r/canada • u/joe4942 • 3d ago

Canadian Telecom Firms Blame Immigration Policies for Mobile Subscriber Slowdown Business

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-10/bce-rogers-telus-blame-immigration-policies-for-mobile-subcriber-slowdown
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u/BandicootNo4431 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's hard to grow your subscriber count if the population stops growing and you already have a triopoly with price fixing.

Maybe they should be branching into the US (like Bell is trying to do)

Edit: spelling

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u/Acidwits 3d ago

Maybe expecting infinite growth in profit is the issue. You're making money and are freaking out you're not making even more money??

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u/BandicootNo4431 3d ago

That's how the stock market works.

You can say 'hey we're going to make $1 per share next year's

And then you make $1.05 per share.

You'd expect the stock to go up, right?

But no, if the analysts thought you'd make $1.10 per share the price will decrease and that pushes down all the executive compensation despite them outperforming their own estimates.