BCE Inc. (BCE) Stock

About BCE Inc.

BCE Inc. stands as a prominent Canadian telecommunications and media conglomerate, delivering a comprehensive suite of wireless, landline, internet, and television services to households, enterprises, and wholesale partners across the nation. The company's activities are strategically divided across three core divisions: Bell Wireless, Bell Wireline, and Bell Media. The Bell Wireless segment is dedicated to providing mobile voice and data communication solutions, alongside consumer electronic devices. Bell Wireline offers a wide array of services, including internet access, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), local and long-distance telephony, additional communication products, satellite television, and various connectivity options. This segment is also actively involved in the wholesale market, both acquiring and supplying telecommunication services like local, long-distance, and data to other carriers and resellers. Finally, the Bell Media division oversees an extensive portfolio of entertainment and advertising ventures, spanning conventional, specialty, and premium pay television, streaming platforms, digital media content, radio broadcasting, and outdoor advertising. Established in 1880, BCE Inc. maintains its corporate headquarters in Verdun, Canada.

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 $21.24 with a market capitalization of $19.81B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.98, price-to-book of 1.56, price-to-sales of 1.27. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $20.87 and $26.52, and currently trades 19.9% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 5.19%.

On profitability, BCE Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 31.49% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 23.25%, an operating margin of 21.89%, a net profit margin of 26.07%.

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 1.84, 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 3,832,614 shares, a beta of 0.59 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.bce.ca