Analysts Set Expectations for BCE's Q2 Earnings (TSE:BCE)

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE - Free Report) NYSE: BCE - National Bank Financial issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for BCE in a research report issued on Sunday, June 29th. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.72 per share for the quarter. National Bank Financial has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for BCE's current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for BCE's FY2025 earnings at $2.83 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $2.32 EPS.

BCE has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Desjardins raised their price target on shares of BCE from C$36.00 to C$39.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. UBS Group cut their target price on BCE from C$34.00 to C$32.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 21st. Scotiabank raised BCE from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating and set a C$39.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday, June 2nd. CIBC dropped their price objective on BCE from C$52.00 to C$33.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on BCE from C$31.50 to C$32.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, BCE currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$36.73.

BCE Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of TSE:BCE traded up C$0.03 on Tuesday, reaching C$30.84. 1,202,006 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,911,343. The stock has a market capitalization of C$27.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 103.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48. The business's 50-day simple moving average is C$30.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$32.00. 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$49.13.

BCE Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.4375 per share. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.67%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 16th. BCE's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1,338.57%.

About BCE

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.