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In the latest session, BCE Inc (NYSE: BCE) closed at $22.82 up 0.40% from its previous closing price of $22.73. In other words, the price has increased by $0.40 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.37 million shares were traded. BCE stock price reached its highest trading level at $22.925 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $22.49.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of BCE Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.78 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 8.13. 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 20818298880 and an Enterprise Value of 62151299072. As of this moment, BCE’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 324.61, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.47. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.16 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.99. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.541 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.059.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BCE is 0.61, which has changed by -0.45249522 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.22677135 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BCE has reached a high of $41.77, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $21.87. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -10.49%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -27.82%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, BCE has traded an average of 3.82M shares per day and 3638120 over the past ten days. A total of 912.28M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 911.76M. Insiders hold about 0.06% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 40.98% stake in the company. Shares short for BCE as of 1735603200 were 41151252 with a Short Ratio of 11.96, compared to 1732838400 on 48685271.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for BCE is 2.90, from 3.96 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.1742191The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 6.49. The current Payout Ratio is 170.05% for BCE, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-09-16 with an ex-dividend date of 1734307200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1997-05-23 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
