BCE (BCE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for BCE in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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6 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for BCE's stock. Their BCE share price forecasts range from C$62.00 to C$68.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach C$65.18 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.4% from the stock's current price.
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BCE's stock was trading at C$59.49 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, BCE shares have increased by 3.0% and is now trading at C$61.27.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November, 4th. The company reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.82. The business earned $5.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.97 billion. BCE had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.07% and a net margin of 11.19%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.79 earnings per share.

BCE announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be given a dividend of 0.9675 per share on Monday, July 17th. This represents a $3.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 14th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of C$0.97.
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BCE (TSE:BCE) pays an annual dividend of C$3.87 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.26%. BCE has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 137.72%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other BCE investors own include Intact Financial (IFC), Constellation Software (CSU), AutoCanada (ACQ), Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B), AbbVie (ABBV), Vermilion Energy (VET), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Open Text (OTEX) and Rogers Communications (RCI).

BCE trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol "BCE."

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One share of BCE stock can currently be purchased for approximately C$61.27.

BCE (TSE:BCE) has a market capitalization of C$55.89 billion and generates C$24.38 billion in revenue each year. The company earns C$2.56 billion in net income (profit) each year or C$2.81 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 49,781 workers across the globe.

BCE's mailing address is Tour A-7, 1 Carref Alexander-Graham-Bell, VERDUN, QC H3E 3B3, Canada. The official website for the company is www.bce.ca. The company can be reached via phone at +1-514-7868424.