bce inc. - BCE

BCE

Close Chg Chg %
23.58 0.26 1.10%

Closed Market

23.84

+0.26 (1.10%)

Volume: 3.28M

Last Updated:

Dec 31, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: bce inc. - BCE

BCE Key Data

Open

$23.57

Day Range

23.57 - 23.96

52 Week Range

20.28 - 26.01

Market Cap

$21.98B

Shares Outstanding

932.53M

Public Float

931.59M

Beta

0.64

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

4.88

EPS

$4.79

Yield

873.51%

Dividend

$0.32

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Dec 15, 2025

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

2.90M

 

BCE Performance

1 Week
 
3.34%
 
1 Month
 
1.32%
 
3 Months
 
1.97%
 
1 Year
 
2.76%
 
5 Years
 
-44.35%
 

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 17.82B
Industry Major Telecommunications Net Income 251.10M
Sector Communications Employees 40,390
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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BCE Valuation

P/E Current 4.878
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 177.668
Price to Sales Ratio 1.186
Price to Book Ratio 2.245
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 4.14
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 6.545
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.839
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.557

BCE Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 441,131.17
Income Per Employee 6,216.933
Receivables Turnover 5.16
Total Asset Turnover 0.337

BCE Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.554
Quick Ratio 0.525
Cash Ratio 0.133

BCE Profitability

Gross Margin 30.579
Operating Margin 22.729
Pretax Margin 4.871
Net Margin 1.409
Return on Assets 0.475
Return on Equity 1.846
Return on Total Capital 0.627
Return on Invested Capital 0.682

BCE Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 237.268
Total Debt to Total Capital 70.35
Total Debt to Total Assets 55.119
Long-Term Debt to Equity 242.54
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 57.03
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Annual Financials for Bce Inc. - BCE

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
18.70B 18.57B 18.28B 17.82B
Sales Growth
+9.63% -0.72% -1.55% -2.53%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
13.02B 12.89B 12.78B 12.37B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
3.68B 3.63B 3.64B 3.68B
Depreciation
2.89B 2.81B 2.77B 2.74B
Amortization of Intangibles
783.26M 816.53M 869.09M 936.52M
COGS Growth
+11.12% -0.99% -0.85% -3.22%
Gross Income
5.68B 5.68B 5.50B 5.45B
Gross Income Growth
+6.37% -0.09% -3.15% -0.94%
Gross Profit Margin
+30.39% +30.58% +30.09% +30.58%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.47B 1.47B 1.43B 1.40B
Research & Development
45.46M 43.78M 66.68M 48.18M
Other SG&A
1.42B 1.43B 1.36B 1.35B
SGA Growth
+0.34% +0.22% -3.19% -1.89%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
144.37M 341.05M 331.19M 2.13B
EBIT after Unusual Expense
4.07B 3.87B 3.74B 1.92B
Non Operating Income/Expense
7.98M 52.23M 221.53M 194.90M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- - 49.64M 89.78M
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Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
863.02M 880.28M 1.09B 1.25B
Interest Expense Growth
+4.29% +2.00% +24.15% +14.42%
Gross Interest Expense
913.27M 978.60M 1.19B 1.35B
Interest Capitalized
50.25M 98.32M 100.02M 104.38M
Pretax Income
3.22B 3.04B 2.87B 867.91M
Pretax Income Growth
+32.29% -5.54% -5.45% -69.78%
Pretax Margin
+17.19% +16.36% +15.71% +4.87%
Income Tax
832.71M 742.79M 737.95M 421.18M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
652.45M 598.38M 671.27M 351.83M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
180.26M 144.41M 66.68M 69.35M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
2.31B 2.25B 1.72B 273.73M
Minority Interest Expense
41.48M 44.55M 47.42M 22.63M
Net Income
2.27B 2.20B 1.68B 251.10M
Net Income Growth
+26.18% -2.75% -23.89% -85.02%
Net Margin Growth
+12.11% +11.86% +9.17% +1.41%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
2.27B 2.20B 1.68B 251.10M
Preferred Dividends
104.49M 116.76M 138.55M 132.12M
Net Income Available to Common
2.16B 2.09B 1.54B 118.98M
EPS (Basic)
2.3841 2.2888 1.6862 0.1304
EPS (Basic) Growth
+26.44% -4.00% -26.33% -92.27%
Basic Shares Outstanding
906.30M 911.50M 912.20M 912.30M
EPS (Diluted)
2.3831 2.2876 1.6862 0.1304
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+26.40% -4.01% -26.29% -92.27%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
906.70M 912.00M 912.20M 912.30M
EBITDA
7.89B 7.83B 7.72B 7.73B
EBITDA Growth
+10.17% -0.72% -1.48% +0.15%
EBITDA Margin
+42.19% +42.19% +42.22% +43.38%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 25.78
Number of Ratings 21 Current Quarters Estimate 0.434
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 1.93
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.453 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.952 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.953
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 5 5 16 10
Mean Estimate 0.43 0.50 1.93 1.95
High Estimates 0.48 0.56 2.21 2.15
Low Estimate 0.40 0.46 1.77 1.72
Coefficient of Variance 6.50 7.63 6.85 6.47

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 11 11 8
OVERWEIGHT 0 0 0
HOLD 6 6 7
UNDERWEIGHT 2 2 2
SELL 2 2 3
MEAN Overweight Overweight Hold

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