Research Analysts Set Expectations for BCE FY2026 Earnings

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Analysts at National Bank Financial boosted their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for shares of 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.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on BCE. Scotiabank cut their price target on BCE from C$42.00 to C$40.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 7th. TD Securities increased their price target on BCE from C$31.00 to C$33.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 7th. Barclays lowered BCE from an “equal weight” rating to an “underperform” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from C$41.00 to C$30.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on BCE from C$45.00 to C$41.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, December 18th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered BCE from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from C$35.00 to C$29.00 in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$40.50.

BCE Price Performance

BCE stock opened at C$35.16 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$31.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 117.96, a PEG ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48. BCE has a 52-week low of C$31.43 and a 52-week high of C$49.13. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is C$33.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$39.07. 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 Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared 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. This represents a $3.99 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.35%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. BCE’s payout ratio is currently 1,338.57%.

BCE Company Profile

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.