BCE Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 0/6

BCE's earnings have been declining at an average annual rate of -10.5%, while the Telecom industry saw earnings growing at 28.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 1.3% per year. BCE's return on equity is 1.7%, and it has net margins of 0.3%.

Key information

-10.5%

Earnings growth rate

-10.8%

EPS growth rate

Telecom Industry Growth	11.5%
Revenue growth rate	1.3%
Return on equity	1.7%
Net Margin	0.3%
Next Earnings Update	08 May 2025

Recent past performance updates

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Recent updates

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Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How BCE makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

BMV:BCE N Revenue, expenses and earnings (CAD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
30 Sep 24	24,460	84	218	90
30 Jun 24	24,569	1,961	218	90
31 Mar 24	24,630	1,753	218	90
31 Dec 23	24,673	2,076	218	90
30 Sep 23	24,639	2,222	220	57
30 Jun 23	24,583	2,297	220	57
31 Mar 23	24,378	2,564	220	57
31 Dec 22	24,174	2,716	220	57
30 Sep 22	23,944	2,813	213	0
30 Jun 22	23,756	2,855	213	0
31 Mar 22	23,593	2,944	213	0
31 Dec 21	23,449	2,709	213	0
30 Sep 21	23,342	2,762	241	0
30 Jun 21	23,293	2,691	241	0
31 Mar 21	22,949	2,239	241	0
31 Dec 20	22,883	2,272	241	0
30 Sep 20	23,056	2,261	236	0
30 Jun 20	23,209	2,434	236	0
31 Mar 20	23,744	2,955	236	0
31 Dec 19	23,793	3,011	236	0
30 Sep 19	23,733	2,950	352	0
30 Jun 19	23,670	2,905	352	0
31 Mar 19	23,567	2,855	352	0
31 Dec 18	23,468	2,785	352	0
30 Sep 18	23,289	2,835	399	0
30 Jun 18	23,109	2,824	399	0
31 Mar 18	23,011	2,885	399	0
31 Dec 17	22,757	2,866	399	0
30 Sep 17	22,423	2,867	353	0
30 Jun 17	22,133	2,816	353	0
31 Mar 17	21,785	2,829	353	0
31 Dec 16	21,719	2,894	353	0
30 Sep 16	21,620	2,733	340	0
30 Jun 16	21,558	2,720	340	0
31 Mar 16	21,544	2,701	340	0
31 Dec 15	21,514	2,526	340	0
30 Sep 15	21,439	2,572	335	0
30 Jun 15	21,289	2,433	335	0
31 Mar 15	21,183	2,280	335	0
31 Dec 14	21,042	2,363	335	0
30 Sep 14	20,896	2,316	300	0
30 Jun 14	20,800	2,059	300	0
31 Mar 14	20,580	2,024	300	0
31 Dec 13	20,400	1,975	300	0

Quality Earnings: BCE N has a large one-off loss of CA$2.6B impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: BCE N's current net profit margins (0.3%) are lower than last year (9%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: BCE N's earnings have declined by 10.5% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: BCE N's has had negative earnings growth over the past year, so it can't be compared to its 5-year average.

Earnings vs Industry: BCE N had negative earnings growth (-96.2%) over the past year, making it difficult to compare to the Telecom industry average (18.2%).

Return on Equity

High ROE: BCE N's Return on Equity (1.7%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/18 08:42
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/03 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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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

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Analyst Sources

BCE Inc. is covered by 40 analysts. 15 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
Mark Rosen	Accountability Research Corporation
Amman Saeed	Accountability Research Corporation
null null	Argus Research Company