Financials BCE Inc.

Equities

BCE

CA05534B7604

Integrated Telecommunications Services

Market Closed - Toronto S.E. 04:00:00 2024-05-31 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
46.62 CAD +1.26% Intraday chart for BCE Inc. +1.59% -10.64%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 54,366 49,225 59,811 54,252 47,593 42,530 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 80,517 77,326 89,277 86,023 81,998 80,083 79,427 78,725
P/E ratio 17.9 x 19.7 x 22 x 20 x 22.9 x 18.4 x 14.9 x 14.7 x
Yield 5.27% 6.12% 5.32% 6.19% 7.42% 8.55% 8.74% 8.87%
Capitalization / Revenue 2.27 x 2.15 x 2.55 x 2.24 x 1.93 x 1.72 x 1.69 x 1.67 x
EV / Revenue 3.36 x 3.38 x 3.81 x 3.56 x 3.32 x 3.23 x 3.16 x 3.1 x
EV / EBITDA 7.97 x 8.05 x 9.02 x 8.43 x 7.87 x 7.54 x 7.29 x 7.09 x
EV / FCF 21.1 x 23.1 x 29.8 x 28 x 26.1 x 27.5 x 21.5 x 20.5 x
FCF Yield 4.74% 4.33% 3.35% 3.57% 3.83% 3.64% 4.65% 4.89%
Price to Book 2.58 x 2.35 x 2.64 x 2.45 x 2.35 x 2.47 x 2.48 x 2.85 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 903,690 904,375 908,850 911,955 912,274 912,279 - -
Reference price 2 60.16 54.43 65.81 59.49 52.17 46.62 46.62 46.62
Announcement Date 2/6/20 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 23,964 22,883 23,449 24,174 24,673 24,780 25,172 25,431
EBITDA 1 10,106 9,607 9,893 10,199 10,417 10,620 10,902 11,100
EBIT 1 5,594 4,615 5,284 5,476 5,499 5,410 5,778 5,901
Operating Margin 23.34% 20.17% 22.53% 22.65% 22.29% 21.83% 22.96% 23.2%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 4,386 3,265 3,936 3,893 3,323 3,400 4,167 4,198
Net income 1 3,040 2,498 2,709 2,716 2,076 2,324 2,828 2,893
Net margin 12.69% 10.92% 11.55% 11.24% 8.41% 9.38% 11.23% 11.38%
EPS 2 3.370 2.760 2.990 2.980 2.280 2.540 3.120 3.172
Free Cash Flow 1 3,818 3,348 2,995 3,067 3,144 2,912 3,697 3,849
FCF margin 15.93% 14.63% 12.77% 12.69% 12.74% 11.75% 14.69% 15.14%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 37.78% 34.85% 30.27% 30.07% 30.18% 27.42% 33.91% 34.68%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 125.59% 134.03% 110.56% 112.92% 151.45% 125.3% 130.72% 133.05%
Dividend per Share 2 3.170 3.330 3.500 3.680 3.870 3.987 4.073 4.136
Announcement Date 2/6/20 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2
Net sales 1 6,209 5,850 5,861 6,024 6,439 6,054 6,066 6,080 6,473 6,011 6,119 6,161 6,501 6,040 -
EBITDA 1 2,430 2,584 2,590 2,588 2,437 2,538 2,645 2,667 2,567 2,565 2,688 2,728 2,635 2,638 -
EBIT 1 1,254 1,420 1,351 1,385 1,245 1,337 1,413 1,435 1,314 1,303 1,363 1,448 1,352 1,319 -
Operating Margin 20.2% 24.27% 23.05% 22.99% 19.34% 22.08% 23.29% 23.6% 20.3% 21.68% 22.28% 23.51% 20.79% 21.83% -
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 907 1,269 886 949 789 1,058 670 950 645 623 907.2 939.1 913.3 - -
Net income 1 625 877 596 715 528 725 329 640 382 402 683 651.1 570.3 556.5 -
Net margin 10.07% 14.99% 10.17% 11.87% 8.2% 11.98% 5.42% 10.53% 5.9% 6.69% 11.16% 10.57% 8.77% 9.21% -
EPS 2 0.6900 0.9600 0.6600 0.7800 0.5800 0.7900 0.3700 0.7000 0.4200 0.4400 0.6616 0.7192 0.6849 0.6958 -
Dividend per Share 2 0.8750 0.9200 0.9200 0.9200 0.9200 0.9675 0.9675 0.9675 0.9675 0.9975 0.9992 0.9992 0.9992 1.012 0.9975
Announcement Date 2/3/22 5/5/22 8/4/22 11/3/22 2/2/23 5/4/23 8/2/23 11/2/23 2/8/24 5/2/24 - - - - -
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 26,151 28,101 29,466 31,771 34,405 37,552 36,896 36,195
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 2.588 x 2.925 x 2.978 x 3.115 x 3.303 x 3.536 x 3.384 x 3.261 x
Free Cash Flow 1 3,818 3,348 2,995 3,067 3,144 2,912 3,697 3,849
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 15.2% 11.9% 12.4% 12.1% 13.8% 15% 16.5% 19%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 5.38% 4.14% 4.25% 3.99% 4.14% 3.56% 3.89% 4.5%
Assets 1 56,522 60,405 63,714 68,046 50,115 65,282 72,671 64,293
Book Value Per Share 2 23.30 23.20 24.90 24.30 22.20 18.90 18.80 16.40
Cash Flow per Share 2 8.830 8.570 8.820 9.170 8.710 8.350 8.420 -
Capex 1 3,988 4,202 4,837 5,133 4,581 4,073 4,013 3,956
Capex / Sales 16.64% 18.36% 20.63% 21.23% 18.57% 16.44% 15.94% 15.56%
Announcement Date 2/6/20 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 - - -
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
B+
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
19
Last Close Price
46.62 CAD
Average target price
50.55 CAD
Spread / Average Target
+8.43%
Consensus