Importantly, we are executing our capital allocation and deleveraging strategy, moving ahead of plan with our leverage ratio improving to 3.4-times at year-end 2025. Our comprehensive approach consists of multiple value-creating initiatives. This includes our Terrion partnership with La Caisse, which reduced net debt by $1.26 billion or by 0.17-times, advancing strategic partnerships for TELUS Health and TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods and accelerating real estate and copper monetization. Combined with our three-year Free Cash Flow growth target of minimum 10 per cent compounded annual growth through 2028, these initiatives support our deleveraging targets of 3.3-times or lower by year-end 2026 and 3.0-times by the end of 2027, while delivering sustainable shareholder value."
"Looking ahead, our 2026 outlook reinforces our commitment to delivering strong shareholder value. We are confident in our ability to deliver sustained, profitable growth supported by our robust asset mix, diversified business portfolio and proven operational excellence. Our financial guidance reflects continued Free Cash Flow expansion driven by strong EBITDA growth, further capital intensity moderation, and ongoing efficiency and synergy realization. As part of our capital allocation strategy and focus on deleveraging, we are maintaining our dividend at the current level, and we have systematically reduced the discount on our dividend reinvestment program to 1.75 per cent for dividends declared in February and May 2026 while we continue to assess a more accelerated step down, reflecting our commitment to disciplined capital allocation," concluded Doug.
As compared to the same period a year ago, net income in the quarter of $290 million and Basic earnings per share (EPS) of $0.19 declined by 9 per cent and 21 per cent, respectively. These decreases were primarily driven by the after-tax impacts of a decline in Operating income and lower Financing costs. When excluding certain costs and other adjustments (see ' Reconciliation of adjusted Net income ' in this news release), adjusted net income of $311 million decreased by 18 per cent over the same period last year, while adjusted basic EPS of $0.20 was down 20 per cent over the same period last year. Adjusted net income is a non-GAAP financial measure and adjusted basic EPS is a non-GAAP ratio. For further explanation of these measures, see ' Non-GAAP and other specified financial measures ' in this news release.
Compared to the same period last year, consolidated EBITDA decreased by 1 per cent to approximately $1.8 billion. In addition to the factors discussed within Adjusted EBITDA below, EBITDA was impacted by higher restructuring and other costs. Adjusted EBITDA was flat at approximately $1.8 billion reflecting varied results across our reportable segments. See 'Fourth Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights' within this news release for a discussion on segmented Adjusted EBITDA results for TTech, TELUS Health and TELUS Digital.
In the fourth quarter of 2025, we added 377,000 net customer additions, up 49,000 over the same period last year primarily attributable to higher gross additions from customers in the transportation and connectivity industries, partially offset by decelerating growth in the Canadian population from slowing immigration, in addition to a greater emphasis on profitable loading. See 'Fourth quarter 2025 Operating Highlights' within this news release for additional information with regards to mobility and fixed net additions.
Our total TTech subscriber base of 21.2 million connections increased by 5 per cent over the past 12 months, reflecting a 2 per cent growth in our mobile phones subscriber base to 10.3 million and a 19 per cent increase in our connected devices subscriber base to 4.4 million. During the same period, our internet connections grew by 2 per cent to 2.8 million customer connections, our TV connections grew by 4 per cent to over 1.4 million customer connections, and our security and automation subscriber base increased by 3 per cent to more than 1.1 million customer connections. Our residential voice subscriber base declined by 6 per cent to 973,000.
In TELUS Health, as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2025, healthcare lives covered were 161.2 million, an increase of 85.0 million over the past 12 months, primarily due to the addition of 79.3 million lives covered from our second quarter acquisition of Workplace Options and a prospective change to the definition of healthcare lives covered to include clients who utilize TELUS Health services indirectly. Organically, healthcare lives covered increased mainly reflecting robust growth in our employee and family assistance programs (EFAP) across all of our operating regions, in addition to continued demand for virtual solutions.
