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BCE Inc (NYSE: BCE) closed the day trading at $21.81 up 0.74% from the previous closing price of $21.65. In other words, the price has increased by $0.74 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.71 million shares were traded. BCE stock price reached its highest trading level at $21.905 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $21.55.
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 14.66 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.10. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.53 and its Current Ratio is at 0.55. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.37 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.92.
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 20105003008 and an Enterprise Value of 62458994688. As of this moment, BCE’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 175.60, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.59. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.13 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.11. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.559 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.208.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BCE is 0.68, which has changed by -0.33607304 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.097913146 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 -4.90%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -22.51%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BCE traded about 3.28M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BCE traded about 2970630 shares per day. A total of 921.83M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 920.89M. Insiders hold about 0.10% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 41.11% stake in the company. Shares short for BCE as of 1744675200 were 49629685 with a Short Ratio of 15.15, compared to 1741910400 on 52844368.
Dividends & Splits
BCE’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.85, up from 3.99 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.18429561The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.83. The current Payout Ratio is 2233.50% 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.
Earnings Estimates
The firm’s stock currently is rated by 10.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.73, with high estimates of $0.75 and low estimates of $0.72.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.87 and $2.55 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.74. EPS for the following year is $2.68, with 15.0 analysts recommending between $3.05 and $2.35.
Revenue Estimates
7 analysts predict $5.93B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $6.03B to a low estimate of $5.88B. As of the current estimate, BCE Inc’s year-ago sales were $6.01BFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $5.93B. There is a high estimate of $5.99B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $5.89B.
A total of 14 analysts have provided revenue estimates for BCE’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $25.12B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $23.92B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $24.27B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $24.41BBased on 14 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $24.86B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $25.8B and the low estimate is $23.84B.
