BCE Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BCE in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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BCE saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,430,000 shares, an increase of 22.4% from the June 30th total of 3,620,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,190,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 0.5% of the company's shares are short sold.
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BCE is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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BCE will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 5th at 8:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.58 by $0.20. The utilities provider had revenue of $5.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.63 billion. BCE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.21% and a net margin of 11.23%. The firm's revenue was up .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.80 earnings per share.
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BCE's stock was trading at $42.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, BCE shares have increased by 17.9% and is now trading at $49.69.
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BCE declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.7072 per share on Thursday, July 15th. This represents a $2.83 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 14th. This is a boost from BCE's previous quarterly dividend of $0.68.
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BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.88%. BCE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. BCE does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of BCE is 128.89%. 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 103.20% in the coming year. This indicates that BCE may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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BCE issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 6th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.050-3.200 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $23.34 billion-$24.03 billion.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for BCE's stock. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect BCE's stock price to reach $60.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.1% from the stock's current price.
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84 employees have rated BCE CEO Mirko Bibic on Glassdoor.com. Mirko Bibic has an approval rating of 87% among BCE's employees.

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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 shareholders include Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.06%), DORCHESTER WEALTH MANAGEMENT Co (0.03%), Baskin Financial Services Inc. (0.03%), Bruderman Asset Management LLC (0.02%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.01%) and Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.01%).

BCE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baskin Financial Services Inc., Fulton Bank N.A., DORCHESTER WEALTH MANAGEMENT Co, Raymond James Trust N.A., and Davis Rea LTD..

BCE stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marathon Asset Management LLP, Stratos Wealth Partners LTD., DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Old Port Advisors, Hillsdale Investment Management Inc., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Cardinal Capital Management Inc., and Bruderman Asset Management LLC.

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One share of BCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.69.

BCE has a market capitalization of $45.01 billion and generates $17.08 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $1.97 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.25 on an earnings per share basis.

BCE employs 52,100 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of BCE: Alarm Force Industries, American Management Systems, Astral Media, Axia NetMedia, Bell Aliant Inc., Bell Canada, Bell Media, Bell Mobility, Cieslok Media Ltd., Corus, Gestion Infopharm, Glentel, MTS, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Q9 Networks, SPACECONNECTION, TESS S.A., Teleglobe, Telesat Canada, The Source (Bell) Electronics, Toronto Argonauts Football Club, Tri-Comp Systems, Virgin Mobile Canada, Ware Solutions Corp, and e-route.

BCE was founded in 1880.

The official website for BCE is www.bce.ca.

BCE is headquartered at 1 carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell Building A 7th Floor, Verdun A8, H3E 3B3.

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