Research Analysts Set Expectations for BCE FY2026 Earnings

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Research analysts at National Bank Financial boosted their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of BCE in a report issued on Monday, March 10th. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $2.56 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $2.40. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share.

Other equities research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Canaccord Genuity Group raised their target price on BCE from C$33.00 to C$33.50 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Scotiabank cut their price target on BCE from C$42.00 to C$40.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on BCE from C$45.00 to C$41.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 18th. TD Securities increased their price target on BCE from C$31.00 to C$33.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Finally, National Bankshares increased their price target on BCE from C$35.00 to C$36.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$40.50.

BCE Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of BCE stock opened at C$35.16 on Wednesday. BCE has a 1 year low of C$31.43 and a 1 year high of C$49.13. The firm has a market cap of C$31.85 billion, a PE ratio of 117.96, a P/E/G ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$33.94 and a 200-day moving average price of C$39.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.43.

BCE Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 15th will be paid a $0.9975 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $3.99 annualized dividend and a yield of 11.35%. BCE’s dividend 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.