Cash provided by operating activities of $1.1 billion increased by 5 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025, primarily reflecting other working capital changes and lower restructuring and other costs disbursements, partially offset by lower EBITDA. Free cash flow of $574 million increased by 7 per cent compared to the same period a year ago reflecting: (i) the cash impacts from the effects of contract asset, acquisition and fulfilment and TELUS Easy Payment device financing associated with lower contracted volumes; and (ii) lower restructuring and other costs disbursements. These factors were partially offset by higher capital expenditures.
Consolidated capital expenditures of $649 million increased by $98 million or 18 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2025. Capital expenditures in support of TTech operations of $522 million increased by $192 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, primarily from investments to enable growth in our subscriber base and improve coverage and customer experience. Capital expenditures in support of TTech real estate development of $27 million decreased by $101 million in the fourth quarter of 2025 due to the prior year's TELUS Sky transaction and construction of multi-year development projects and other commercial buildings in B.C. in the prior year. TELUS Health capital expenditures of $84 million increased by $22 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, largely driven by increased investments to support clinic expansions and business acquisitions. TELUS Digital capital expenditures of $45 million decreased by $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2025, primarily due to lower investments in facility equipment and site renovations.
As at December 31, 2025, our 5G network covered 33.3 million Canadians, representing 90 per cent of the population.
Consolidated Financial Highlights
C$ millions, except footnotes and unless noted otherwise | Three months ended
| Per cent | |
(unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 | change |
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers) | 5,230 | 5,331 | (2) |
Operating revenues and other income | 5,261 | 5,381 | (2) |
Total operating expenses | 4,567 | 4,622 | (1) |
Net income | 290 | 320 | (9) |
Net income attributable to common shares | 292 | 358 | (18) |
Adjusted Net income (1) | 311 | 380 | (18) |
Basic EPS ($) | 0.19 | 0.24 | (21) |
Adjusted basic EPS (1) ($) | 0.20 | 0.25 | (20) |
EBITDA (1) | 1,746 | 1,770 | (1) |
Adjusted EBITDA (1) | 1,839 | 1,838 | - |
Capital expenditures (2) | 649 | 551 | 18 |
Cash provided by operating activities | 1,130 | 1,077 | 5 |
Free cash flow (1) | 574 | 534 | 7 |
Total telecom subscriber connections (3) (thousands) | 21,160 | 20,175 | 5 |
Healthcare lives covered (4) (millions) | 161.2 | 76.2 | n/m |
Notation used in the table above: n/m – not meaningful. | |
(1) | These are non-GAAP and other specified financial measures, which do not have standardized meanings under IFRS Accounting Standards and might not be comparable to those used by other issuers. For further definitions and explanations of these measures, see ' Non-GAAP and other specified financial measures ' in this news release. |
(2) | Capital expenditures include assets purchased, excluding right-of-use lease assets, but not yet paid for, and consequently differ from cash payments for capital assets, excluding spectrum licences, as reported in the consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 31 of the consolidated financial statements for further information. |
(3) | The sum of active mobile phone subscribers, connected device subscribers, internet subscribers, residential voice subscribers, TV subscribers, and security and automation subscribers, measured at the end of the respective periods based on information in billing and other source systems. Effective January 1, 2025, we adjusted our mobile phone subscriber base to remove 30,000 subscribers on a prospective basis, following an in-depth review of customer accounts. Effective January 1, 2025, we adjusted our internet subscriber base to remove 66,000 subscribers on a prospective basis, due to a review of our subscriber base. |
(4) | During the second quarter of 2025, we added 79.3 million healthcare lives covered as a result of the Workplace Options acquisition and a prospective change to the definition of healthcare lives covered to include clients who utilize TELUS Health services indirectly. |
Fourth Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights
TELUS technology solutions (TTech)
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Agriculture and consumer goods services
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TELUS Digital
TELUS sets 2026 financial targets
TELUS' financial targets for 2026 are guided by a number of long-term financial objectives, policies and guidelines, which are detailed in Section 4.3 of the 2025 annual management's discussion and analysis (MD&A). With these policies in mind, our financial targets for 2026 are presented below.
