Analysts Issue Forecasts for BCE’s Q3 Earnings (TSE:BCE)

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Stock analysts at Cormark issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for BCE in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, October 29th. Cormark analyst D. Mcfadgen anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.79 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the company. Scotiabank increased their price target on BCE from C$39.50 to C$41.50 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, September 8th. CIBC increased their price target on BCE from C$36.00 to C$37.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. TD Securities raised BCE from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the company from C$35.00 to C$37.00 in a research note on Wednesday, October 15th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on BCE from C$51.00 to C$35.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, National Bankshares set a C$35.00 price target on BCE and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, BCE presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$36.17.

BCE Stock Performance

TSE:BCE opened at C$32.35 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of C$33.16 and a 200 day moving average price of C$31.97. BCE has a 12-month low of C$28.73 and a 12-month high of C$45.15. The stock has a market capitalization of C$29.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 70.33, a P/E/G ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a current ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73.

BCE Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 15th were issued a $0.4375 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 15th. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.4%. BCE’s payout ratio is 745.65%.

BCE Company Profile

BCE is both a wireless and internet service provider, offering wireless, broadband, television, and landline phone services in Canada. It is one of the big three national wireless carriers, with its roughly 10 million customers constituting about 30% of the market. It is also the ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrierthe legacy telephone provider) throughout much of the eastern half of Canada, including in the most populous Canadian provincesOntario and Quebec.