ASX Shares Telstra on the down TLS

Some say its a good buy others say its not worth it.

it continues to go down today currently $3,57

yes i have bought MORE shares in it ,the reason being i think it will eventually go over $4 again plus the Dividend is good.

 

You must have been one of the 79% that bought into TLS in the last 7 days ,as buyers outnumbered nervous sellers by 21% maybe some are just looking at the dividends ,or just think at this price in a few year time will be value..

At least there is very little doom and gloom media with TLS,unlike the experiential awakening that the media will play out against the "Banks" that will start very soon and the kick the can down the road shareholders..imho..

I have control of TLS shares for a long time and don't care 0.00001% about the day month year price -only the cheque's that turn up in the po box 2 times a year ..

 

Anton T from IML recently mentioned in an interview that he liked Telstra at current prices (then about ($3.48) and said something to the effect of: it is a well managed company, has a good balance sheet and the dividend yield is healthy.

Not advice. Do your own research.

 

TLS tends to be a portfolio stability and income play and will most likely increase in popularity again when then general market turns a little fearful. We saw a volume spike in Nov 2017 at around $3.40 - institutions seems to like that pricing.

 

@Alex Straker do you have any views on TLS?

 

Not buying if that helps

 

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The Dividend is still good though .

 

Got to be good value now surely @ sub $2.70

 

I reckon it will continue to drop further from what I've read, profits downgraded, and dividend looks to drop as well. 2.30 soon

 

Worth a read.. 5 Yield Traps

Ignoring total return - the curious case of BHP and Telstra

The Russell High-Dividend Australian Shares ETF (RDV) has BHP Billiton (BHP) among its top 10 holdings. A resource company like BHP is not known for paying the juicy dividends associated with a company like Telstra (TLS).

Analysis by Bennett, however, revealed that in contrast to Telstra, BHP has consistently increased its dividend payments to shareholders.

In 2002, BHP's dividend was 19 cents. Today, it is $1.10. Telstra's dividend in 2002 was 22 cents. Today, it is 28 cents - not much of an increase compared with BHP's dividend growth.

Minbatiwala says investing in BHP from a total-return perspective would also net investors substantial benefits.

According to his analysis, if an investor bought $10,000 worth of Telstra shares in 2001, the total value today would be $10,953. If the same $10,000 had been invested in BHP, the value today would be $50,440.

"The primary reason for this result is total overall return, because each year's capital return provides the base from which next year's income return is generated," Minbatiwala says.