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Equities Analysts Set Expectations for BCE Q3 Earnings

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Key Points

  • Desjardins has increased its Q3 2025 earnings per share estimate for BCE from $0.67 to $0.68, maintaining a "Buy" rating with a target price of $41.00.
  • BCE has recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4375, representing an annualized dividend of $1.75 and a dividend yield of 5.3%.
  • Analysts are mixed on BCE's ratings, with one Strong Buy, five Buy, five Hold, and two Sell ratings; the average consensus price target is C$36.17.
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BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE - Free Report) NYSE: BCE - Equities researchers at Desjardins lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of BCE in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 15th. Desjardins analyst J. Dubreuil now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.68 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.67. Desjardins currently has a "Buy" rating and a $41.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for BCE's current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for BCE's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.69 EPS.

Several other brokerages have also commented on BCE. Scotiabank lifted their target price 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. Cibc World Mkts lowered BCE from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 3rd. CIBC lifted their target price on BCE from C$36.00 to C$37.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday. BMO Capital Markets decreased their target price on 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. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded BCE from a "sector perform" rating to an "outperform" rating and lifted their target price for the stock from C$35.00 to C$47.00 in a research report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of C$36.17.

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BCE Price Performance

Shares of BCE opened at C$33.21 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of C$30.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 72.20, a PEG ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.57. The stock has a 50 day moving average of C$33.46 and a 200-day moving average of C$31.79. The company has a current ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73. BCE has a 52 week low of C$28.73 and a 52 week high of C$46.62.

BCE Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 15th were issued a $0.4375 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.3%. BCE's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 745.65%.

BCE Company Profile

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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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