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BCE Inc (NYSE: BCE) closed the day trading at $23.70 up 0.98% from the previous closing price of $23.47. In other words, the price has increased by $0.98 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.46 million shares were traded. BCE stock price reached its highest trading level at $23.905 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $23.27.
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 15.93 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 9.88. 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 21847252992 and an Enterprise Value of 64201244672. As of this moment, BCE’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 190.82, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 12.53. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.23 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.30. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.63 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.409.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BCE is 0.60, which has changed by -0.30640912 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.09589827 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 $21.87. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.28%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -20.23%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BCE traded about 3.53M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BCE traded about 3015920 shares per day. A total of 921.83M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 920.98M. Insiders hold about 0.09% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 41.21% stake in the company. Shares short for BCE as of 1740700800 were 50977855 with a Short Ratio of 14.43, compared to 1738281600 on 40437091.
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 0.17000426The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.72. 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.
