Brokers Set Expectations for BCE Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• National Bank Financial forecasts BCE's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.72 per share, with a consensus estimate for the current full-year earnings at $3.11 per share.
• BCE's stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" with a consensus target price of C$34.88, reflecting mixed ratings among analysts.
• The company recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.4375, which equates to an annualized yield of 5.4%.

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE - Free Report) NYSE: BCE - National Bank Financial issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of BCE in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 1st. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine forecasts that the company will earn $0.72 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for BCE's current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for BCE's FY2026 earnings at $2.64 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on BCE. Cibc World Mkts lowered BCE from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 3rd. CIBC increased their price target on BCE from C$35.00 to C$36.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Friday, August 22nd. National Bankshares set a C$35.00 price target on BCE and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 12th. Scotiabank increased their price target on BCE from C$39.50 to C$41.50 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, September 8th. Finally, TD Securities increased their price target on BCE from C$33.00 to C$35.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, August 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, BCE has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$34.88.

BCE Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of BCE opened at C$32.43 on Friday. BCE has a 1 year low of C$28.73 and a 1 year high of C$46.62. The company has a current ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$33.41 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$31.79. The stock has a market cap of C$29.89 billion, a PE ratio of 70.50, a PEG ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.65.

BCE Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 15th will be given a $0.4375 dividend. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.4%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 15th. BCE's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 745.65%.

BCE Company Profile

BCE is both a wireless and internet service provider, offering wireless, broadband, television, and landline phone services in Canada. It is one of the big three national wireless carriers, with its roughly 10 million customers constituting about 30% of the market. It is also the ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrierthe legacy telephone provider) throughout much of the eastern half of Canada, including in the most populous Canadian provincesOntario and Quebec.

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