BCE FY2026 EPS Estimate Raised by National Bank Financial

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Investment analysts at National Bank Financial raised their FY2026 earnings estimates for BCE in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, March 10th. National Bank Financial analyst A. Shine now expects that the company will earn $2.56 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $2.40. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share.

Several other research firms have also commented on BCE. Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price target on shares of BCE from C$33.00 to C$33.50 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered shares of BCE from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from C$35.00 to C$29.00 in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on shares of BCE from C$45.00 to C$41.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. TD Securities upped their price target on shares of BCE from C$31.00 to C$33.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Scotiabank lowered their price target on shares of BCE from C$42.00 to C$40.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, BCE currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$40.50.

BCE Stock Down 2.1 %

Shares of TSE:BCE opened at C$35.04 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is C$33.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$39.15. The stock has a market capitalization of C$31.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 117.55, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.62. BCE has a 1-year low of C$31.43 and a 1-year high of C$49.13.

BCE Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 15th will be given a $0.9975 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $3.99 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.39%. BCE’s dividend payout ratio is presently 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.