Telus plans big job cuts

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TELUS, $22.78, is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol T; Shares outstanding: 1.5 billion; Market cap: $33.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 6.4%; www.telus.comwww.telus.com) is Canada’s second-largest wireless carrier (after BCE, see page 81). Telus now plans to cut 4,000 positions from Telus and another 2,000 from its Telus International (CDA) Inc. (Toronto symbol TIXT) subsidiary, which helps businesses manage their call centres, websites and digital apps. The cuts will cost the company $475 million in 2023. However, it expects $325 million in annual cost savings. As a result of these job cuts, earnings will likely fall 21% to $0.93 a share in 2023, but could rebound to $1.18 in 2024. The stock trades at a reasonable 19.3 times the 2024 forecast. Telus Corp. is a buy. buy…