BCE, Inc. (BCE) Stock

About BCE, Inc.

BCE, Inc. is led by CEO Mirko Bibic, employs 40,390 people, headquartered in Verdun, CA, publicly traded since 1982.

BCE, Inc. (BCE) stock trades at $19.96 with a market capitalization of $18.61B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.17, price-to-book of 1.10, price-to-sales of 1.06. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $19.64 and $26.52, and currently trades 24.7% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 6.39%.

On profitability, BCE, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 27.73% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 7.56%, an operating margin of 21.89%, a net profit margin of 25.89%.

In its most recent fiscal year, BCE, Inc. reported annual revenue of $24.5B, net profit of $6.5B, revenue has compounded at 1.3% a year over the last five years, profit at 19.7% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.75, a current ratio of 0.58, total assets of $80.2B, $320.0M in cash and equivalents.

BCE has an average daily trading volume of 4,009,043 shares, a beta of 0.61 (less volatile than the overall market).