BCE - BCE Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BCE in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" BCE shares. 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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5 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for BCE's stock. Their BCE share price forecasts range from $47.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $63.53 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 43.0% from the stock's current price.
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BCE's stock was trading at $43.95 at the start of the year. Since then, BCE shares have increased by 1.1% and is now trading at $44.43.
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BCE saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,500,000 shares, an increase of 36.7% from the February 28th total of 19,380,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,330,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 19.9 days. Approximately 2.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.17. The utilities provider earned $5.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.94 billion. BCE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.03% and a net margin of 11.85%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up .8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.59 earnings per share.

BCE declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.713 per share on Saturday, April 15th. This represents a $2.85 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.42%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.68.
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BCE (NYSE:BCE) pays an annual dividend of $2.91 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.58%. BCE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 125.97%. 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 116.40% in the coming year. This indicates that the company may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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BCE issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 2nd. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.32-$2.42 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.60. The company issued revenue guidance of $18.18 billion-$18.90 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $18.50 billion.

84 employees have rated BCE Chief Executive Officer Mirko Bibic on Glassdoor.com. Mirko Bibic has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Nova Scotia (1.56%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.30%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.30%), TD Asset Management Inc (1.19%), Toronto Dominion Bank (1.05%) and Scotia Capital Inc. (0.86%).

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One share of BCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $44.43.

BCE (NYSE:BCE) has a market capitalization of $40.53 billion and generates $18.59 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.21 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.31 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 44,610 workers across the globe.

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