Equities Analysts Set Expectations for BCE Q3 Earnings

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCE) (NYSE:BCE) – Research analysts at Desjardins upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for BCE in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, October 15th. Desjardins analyst J. Dubreuil now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.68 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.67. Desjardins currently has a “Buy” rating and a $41.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for BCE’s current full-year earnings is $3.11 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for BCE’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.69 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. National Bankshares set a C$35.00 price objective on shares of BCE and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 12th. CIBC lifted their price objective on shares of BCE from C$36.00 to C$37.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Cibc World Mkts cut shares of BCE from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 3rd. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on shares of BCE from C$51.00 to C$35.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, TD Securities raised BCE from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from C$35.00 to C$37.00 in a research note on Wednesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, BCE has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of C$36.17.

BCE Price Performance

Shares of TSE BCE opened at C$33.21 on Thursday. BCE has a fifty-two week low of C$28.73 and a fifty-two week high of C$46.62. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is C$33.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$31.79. The company has a quick ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 226.73. The stock has a market cap of C$30.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 72.20, a P/E/G ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.57.

BCE Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, October 15th were paid a $0.4375 dividend. This represents a $1.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 15th. BCE’s payout ratio is currently 745.65%.

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.