BCE is a telecom services business based in the US. BCE shares (BCE) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. BCE employs 45,132 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $24.6 billion.
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| Latest market close | $35.32 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $31.13 - $40.04 |
| 50-day moving average | $33.53 |
| 200-day moving average | $35.84 |
| Wall St. target price | $36.14 |
| PE ratio | 21.875 |
| Dividend yield | $3.93 (8.26%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $1.60 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $35.32 from 2024-09-03
| 1 week (2024-08-29) | 1.23% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-08-05) | 4.10% |
| 3 months (2024-06-05) | 2.35% |
| 6 months (2024-03-05) | -1.62% |
| 1 year (2023-09-05) | -13.94% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-09-01) | -26.77% |
| 3 years (2021-09-03) | 52.49 |
| 5 years (2019-09-05) | 42.6735 |
Valuing BCE stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of BCE's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
BCE's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, BCE shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
BCE's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.6597. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into BCE's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
BCE's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $8.8 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a BCE's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $24.6 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 24.05% |
| Gross profit TTM | $10.5 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 4.82% |
| Return on equity TTM | 10.63% |
| Profit margin | 8.75% |
| Book value | $17.69 |
| Market Capitalization | $31.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 94.03% of net profits
Recently BCE has paid out, on average, around 94.03% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 8.26% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), BCE shareholders could enjoy a 8.26% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In BCE's case, that would currently equate to about $3.93 per share.
BCE's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.
BCE's most recent dividend payout was on 14 October 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 15 September 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
BCE's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 22 May 1997. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your BCE shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for BCE shares which in turn could have impacted BCE's share price.
Over the last 12 months, BCE's shares have ranged in value from as little as $31.125 up to $40.036. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while BCE's is 0.482. This would suggest that BCE's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
BCE Inc. , a communications company, provides wireless, wireline, Internet, and television (TV) services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in Canada. The company operates through two segments, Bell Communication and Technology Services, and Bell Media. The Bell Communication and Technology Services segment provides wireless products and services including mobile data and voice plans and devices; wireline products and services comprising data, including internet access, internet protocol television, cloud-based services, and business solutions, as well as voice, and other communication services and products; and satellite TV and connectivity services for residential, small and medium-sized business, government, and large enterprise customers. This segment also buys and sells local telephone, long distance, and data and other services from or to resellers and other carriers; and operates consumer electronics retail stores. The Bell Media segment provides conventional TV, specialty TV, pay TV, streaming services, digital media services, radio broadcasting services, and out-of-home advertising services. BCE Inc.
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