BCE Valuation

Is BCE.PRN undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of BCE.PRN when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BCE.PRN (CA$16.35) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$44.59)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BCE.PRN is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BCE.PRN?

Key metric: As BCE.PRN is barely profitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for BCE.PRN. This is calculated by dividing BCE.PRN's market cap by their current revenue.
What is BCE.PRN's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.4x
SalesCA$24.46b
Market CapCA$34.14b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does BCE.PRN's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for BCE.PRN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1x
T TELUS
1.6x3.9%CA$31.9b
QBR.A Quebecor
1.3x1.2%CA$7.4b
CCA Cogeco Communications
1x-0.2%CA$2.9b
CGO Cogeco
0.2x-0.4%CA$571.7m
1.4x1.3%CA$34.1b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: BCE.PRN is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the peer average (1x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does BCE.PRN's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the North American Telecom Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BCE.PRN 1.4xIndustry Avg. 1.3xNo. of Companies7PS00.61.21.82.43+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: BCE.PRN is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the North American Telecom industry average (1.3x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BCE.PRN's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

BCE.PRN PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.4x
Fair PS Ratio1.2x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: BCE.PRN is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.4x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.2x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Forecast: Insufficient data to show price forecast.


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