2026 Targets | |
Consolidated Service revenues (1) | Growth of 2 to 4% |
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA | Growth of 2 to 4% |
Consolidated Free cash flow | 10% growth Approximately $2.45 billion |
Consolidated Capital expenditures (2) | 10% decrease Approximately $2.3 billion |
(1) | 2026 target for Consolidated Service revenues excludes Other income. Consolidated Service revenues for 2025 were $18.0 billion. |
(2) | Includes approximately $75 million targeted towards real estate development initiatives. |
The preceding disclosure respecting TELUS' 2026 financial targets is forward-looking information and is fully qualified by the 'Caution regarding forward-looking statements' below and based on management's expectations and assumptions as set out below and in Section 9.3 TELUS assumptions for 2026 in the 2025 annual MD&A. This disclosure is presented for the purpose of assisting our investors and others in understanding certain key elements of our expected 2026 financial results as well as our objectives, strategic priorities and business outlook. Such information may not be appropriate for other purposes.
CEO Succession
Today we also announced that, after a 26-year tenure as our President and Chief Executive Officer, Darren Entwistle will retire on June 30, 2026. Following a comprehensive succession planning process, the Board of Directors has appointed Victor Dodig as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2026. Please see our press release on this topic for more information.
Dividend Declaration
The TELUS Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4184 per share on the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company payable on April 1, 2026 to holders of record at the close of business on March 11, 2026.
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Access to quarterly results information
Interested investors, the media and others may review this quarterly earnings news release, MD&A, financial statements, quarterly results slides, audio and transcript of the investor webcast call, supplementary financial information at telus.com/investors .
TELUS' fourth quarter 2025 conference call is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 1:00 pm ET (10:00 am PT) and will feature a presentation followed by a question and answer period with investment analysts. Interested parties can access the webcast at telus.com/investors . An audio recording will be available approximately 60 minutes after the call until April 12, 2026 at 1-855-201-2300. Quote conference access code 29327# and playback access code 29327#. An archive of the webcast will also be available at telus.com/investors and a transcript will be posted on the website within a few business days.
Caution regarding forward-looking statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements about expected events and our financial and operating performance. Forward-looking statements include any statements that do not refer to historical facts. They include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our objectives and our strategies to achieve those objectives, our expectations regarding trends in the telecommunications industry (including demand for data and ongoing subscriber base growth), our expectations regarding growth in different areas of our business and regarding the nature, timing and benefits of our asset monetization and deleveraging plans, and our financing plans (including our targeted dividend payments). Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the words assumption, goal, guidance, objective, outlook, strategy, target and other similar expressions, or verbs such as aim, anticipate, believe, could, expect, intend, may, plan, predict, seek, should, strive and will . These statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of applicable securities laws in Canada and the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties and are based on assumptions, including assumptions about future economic conditions and courses of action. These assumptions may ultimately prove to have been inaccurate and, as a result, our actual results or other events may differ materially from expectations expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements.
Our general outlook and assumptions for 2026 are presented in Section 9 General trends, outlook and assumptions, and regulatory developments and proceedings in our 2025 annual MD&A. Our assumptions in support of our 2026 outlook are generally based on industry analysis, including our estimates regarding economic and telecom industry growth, as well as our 2025 results and trends discussed in Section 5 in our 2025 annual MD&A. Our 2026 key assumptions are listed below and in Section 9.3 TELUS assumptions for 2026 in our 2025 annual MD&A:
The extent to which the economic growth estimates affect us and the timing of their impact will depend upon the actual experience of specific sectors of the Canadian economy.
Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made herein and in other TELUS filings include, but are not limited to, the following:
Risks and uncertainties include:
Risks relating to operational performance include:
We may not be able to deliver the service excellence our customers expect or maintain our competitive advantage in this area.
Risks and uncertainties include:
Risks and uncertainties include:
Risks include:
The assumptions underlying our forward-looking statements are described in additional detail in Section 9 General trends, outlook and assumptions, and regulatory developments and proceedings and Section 10 Risks and risk management in our 2025 annual MD&A. Those descriptions are incorporated by reference in this cautionary statement but are not intended to be a complete list of the risks that could affect the Company, or of our assumptions.
