Research Analysts Offer Predictions for BCE FY2026 Earnings

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Equities research analysts at Scotiabank decreased their FY2026 EPS estimates for BCE in a research note issued on Friday, January 23rd. Scotiabank analyst M. Yaghi now anticipates that the company will earn $2.81 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $2.82. Scotiabank has a “Outperform” rating and a $40.25 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the company. CIBC raised BCE from a “neutral” rating to a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 9th. TD Securities reduced their price target on shares of BCE from C$39.00 to C$38.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Desjardins cut their target price on shares of BCE from C$42.00 to C$41.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised shares of BCE from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the company from C$35.00 to C$47.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upgraded BCE from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a C$37.00 target price for the company in a report on Thursday, December 11th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have given a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$36.20.

BCE Stock Down 0.1%

BCE stock opened at C$34.48 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of C$32.15 billion, a PE ratio of 5.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.62. BCE has a fifty-two week low of C$28.73 and a fifty-two week high of C$36.59. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of C$32.59 and a 200 day moving average price of C$32.94.

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

BCE Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 15th were issued a dividend of $0.4375 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 15th. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.1%. BCE’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 43.09%.

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.