bce inc. - BCE

BCE

Close Chg Chg %
23.56 0.10 0.42%

Open Market

23.66

+0.10 (0.42%)

Volume: 404.39K

Last Updated:

Apr 28, 2026, 10:53 AM EDT

Company Overview: bce inc. - BCE

BCE Key Data

Open

$23.59

Day Range

23.48 - 23.68

52 Week Range

21.04 - 26.52

Market Cap

$22.47B

Shares Outstanding

932.53M

Public Float

931.79M

Beta

0.62

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

4.92

EPS

$4.89

Yield

530.29%

Dividend

$0.32

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 16, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

3.34M

 

BCE Performance

1 Week
 
-1.34%
 
1 Month
 
-6.69%
 
3 Months
 
-8.89%
 
1 Year
 
8.82%
 
5 Years
 
-50.14%
 

BCE Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 21
Full Ratings ➔

About bce inc. - BCE

BCE, Inc. is a telecommunications and media company, which provides communication services to residential, business, and wholesale customers. It operates through the Bell Communication and Technology Services (Bell CTS) and bell media segments. The Bell CTS segment provides a wide range of communication products and services to consumers, businesses and government customers across Canada. The Bell Media segment includes conventional, specialty and pay television, digital media, radio broadcasting services, and out-of-home advertising services. The company was founded on February 25, 1970 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.

BCE At a Glance

BCE, Inc.
1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell
Verdun, Québec H3E 3B3
Phone 1-888-932-6666 Revenue 17.51B
Industry Major Telecommunications Net Income 4.62B
Sector Communications Employees 38,683
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026
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BCE Valuation

P/E Current 4.917
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 4.918
Price to Sales Ratio 1.267
Price to Book Ratio 1.547
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 4.43
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 7.148
Enterprise Value to Sales 3.114
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.549

BCE Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 452,680.95
Income Per Employee 119,516.059
Receivables Turnover 4.754
Total Asset Turnover 0.32

BCE Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.51
Quick Ratio 0.48
Cash Ratio 0.025

BCE Profitability

Gross Margin 30.779
Operating Margin 22.151
Pretax Margin 31.466
Net Margin 26.402
Return on Assets 8.438
Return on Equity 32.259
Return on Total Capital 9.89
Return on Invested Capital 12.015

BCE Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 178.362
Total Debt to Total Capital 64.076
Total Debt to Total Assets 51.218
Long-Term Debt to Equity 176.89
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 54.47
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Annual Financials for Bce Inc. - BCE

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
18.57B 18.28B 17.82B 17.51B
Sales Growth
-0.72% -1.55% -2.53% -1.72%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
12.89B 12.78B 12.37B 12.12B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
3.63B 3.64B 3.68B 3.75B
Depreciation
2.81B 2.77B 2.74B 2.76B
Amortization of Intangibles
816.53M 869.09M 936.52M 985.48M
COGS Growth
-0.99% -0.85% -3.22% -2.00%
Gross Income
5.68B 5.50B 5.45B 5.39B
Gross Income Growth
-0.09% -3.15% -0.94% -1.08%
Gross Profit Margin
+30.58% +30.09% +30.58% +30.78%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.47B 1.43B 1.40B 1.51B
Research & Development
43.78M 66.68M 48.18M 42.94M
Other SG&A
1.43B 1.36B 1.35B 1.47B
SGA Growth
+0.22% -3.19% -1.89% +8.02%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
341.05M 331.19M 2.13B 933.24M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
3.87B 3.74B 1.92B 2.95B
Non Operating Income/Expense
52.23M 221.53M 194.90M 3.83B
Non-Operating Interest Income
- 49.64M 89.78M 56.54M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
880.28M 1.09B 1.25B 1.27B
Interest Expense Growth
+2.00% +24.15% +14.42% +1.59%
Gross Interest Expense
978.60M 1.19B 1.35B 1.36B
Interest Capitalized
98.32M 100.02M 104.38M 87.31M
Pretax Income
3.04B 2.87B 867.91M 5.51B
Pretax Income Growth
-5.54% -5.45% -69.78% +534.86%
Pretax Margin
+16.36% +15.71% +4.87% +31.47%
Income Tax
742.79M 737.95M 421.18M 853.80M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
598.38M 671.27M 351.83M 752.17M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
144.41M 66.68M 69.35M 101.63M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
2.25B 1.72B 273.73M 4.66B
Minority Interest Expense
44.55M 47.42M 22.63M 38.65M
Net Income
2.20B 1.68B 251.10M 4.62B
Net Income Growth
-2.75% -23.89% -85.02% +1,741.18%
Net Margin Growth
+11.86% +9.17% +1.41% +26.40%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
2.20B 1.68B 251.10M 4.62B
Preferred Dividends
116.76M 138.55M 132.12M 110.93M
Net Income Available to Common
2.09B 1.54B 118.98M 4.51B
EPS (Basic)
2.2888 1.6862 0.1304 4.8566
EPS (Basic) Growth
-4.00% -26.33% -92.27% +3,624.39%
Basic Shares Outstanding
911.50M 912.20M 912.30M 929.10M
EPS (Diluted)
2.2876 1.6862 0.1304 4.8566
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-4.01% -26.29% -92.27% +3,624.39%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
912.00M 912.20M 912.30M 929.10M
EBITDA
7.83B 7.72B 7.73B 7.63B
EBITDA Growth
-0.72% -1.48% +0.15% -1.32%
EBITDA Margin
+42.19% +42.22% +43.38% +43.56%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 26.837
Number of Ratings 21 Current Quarters Estimate 0.486
FY Report Date 06 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 1.85
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.421 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 2.046 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.964
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 10 10 16 15
Mean Estimate 0.49 0.51 1.85 1.96
High Estimates 0.50 0.53 1.96 2.19
Low Estimate 0.47 0.49 1.77 1.83
Coefficient of Variance 2.63 2.86 2.52 5.34

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 10 11 11
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 8 7 7
UNDERWEIGHT 2 2 2
SELL 1 1 1
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

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