Cormark Weighs in on BCE's Q3 Earnings (TSE:BCE)

Key Points

• Cormark analyst D. Mcfadgen anticipates BCE will earn $0.79 per share for Q3 2025, with a full-year consensus estimate of $3.11 per share.
• Several research firms have modified their ratings on BCE, with Desjardins setting a price target of C$41.00 and TD Securities upgrading to a "buy" with a target of C$37.00.
• BCE recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.4375, translating to an annualized yield of 5.3% and a significant payout ratio of 745.65%.

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE - Free Report) NYSE: BCE - Research analysts at Cormark issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of BCE in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 29th. Cormark analyst D. Mcfadgen expects that the company will earn $0.79 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for BCE's current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share.

Several other research firms also recently commented on BCE. Desjardins upped their price target on shares of BCE from C$40.50 to C$41.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. TD Securities upgraded shares of BCE from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price objective for the stock from C$35.00 to C$37.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on shares of BCE from C$51.00 to C$35.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 5th. National Bankshares set a C$35.00 price objective on shares of BCE and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 12th. Finally, Scotiabank upped their price objective on shares of BCE from C$39.50 to C$41.50 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, September 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of C$36.17.

BCE Stock Down 0.2%

BCE stock opened at C$32.79 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of C$33.23 and a 200 day moving average price of C$31.97. BCE has a 12 month low of C$28.73 and a 12 month high of C$45.24. The company has a market cap of C$30.23 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 71.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.43.

BCE Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 15th were paid a $0.4375 dividend. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. BCE's dividend payout ratio 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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