Zacks Research Has Negative Estimate for BCE Q1 Earnings

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for BCE in a report issued on Thursday, May 29th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.62 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.66. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for BCE’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.65 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.56 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.62 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.53 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on BCE. National Bank Financial upgraded BCE from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. Scotiabank upgraded BCE from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a C$39.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on BCE from C$28.00 to C$29.00 in a report on Monday, May 12th. National Bankshares upped their price target on BCE from C$35.00 to C$36.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 11th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group upped their price target on BCE from C$31.50 to C$32.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$37.13.

BCE Stock Performance

Shares of TSE BCE opened at C$30.11 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is C$30.37 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$33.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73, a current ratio of 0.62 and a quick ratio of 0.43. BCE has a one year low of C$28.73 and a one year high of C$49.13. The company has a market capitalization of C$27.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 101.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.48.

BCE Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 15th were issued a $0.9975 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $3.99 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 13.25%. BCE’s 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.