Research Analysts Offer Predictions for BCE Q2 Earnings

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE - Free Report) NYSE: BCE - Equities research analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of BCE in a research note issued on Sunday, June 29th. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.72 for the quarter. National Bank Financial currently 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.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on BCE. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on shares of BCE from C$37.00 to C$35.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 9th. Cibc World Mkts lowered BCE from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday. UBS Group reduced their target price on BCE from C$34.00 to C$32.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on BCE from C$28.00 to C$29.00 in a research note on Monday, May 12th. Finally, CIBC reduced their price objective on BCE from C$52.00 to C$33.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$36.73.

BCE Price Performance

TSE:BCE traded up C$0.12 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching C$30.93. 425,235 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,932,677. 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 firm has a market cap of C$28.02 billion, a PE ratio of 103.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48. BCE has a twelve month low of C$28.73 and a twelve month high of C$49.13. The stock's 50-day moving average is C$30.16 and its 200-day moving average is C$32.02.

BCE Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 15th will be given a dividend of $0.4375 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 16th. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.66%. BCE's payout ratio is 1,338.57%.

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.