Additional risks and uncertainties that are not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also have a material adverse effect on our financial position, financial performance, cash flows, business or reputation. Except as otherwise indicated in this document, the forward-looking statements made herein do not reflect the potential impact of any non-recurring or special items or any mergers, acquisitions, dispositions or other business combinations or transactions that may be announced or that may occur after the date of this document.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this document describe our expectations, and are based on our assumptions, as at the date of this document and are subject to change after this date. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements except as required by law.
This cautionary statement qualifies all of the forward-looking statements in this document.
Non-GAAP and other specified financial measures
We have issued guidance on and report certain non-GAAP measures that are used to evaluate the performance of TELUS, as well as to determine compliance with debt covenants and to manage our capital structure. As non-GAAP measures generally do not have a standardized meaning, they may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Securities regulations require such measures to be clearly defined, qualified and reconciled with their nearest GAAP measure. Certain of the metrics do not have generally accepted industry definitions.
Adjusted Net income and adjusted basic earnings per share (EPS): These are non-GAAP measures that do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS Accounting Standards and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Adjusted Net income excludes the effects of restructuring and other costs, income tax-related adjustments, long-term debt prepayment premium and other adjustments (identified in the following tables). Adjusted basic EPS is calculated as adjusted Net income divided by basic weighted-average common shares outstanding. These measures are used to evaluate performance at a consolidated level and exclude items that, in management's view, may obscure underlying trends in business performance or items of an unusual nature that do not reflect our ongoing operations. They should not be considered alternatives to Net income and basic EPS in measuring TELUS' performance.
Reconciliation of adjusted Net income
Three months ended
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C$ millions | 2025 | 2024 |
Net income attributable to Common Shares | 292 | 358 |
Add (deduct) amounts net of amount attributable to non-controlling interests: | ||
Restructuring and other costs | 86 | 60 |
Tax effects of restructuring and other costs | (17) | (13) |
Real estate rationalization-related restructuring impairments (recoveries) | 21 | (20) |
Tax effect of real estate rationalization-related restructuring impairments (recoveries) | (5) | 5 |
Income tax-related adjustments | 4 | (11) |
Gain on purchase of long-term debt | (81) | — |
Tax effect of gain on purchase on purchase of long-term debt | 11 | — |
Unrealized changes in virtual power purchase agreements forward element 1 | — | 3 |
Tax effect of unrealized changes in virtual power purchase agreements forward element 1 | — | (2) |
Adjusted Net income | 311 | 380 |
(1) | Effective for the first quarter of 2025, arising from a prospective change in accounting policy which applies hedge accounting (see Note 2(a) of the consolidated financial statements), unrealized fair value adjustments which were previously included within Financing costs are now included within Other comprehensive income. |
Reconciliation of adjusted basic EPS
Three months ended
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C$ | 2025 | 2024 |
Basic EPS | 0.19 | 0.24 |
Add (deduct) amounts net of amount attributable to non-controlling interests: | ||
Restructuring and other costs, per share | 0.05 | 0.04 |
Tax effect of restructuring and other costs, per share | (0.01) | (0.01) |
Real estate rationalization-related restructuring impairments, (recoveries), per share | 0.01 | (0.01) |
Income tax-related adjustments, per share | — | (0.01) |
Gain on purchase of long-term debt, per share | (0.05) | |
Tax effect of gain on purchase of long-term debt, per share | 0.01 | — |
Adjusted basic EPS | 0.20 | 0.25 |
EBITDA (earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization): We have issued guidance on and report EBITDA because it is a key measure used to evaluate performance at a consolidated level. EBITDA is commonly reported and widely used by investors and lending institutions as an indicator of a company's operating performance and ability to incur and service debt, and as a valuation metric. EBITDA should not be considered an alternative to Net income in measuring TELUS' performance, nor should it be used as a measure of cash flow. EBITDA as calculated by TELUS is equivalent to Operating revenues and other income less the total of Goods and services purchased expense and Employee benefits expense.
