BCE.PRR Stock Overview

A communications company, provides wireless, wireline, Internet, and television (TV) services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in Canada. More details

BCE.PRR fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	2/6
Future Growth	4/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	4/6

Rewards

Trading at 64.7% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 28.24% per year

Risk Analysis

Dividend of 10.98% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

Large one-off items impacting financial results

Profit margins (0.7%) are lower than last year (8.4%)

Has a high level of debt

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BCE Inc. Competitors

TELUS

TSX:T

CA$34.4b

Quebecor

TSX:QBR.A

CA$8.4b

Cogeco Communications

TSX:CCA

CA$2.8b

Cogeco

TSX:CGO

CA$567.5m

Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for BCE
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	CA$16.80
52 Week High	CA$17.34
52 Week Low	CA$14.49
Beta	0.43
1 Month Change	0.54%
3 Month Change	10.38%
1 Year Change	3.07%
3 Year Change	-7.28%
5 Year Change	70.21%
Change since IPO	-34.12%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	BCE.PRR	CA Telecom	CA Market
7D	-0.5%	4.9%	-2.1%
1Y	3.1%	-10.8%	9.6%

Return vs Industry: BCE.PRR exceeded the Canadian Telecom industry which returned -10.8% over the past year.

Return vs Market: BCE.PRR underperformed the Canadian Market which returned 9.6% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is BCE.PRR's price volatile compared to industry and market?
BCE.PRR volatility
BCE.PRR Average Weekly Movement	1.8%
Telecom Industry Average Movement	4.3%
Market Average Movement	8.6%
10% most volatile stocks in CA Market	17.6%
10% least volatile stocks in CA Market	3.2%

Stable Share Price: BCE.PRR has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the Canadian market.

Volatility Over Time: BCE.PRR's weekly volatility (2%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1880	40,390	Mirko Bibic	www.bce.ca

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.

BCE Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do BCE's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
BCE.PRR fundamental statistics
Market cap	CA$33.51b
Earnings (TTM)	CA$163.00m
Revenue (TTM)	CA$24.41b

205.6x

P/E Ratio

1.4x

P/S Ratio

Is BCE.PRR overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
BCE.PRR income statement (TTM)
Revenue	CA$24.41b
Cost of Revenue	CA$13.47b
Gross Profit	CA$10.94b
Other Expenses	CA$10.77b
Earnings	CA$163.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Dec 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

May 08, 2025

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.18
Gross Margin	44.81%
Net Profit Margin	0.67%
Debt/Equity Ratio	200.6%

How did BCE.PRR perform over the long term?

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Dividends

11.0%

Current Dividend Yield

2,233%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/03/11 11:41
End of Day Share Price	2025/03/07 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

BCE Inc. is covered by 40 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Amman Saeed	Accountability Research Corporation
null null	Argus Research Company
Lauren Bonham	Barclays