Analysts Offer Predictions for BCE's Q3 Earnings (TSE:BCE)

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE - Free Report) NYSE: BCE - Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of BCE in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.70 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.77. The consensus estimate for BCE's current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BCE's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on shares of BCE from C$33.00 to C$33.50 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Canaccord Genuity Group lowered their price target on shares of BCE from C$41.00 to C$37.50 in a research report on Friday, November 8th. Barclays downgraded BCE from an "equal weight" rating to an "underperform" rating and cut their price objective for the stock from C$41.00 to C$30.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut BCE from a "neutral" rating to an "underweight" rating and lowered their target price for the company from C$35.00 to C$29.00 in a report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, National Bankshares dropped their price target on BCE from C$37.00 to C$35.00 and set a "sector perform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of C$40.42.

BCE Price Performance

BCE stock traded up C$0.21 during trading hours on Friday, hitting C$34.16. The stock had a trading volume of 2,848,377 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,820,756. BCE has a 1-year low of C$31.43 and a 1-year high of C$49.67. The company has a market cap of C$30.94 billion, a PE ratio of 114.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of C$33.60. The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73.

BCE Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.9975 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $3.99 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 11.68%. BCE's payout ratio is currently 1,338.57%.

About BCE

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.