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 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" BCE stock.
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BCE saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 3,960,000 shares, a drop of 33.7% from the August 15th total of 5,970,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,110,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.6 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company's shares are short sold.
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BCE is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 5th. The utilities provider reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.05. The utilities provider had revenue of $4.64 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.68 billion. BCE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.79% and a net margin of 12.88%.
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BCE's stock was trading at $42.16 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BCE shares have increased by 18.5% and is now trading at $49.95.
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BCE announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.7011 per share on Friday, October 15th. This represents a $2.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.61%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 14th.
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BCE pays an annual dividend of $2.77 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 5.46%. 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 123.11%. 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 103.36% 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, September, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.482-$2.605 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $19.00 billion-$19.55 billion.

9 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for BCE's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect BCE's stock price to reach $62.72 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 25.6% 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.

Some companies that are related to BCE include Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTTYY), SoftBank Group (SFTBY), América Móvil (AMX), Vivendi (VIVHY), Telstra (TLSYY), Singapore Telecommunications (SGAPY), Swisscom (SCMWY), Orange (ORAN), Telefónica (TEF), Telenor ASA (TELNY), Perusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (TLK), Advanced Info Service Public (AVIFY), Telia Company AB (publ) (TLSNY), The Liberty SiriusXM Group (LSXMA) and Lumen Technologies (LUMN).
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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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (3.32%), Bank of Nova Scotia (1.75%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.33%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.27%), Vanguard Group Inc. (1.22%) and 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.21%).

BCE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, Bank of Montreal Can, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Addenda Capital Inc., Public Sector Pension Investment Board, and APG Asset Management N.V..

BCE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sei Investments Co., Lincluden Management Ltd., Bank of Nova Scotia, Amundi, Toronto Dominion Bank, Mackenzie Financial Corp, Vanguard Group Inc., and 1832 Asset Management L.P..

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One share of BCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.95.

BCE has a market capitalization of $45.25 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 50,704 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].