Equities Analysts Offer Predictions for BCE FY2026 Earnings

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

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

Several other analysts have also recently commented on BCE. BMO Capital Markets upgraded shares of BCE from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a C$37.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. National Bank Financial raised their price target on BCE from C$38.00 to C$39.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 6th. Barclays raised shares of BCE from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of BCE from C$33.00 to C$37.00 in a report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, TD Securities reduced their target price 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. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$37.85.

BCE Trading Up 0.9%

BCE stock opened at C$35.11 on Friday. BCE has a 1 year low of C$28.73 and a 1 year high of C$36.59. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is C$33.22 and its 200-day moving average price is C$33.11. 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 stock has a market cap of C$32.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.17, a PEG ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.47.

BCE Dividend Announcement

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

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.