BCE Inc. (BCE) To Go Ex-Dividend on September 15th

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 15th will be given a dividend of 0.4375 per share on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 15th.

BCE Price Performance

Shares of BCE stock traded up C$0.26 during midday trading on Friday, hitting C$32.39. 3,080,135 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,079,188. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is C$31.52 and its 200-day moving average price is C$33.00. The stock has a market cap of C$30.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.81, a PEG ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.37. BCE has a 12 month low of C$29.66 and a 12 month high of C$36.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 175.06, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 0.73.

BCE (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported C$0.65 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of C$6.18 billion during the quarter. BCE had a net margin of 25.89% and a return on equity of 27.73%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that BCE will post 3.1120864 earnings per share for the current year.

BCE Company Profile

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.