We also calculate Adjusted EBITDA to exclude items of an unusual nature that do not reflect our ongoing operations and should not, in our opinion, be considered in a long-term valuation metric or should not be included in an assessment of our ability to service or incur debt.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA reconciliations | ||||||||||
TTech | TELUS Health | TELUS Digital | Eliminations | Total | ||||||
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(C$ millions) | 2025 | 2024 1 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
Net income | 290 | 320 | ||||||||
Financing costs | 290 | 321 | ||||||||
Income taxes | 114 | 118 | ||||||||
EBIT | 794 | 799 | (25) | (31) | (43) | 7 | (32) | (16) | 694 | 759 |
Depreciation | 557 | 551 | 18 | 11 | 65 | 56 | — | — | 640 | 618 |
Amortization of intangible assets | 241 | 239 | 99 | 91 | 72 | 63 | — | — | 412 | 393 |
EBITDA | 1,592 | 1,589 | 92 | 71 | 94 | 126 | (32) | (16) | 1,746 | 1,770 |
Add restructuring and other costs included in EBITDA | 45 | 34 | 4 | 17 | 44 | 17 | — | — | 93 | 68 |
Adjusted EBITDA | 1,637 | 1,623 | 96 | 88 | 138 | 143 | (32) | (16) | 1,839 | 1,838 |
Combined TTech and TELUS Health Adjusted EBITDA | 1,733 | 1,711 |
(1) | TTech results for 2024 have been restated to conform with our new segmented reporting structure. |
Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures is calculated for our reportable segments, as it represents a performance measure that may be more comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.
Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures reconciliation | ||||||||||
TTech | TELUS Health | TELUS Digital | Eliminations | Total | ||||||
Three months ended December 31 (C$ millions) | 2025 | 2024 1 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 |
Adjusted EBITDA | 1,637 | 1,623 | 96 | 88 | 138 | 143 | (32) | (16) | 1,839 | 1,838 |
Capital expenditures | (549) | (458) | (84) | (62) | (45) | (47) | 29 | 16 | (649) | (551) |
Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures | 1,088 | 1,165 | 12 | 26 | 93 | 96 | (3) | — | 1,190 | 1,287 |
(1) | TTech results for 2024 have been restated to conform with our new segmented reporting structure. |
Free cash flow: We report this measure as a supplementary indicator of our operating performance, and there is no generally accepted industry definition of free cash flow. It should not be considered as an alternative to the measures in the Consolidated statements of cash flows. Free cash flow excludes certain working capital changes (such as trade receivables and trade payables), proceeds from divested assets and other sources and uses of cash, as reported in the Consolidated statements of cash flows. It provides an indication of how much cash generated by operations is available after capital expenditures that may be used to, among other things, pay dividends, repay debt, purchase shares or make other investments. Free cash flow may be supplemented from time to time by proceeds from divested assets or financing activities.
Free cash flow calculation | |||||||||||
Three months ended December 31, 2025 | Three months ended December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||
($ millions) | Cash provided by operating activities | Difference | Free cash flow | Cash provided by operating activities | Difference | Free cash flow | |||||
EBITDA | 1,746 | — | 1,746 | 1,770 | — | 1,770 | |||||
Restructuring and other costs, net of disbursements | 33 | — | 33 | (39) | — | (39) | |||||
Effects of contract asset, acquisition and fulfilment and TELUS
| (97) | — | (97) | (230) | — | (230) | |||||
Effect of non-discretionary lease principal | — | (123) | (123) | — | (158) | (158) | |||||
Items from the statements of cash flows: | |||||||||||
Share-based compensation, net of employee share purchase plan cash outflows | 23 | 4 | 27 | 41 | 1 | 42 | |||||
Net employee defined benefit plans expense | 15 | — | 15 | 23 | — | 23 | |||||
Employer contributions to employee defined benefit plans | (7) | — | (7) | (6) | — | (6) | |||||
Gain on contributions of real estate to joint ventures | (23) | 23 | — | (8) | 8 | — | |||||
Loss from equity accounted investments | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | |||||
Gain on purchase of long-term debt | (81) | 81 | — | — | — | — | |||||
Interest paid | (306) | — | (306) | (319) | — | (319) | |||||
Interest received | 15 | — | 15 | 3 | — | 3 | |||||
Other | 7 | (7) | — | (105) | 105 | — | |||||
Other working capital items | (89) | 89 | — | 42 | (42) | — | |||||
Capital expenditures (excluding acquisition from related party) | — | (649) | (649) | — | (458) | (458) | |||||
Capital expenditure for acquisition from related party | — | — | — | — | (93) | (93) | |||||
Related party construction credit facility repayment
| — | 26 | 26 | — | 94 | 94 | |||||
1,236 | (556) | 680 | 1,177 | (543) | 634 | ||||||
Income taxes paid, net of refunds | (106) | — | (106) | (100) | — | (100) | |||||
1,130 | (556) | 574 | 1,077 | (543) | 534 | ||||||
Mobile phone average revenue per subscriber per month (ARPU) is calculated as network revenue derived from monthly service plan, roaming and usage charges; divided by the average number of mobile phone subscribers on the network during the period, and is expressed as a rate per month.
