Comparing TELUS (NYSE:TU) and Pervasip (OTCMKTS:PVSP)

Pervasip (OTCMKTS:PVSP) and TELUS (NYSE:TU) are both utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for Pervasip and TELUS, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Pervasip	0	0	0	0	0.00
TELUS	1	5	5	1	2.50

TELUS has a consensus target price of $18.17, indicating a potential upside of 40.01%. Given TELUS’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TELUS is more favorable than Pervasip.

Volatility & Risk

Pervasip has a beta of -0.27, indicating that its share price is 127% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TELUS has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Pervasip and TELUS”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Pervasip	$15.77 million	0.07	$16.92 million	N/A	N/A
TELUS	$14.88 billion	1.35	$724.69 million	$0.55	23.59

TELUS has higher revenue and earnings than Pervasip.

Profitability

This table compares Pervasip and TELUS’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Pervasip	N/A	N/A	-39.92%
TELUS	5.71%	8.76%	2.50%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

49.4% of TELUS shares are held by institutional investors. 9.2% of Pervasip shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of TELUS shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

TELUS beats Pervasip on 12 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Pervasip

Pervasip Corporation focuses on developing cloud-based applications to monitor and control greenhouse facilities. It intends to develop and deliver products and technologies to agricultural markets; develop scientific methods for the analysis of cannabinoids in flowers, concentrates, and edibles; and assist medical marijuana specialty production facilities to regulate, calculate proper dosage, and understand the importance of consistency in product. The company was formerly known as eLEC Communications Corp. and changed its name to Pervasip Corp. in December 2007. Pervasip Corp. was founded in 1964 and is based in White Plains, New York.

About TELUS

TELUS Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of telecommunications and information technology products and services in Canada. It operates through Technology Solutions and Digitally-Led Customer Experiences segments. The Technology Solutions segment offers a range of telecommunications products and services; network services; healthcare services; mobile technologies equipment; data services, such as internet protocol; television; hosting, managed information technology, and cloud-based services; software, data management, and data analytics-driven smart food-chain and consumer goods technologies; home and business security; healthcare software and technology solutions; and voice and other telecommunications services, as well as mobile and fixed voice and data telecommunications services and products. The Digitally-Led Customer Experiences segment provides digital customer experience and digital-enablement transformation solutions, including artificial intelligence and content management solutions. The company was formerly known as TELUS Communications Inc. and changed its name to TELUS Corporation in February 2005. TELUS Corporation was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.