Zacks Research Has Bearish Forecast for BCE Q3 Earnings

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for BCE in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will earn $0.70 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.77. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BCE’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.70 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also recently weighed in on BCE. National Bankshares dropped their target price on shares of BCE from C$37.00 to C$35.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their target price on BCE from C$33.00 to C$33.50 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, February 7th. Scotiabank cut their target price on shares of BCE from C$42.00 to C$40.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, February 7th. TD Securities increased their target price on BCE from C$31.00 to C$33.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 7th. Finally, Barclays cut BCE from an “equal weight” rating to an “underperform” rating and reduced their price target for the company from C$41.00 to C$30.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$40.42.

BCE Stock Up 0.7 %

BCE stock opened at C$33.78 on Friday. BCE has a fifty-two week low of C$31.43 and a fifty-two week high of C$50.62. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is C$33.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$39.96. The stock has a market cap of C$30.60 billion, a PE ratio of 113.33, 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 Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th were given a $0.9975 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. This represents a $3.99 annualized dividend and a yield of 11.81%. BCE’s dividend payout ratio is presently 1,338.57%.

BCE Company Profile

BCE is both a wireless and internet service provider, offering wireless, broadband, television, and landline phone services in Canada. It is one of the big three national wireless carriers, with its roughly 10 million customers constituting about 30% of the market. It is also the ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrierthe legacy telephone provider) throughout much of the eastern half of Canada, including in the most populous Canadian provincesOntario and Quebec.