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BCE Inc (NYSE: BCE) closed the day trading at $22.51 up 1.67% from the previous closing price of $22.14. In other words, the price has increased by $1.67 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.75 million shares were traded. BCE stock price reached its highest trading level at $22.7546 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $22.21.
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 10.63 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.02. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.55 and its Current Ratio is at 0.57. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.27 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.84.
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 20535490560 and an Enterprise Value of 61868490752. As of this moment, BCE’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 320.20, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.87. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.15 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.96. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.529 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.027.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BCE is 0.62, which has changed by -0.4030736 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21659255 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BCE has reached a high of $38.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $21.87. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -7.01%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -27.12%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BCE traded about 4.12M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BCE traded about 4288630 shares per day. A total of 912.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 911.40M. Insiders hold about 0.10% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 41.01% stake in the company. Shares short for BCE as of 1736899200 were 41151252 with a Short Ratio of 9.99, compared to 1734048000 on 45700642.
Dividends & Splits
BCE’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.90, up from 3.96 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.1788618The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.61. The current Payout Ratio is 2216.51% for BCE, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-12-16 with an ex-dividend date of 1741910400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1997-05-23 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
