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BCE Inc (NYSE: BCE) closed the day trading at $24.9 down -1.27% from the previous closing price of $25.22. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.27 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.69 million shares were traded. BCE stock price reached its highest trading level at $25.3 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $24.855.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BCE, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 61.41 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.40. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.51 and its Current Ratio is at 0.55. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.08 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.80.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BCE now has a Market Capitalization of 23286454272 and an Enterprise Value of 64002891776. As of this moment, BCE’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 84.75, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.72. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.31 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.16. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.622 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.397.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BCE is 0.67, which has changed by -0.2887746 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.15624678 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BCE has reached a high of $36.17, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $20.28. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 4.81%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.51%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BCE traded about 3.22M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BCE traded about 3381300 shares per day. A total of 932.53M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 919.52M. Insiders hold about 0.25% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 44.61% stake in the company. Shares short for BCE as of 1753920000 were 40171165 with a Short Ratio of 12.47, compared to 1751241600 on 43414974.
Dividends & Splits
BCE’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.45, up from 3.43 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.13600318The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 7.24. The current Payout Ratio is 2233.50% for BCE, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-16 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1997-05-23 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The firm’s stock currently is rated by 13.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.59, with high estimates of $0.62 and low estimates of $0.53.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.86 and $2.61 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.69. EPS for the following year is $2.57, with 4.0 analysts recommending between $2.82 and $2.41.
Revenue Estimates
10 analysts predict $6.15B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $6.57B to a low estimate of $6.02B. As of the current estimate, BCE Inc’s year-ago sales were $5.97BFor the next quarter, 10 analysts are estimating revenue of $6.5B. There is a high estimate of $6.65B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $6.16B.
A total of 15 analysts have provided revenue estimates for BCE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $24.93B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $24.5B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $24.67B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $24.41BBased on 15 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $25.37B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $26.07B and the low estimate is $25.05B.
