What is Scotiabank’s Estimate for BCE FY2026 Earnings?

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Scotiabank upped their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of BCE in a research note issued on Thursday, May 14th. Scotiabank analyst M. Yaghi now anticipates that the company will earn $2.64 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $2.60. Scotiabank has a “Outperform” rating and a $41.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share.

Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. National Bank Financial upped their price objective on BCE from C$38.00 to C$39.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Desjardins reduced their price objective on BCE from C$41.50 to C$41.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on BCE from C$38.00 to C$39.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 17th. TD Securities downgraded BCE from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from C$41.00 to C$37.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. Finally, Barclays upgraded BCE from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$37.78.

BCE Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of TSE:BCE opened at C$33.20 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of C$30.96 billion, a PE ratio of 4.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 183.90, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The business has a fifty day moving average price of C$33.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$33.51. BCE has a 1 year low of C$29.17 and a 1 year high of C$36.25.

BCE (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported C$0.63 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of C$6.17 billion during the quarter. BCE had a return on equity of 29.69% and a net margin of 26.07%.

BCE Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 15th were paid a dividend of $0.4375 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.3%. BCE’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.85%.

About BCE

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.