Appendix
Operating revenues and other income – TTech segment
C$ millions | Three months ended
| Per cent | |
(unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 (restated) | change |
Mobile network revenue | 1,764 | 1,758 | — |
Mobile equipment and other service revenues | 617 | 776 | (20) |
Fixed data services (1) | 1,178 | 1,159 | 2 |
Fixed voice services | 164 | 173 | (5) |
Fixed equipment and other service revenues | 140 | 164 | (15) |
Agriculture and consumer goods services | 108 | 117 | (8) |
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers) | 3,971 | 4,147 | (4) |
Other income | 29 | 51 | (43) |
External Operating revenues and other income | 4,000 | 4,198 | (5) |
Intersegment revenues | 6 | 5 | 20 |
TTech Operating revenues and other income | 4,006 | 4,203 | (5) |
(1) | Excludes agriculture and consumer goods services. |
Operating revenues and other income – TELUS health segment
C$ millions | Three months ended
| Per cent | |
(unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 | change |
Health services | 536 | 474 | 13 |
Health equipment | 1 | 1 | — |
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers) | 537 | 475 | 13 |
Other income | 1 | 1 | — |
External Operating revenues and other income | 538 | 476 | 13 |
Intersegment revenues | 2 | 2 | — |
TELUS Health Operating revenues and other income | 540 | 478 | 13 |
Operating revenues and other income – TELUS digital experience segment
C$ millions | Three months ended
| Per cent | |
(unaudited) | 2025 | 2024 | change |
Operating revenues (arising from contracts with customers) | 722 | 709 | 2 |
Other income | 1 | (2) | n/m |
External Operating revenues and other income | 723 | 707 | 2 |
Intersegment revenues | 274 | 260 | 5 |
TELUS Digital Operating revenues and other income | 997 | 967 | 3 |
About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a world-leading communications technology company operating in more than 45 countries and generating over $20 billion in annual revenue with more than 21 million customer connections through our advanced suite of broadband services for consumers, businesses and the public sector. We are committed to leveraging our technology to enable remarkable human outcomes. TELUS is passionate about putting our customers and communities first, leading the way globally in client service excellence and social capitalism. TELUS Health is enhancing more than 161 million lives across 200 countries and territories through innovative preventive medicine and well-being technologies. TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods utilizes digital technologies and data insights to optimize the connection between producers and consumers. TELUS Digital specializes in digital customer experiences and future-focused digital transformations that deliver value for their global clients. Guided by our enduring 'give where we live' philosophy, TELUS continues to invest in initiatives that support education, health and community well-being. In 2023, we launched the TELUS Student Bursary, which strives to ensure that every young person in Canada who wants a post-secondary education has the opportunity to pursue one. To date, the program has distributed over $6 million in bursaries to 2,000 students and counting. Since 2000, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $1.85 billion in cash, in-kind contributions, time and programs, including 2.5 million days of service - earning TELUS the distinction of the world's most giving company.
For more information, visit telus.com and telusdigital.com or follow @TELUSNews on X and @Darren_Entwistle on Instagram.
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