Assessing Telesat (TSAT) Valuation After Recent Share Price Pullback And Strong Multi Year Returns

Telesat (TSAT) stock has drawn attention after recent trading, with a 1 day return of about negative 9% and a 7 day move around negative 17%, following a strong past year and past 3 months.

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Despite the recent pullback, with a 1 day share price return of negative 9.15% and a 7 day share price return of negative 17.34%, Telesat still shows stronger momentum over longer periods. This includes a 1 year total shareholder return of 78.70% and a 3 year total shareholder return approaching 3x.

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After such sharp recent swings, on top of a 1 year total return of 78.70% and a 3 year return approaching 3x, the key question now is whether Telesat is still mispriced or if the market already reflects its growth plans.

Preferred Price to Sales of 1.7x: Is it justified?

On a P/S basis, Telesat currently trades at 1.7x sales, which screens as expensive relative to both peers and the broader US Telecom industry.

P/S compares a company’s market value to its revenue and is often used when earnings are negative, as is the case for Telesat, which reported a net loss of $155.35 million on revenue of $417.96 million. For a satellite operator with meaningful capital requirements and unprofitable operations, this puts more focus on how much investors are paying for each dollar of sales.

Compared with similar companies, Telesat’s 1.7x P/S is described as expensive versus a peer average of 1x and the US Telecom industry average of 1.3x. This suggests the market is attaching a richer revenue multiple than many competitors. However, the estimated fair P/S ratio of 3.4x implies that, if the market shifted toward that level, today’s valuation could look much lower relative to that benchmark.

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Result: Price-to-sales of 1.7x (OVERVALUED).

However, investors still face clear risks, including ongoing net losses of CA$155.35 million and heavy capital needs in Telesat’s GEO and LEO satellite segments.

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Next Steps

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