NYSE:BCEBCE Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 decreased by 3.0% and is now trading at $40.89. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BCE in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for BCE.

BCE is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for BCE.

BCE will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.56 by $0.24. The utilities provider had revenue of $5.68 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.65 billion. BCE had a return on equity of 18.24% and a net margin of 12.63%. BCE's quarterly revenue was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.77 earnings per share. View BCE's earnings history.

BCE declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.5883 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $2.35 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View BCE's dividend history.

11 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for BCE's shares. Their forecasts range from $58.00 to $65.00. On average, they anticipate BCE's share price to reach $60.86 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 48.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for BCE.

Media headlines about BCE stock have been trending negative on Wednesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. BCE earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about BCE.

BCE saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,620,000 shares, an increase of 48.7% from the June 15th total of 6,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,390,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.9 days. Currently, 1.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View BCE's Current Options Chain.

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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), Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (BIP), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Enbridge (ENB), Suncor Energy (SU), CVS Health (CVS) and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD).

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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.17%), Cardinal Capital Management Inc. (0.01%), Nexus Investment Management ULC (0.01%) and Fulton Bank N. A. (0.01%).

BCE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Fulton Bank N. A..

BCE stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Cardinal Capital Management Inc., and Nexus Investment Management ULC.

Shares of BCE can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of BCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $40.89.

BCE has a market capitalization of $36.98 billion and generates $18.06 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $2.40 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.64 on an earnings per share basis. BCE employs 52,100 workers across the globe.

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

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 514-870-8777 or via email at [email protected]