BCE Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BCE in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" BCE stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in BCE, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for BCE's shares. Their BCE stock forecasts range from $60.00 to $71.00. On average, they expect BCE's stock price to reach $67.30 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.8% from the stock's current price.
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BCE's stock was trading at $52.04 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, BCE stock has decreased by 4.1% and is now trading at $49.92.
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BCE saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 24,100,000 shares, an increase of 157.2% from the May 31st total of 9,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,520,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 15.9 days. Currently, 2.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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BCE is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 4th 2022.
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BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.64 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $5.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.86 billion. BCE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.75% and a net margin of 12.85%. BCE's revenue was up 2.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.62 earnings per share.
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BCE announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 5th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.715 per share on Friday, July 15th. This represents a $2.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.73%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, June 14th.
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BCE(NYSE:BCE) pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.77%. BCE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio of BCE is 109.65%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on EPS estimates, BCE will have a dividend payout ratio of 102.53% in the coming year. This indicates that BCE may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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BCE updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Monday, May, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.57-$2.69 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.63. The company issued revenue guidance of $18.69 billion-$19.43 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.86 billion.

84 employees have rated BCE CEO Mirko Bibic on Glassdoor.com. Mirko Bibic has an approval rating of 87% among BCE's employees.

Some companies that are related to BCE include AT&T (T), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTTYY), SoftBank Group (SFTBY), América Móvil (AMX), Orange (ORAN), Telstra (TLSYY), Singapore Telecommunications (SGAPY), Telefónica (TEF), Swisscom (SCMWY), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Telenor ASA (TELNY), Advanced Info Service Public (AVIFY), Telia Company AB (publ) (TLSNY), Koninklijke KPN (KKPNY) and Telefônica Brasil (VIV).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BCE investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), Enbridge (ENB), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), CVS Health (CVS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Royal Bank of Canada (RY) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP).

BCE trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "BCE."

BCE's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Rempart Asset Management Inc. (0.00%).

BCE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rempart Asset Management Inc..

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One share of BCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.92.

BCE (NYSE:BCE) has a market capitalization of $45.52 billion and generates $18.71 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.59 on an earnings per share basis.

BCE employs 49,781 workers across the globe.

BCE was founded in 1880.

BCE's mailing address is 1 carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell Building A 7th Floor, Verdun A8, H3E 3B3. The official website for BCE is www.bce.ca. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (888) 932-6666, via email at [email protected], or via fax at 514-766-5735.