BCE (BCE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Bell Media is Canada's leading media and entertainment company with a portfolio of assets in premium video, audio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. This includes Canada's most-watched television network, CTV; the largest Canadian-owned video streamer, Crave, with a premium add-on to include STARZ; a powerful suite of specialty channels; the most-trusted news brand, CTV News; Canada's cross-platform sports leaders, TSN and RDS; leading out-of-home advertising network, Astral; Québec's fast-growing conventional French-language network, Noovo; the country's leading radio and podcast app, iHeartRadio Canada; and a range of award-winning original productions, brands, and services. As a content leader and partner in Sphere Media, Sphere Abacus, Montréal's Grande Studios, and Dome Productions, one of North America's leading production facilities providers, Bell Media is committed to keeping Canadians entertained and informed.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$32.92 to C$33.65
• 50-Day Range: C$31.82 to C$36.12
• 52-Week Range: C$29.17 to C$36.25
• Volume: 3.48 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.68 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$30.86 billion
• P/E Ratio: 4.87
• Dividend Yield: 6.98%
• Price Target: C$37.20
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

BCE Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

BCE scored higher than 64% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

BCE has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.78, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 5 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

BCE has a consensus price target of C$37.20, representing about 12.8% upside from its current price of C$32.97.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

BCE has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of BCE is 4.86, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.42.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of BCE is 4.86, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Communication Services sector average P/E ratio of about 14.67.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

BCE has a PEG Ratio of 4.67. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

BCE has a P/B Ratio of 1.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BCE.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

BCE is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.36%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

BCE does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of BCE is 34.02%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.49

News Sentiment

BCE has a news sentiment score of 0.49. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Communication Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for BCE this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

29 people have searched for BCE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 107% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

14 people have added BCE to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 133% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, BCE insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.02% of the stock of BCE is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

20.41% of the stock of BCE is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 4/15 Dividend: 3/16/2026
• Record date for 4/15 Dividend: 4/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 4/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/07/2026
• Today: 5/08/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Communication Services
• Industry: Telecom Services
• Sub-Industry: Communication
• Current Symbol: TSE:BCE
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.bce.ca
• Phone: +1-514-7868424
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 45,132
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for BCE: C$37.20
• High Price Target: C$41.00
• Low Price Target: C$32.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +12.4%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.78
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$6.79
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 4.87
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.63
• P/E Growth: 4.67
• Net Income: C$268.07 million
• Net Margins: 26.40%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 31.99%
• Return on Assets: 4.82%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 179.16
• Current Ratio: 0.58
• Quick Ratio: 0.43

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$24.47 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.26
• Cash Flow: C$0.42 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 79.17
• Book Value: C$24.99 per share
• Price / Book: 1.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 932,526,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$30.86 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.33