National Bank Financial Forecasts BCE Q1 Earnings

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE - Free Report) NYSE: BCE - Analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of BCE in a report issued on Wednesday, March 26th. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.62 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for BCE's current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for BCE's FY2026 earnings at $2.65 EPS.

BCE has been the topic of several other reports. Barclays lowered shares of BCE from an "equal weight" rating to an "underperform" rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from C$41.00 to C$30.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Canaccord Genuity Group raised their target price on shares of BCE from C$33.00 to C$33.50 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price objective on shares of BCE from C$45.00 to C$41.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered BCE from a "neutral" rating to an "underweight" rating and lowered their target price for the stock from C$35.00 to C$29.00 in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Finally, National Bankshares lifted their target price on BCE from C$35.00 to C$36.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, BCE presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of C$40.50.

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BCE Stock Performance

BCE traded up C$0.15 during trading on Friday, reaching C$33.02. 1,787,360 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,809,396. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.62. The business's 50 day moving average price is C$33.84. BCE has a twelve month low of C$31.43 and a twelve month high of C$49.13. The company has a market cap of C$29.91 billion, a PE ratio of 110.78, a P/E/G ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48.

BCE Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 15th will be paid a $0.9975 dividend. This represents a $3.99 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. BCE's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 1,338.57%.

BCE Company Profile

BCE is both a wireless and internet service provider, offering wireless, broadband, television, and landline phone services in Canada. It is one of the big three national wireless carriers, with its roughly 10 million customers constituting about 30% of the market. It is also the ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrierthe legacy telephone provider) throughout much of the eastern half of Canada, including in the most populous Canadian provincesOntario and Quebec.