Brokers Issue Forecasts for BCE’s FY2026 Earnings (TSE:BCE)

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Research analysts at Scotiabank lowered their FY2026 EPS estimates for BCE in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, February 11th. Scotiabank analyst M. Yaghi now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $2.53 for the year, down from their previous estimate of $2.81. Scotiabank has a “Outperform” rating and a $39.50 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share.

A number of other research firms have also recently issued reports on BCE. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on BCE from C$33.00 to C$37.00 in a research note on Friday, February 6th. National Bank Financial upped their price target on shares of BCE from C$38.00 to C$39.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. BMO Capital Markets raised shares of BCE from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a C$37.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Desjardins cut their price objective on shares of BCE from C$41.00 to C$40.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce raised BCE from a “neutral” rating to a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, BCE presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$37.85.

BCE Trading Down 0.3%

TSE BCE opened at C$35.01 on Friday. BCE has a one year low of C$28.73 and a one year high of C$36.59. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The firm has a market cap of C$32.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.16, a P/E/G ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.47. The stock’s 50-day moving average is C$33.27 and its 200-day moving average is C$33.13.

BCE (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported C$0.79 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of C$6.05 billion during the quarter. BCE had a net margin of 1.10% and a return on equity of 1.39%.

BCE Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 15th were given a $0.4375 dividend. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 15th. BCE’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 34.02%.

BCE Company Profile

Bell Media is Canada’s leading media and entertainment company with a portfolio of assets in premium video, audio, out-of-home advertising, and digital media. This includes Canada’s most-watched television network, CTV; the largest Canadian-owned video streamer, Crave, with a premium add-on to include STARZ; a powerful suite of specialty channels; the most-trusted news brand, CTV News; Canada’s cross-platform sports leaders, TSN and RDS; leading out-of-home advertising network, Astral; Québec’s fast-growing conventional French-language network, Noovo; the country’s leading radio and podcast app, iHeartRadio Canada; and a range of award-winning original productions, brands, and services.