34.59BMarket Cap421.33P/E (TTM)
38.330High37.370Low3.66MVolume37.370Open37.460Pre Close139.05MTurnover52.71952wk High0.40%Turnover Ratio912.28MShares36.95052wk Low0.09EPS TTM34.55BFloat Cap62.246Historical High16.63P/E (Static)911.25MShs Float0.573Historical Low2.28EPS LYR2.56%Amplitude3.96Dividend TTM2.45P/B1Lot Size10.44%Div YieldTTM
BCE Inc Stock Forum
Nov 13/24 CEO Bibic, Mirko bought Common Shares C$38.07 5,256 shares.
10.5% dividend rate + 2% DRP.
BCE, through its subsidiary FX Innovation, acquired HGC Technologies (HGC) in October 2024. HGC is a ServiceNow Elite partner based in Montréal, with operations in both Canada and the United States.
Then in Nov 2024, BC...
"Verizon Communications Inc.'s acquisition of Frontier Communications, announced in September 2024, this deal is valued at approximately US$20 billion. The acquisition will add 2.2 million fiber subscribers to Verizon's network, extending its reach to 25 million premises across 31 states and Washington, D.C"
Frontier is about 35% of the 25M extended reach, or 8.7M.
Compares to BCE paying ~US$5B for 1.3 existing fibre locations and more...
"Transaction enterprise value is
approximately $7 billion Canadian, which includes Ziply Fiber's debt that will be rolled
over and remain outstanding at closing. This equates to a multiple of 14.3 times Ziply
Fiber's estimated 2025 adjusted EBITDA, when taking into consideration both the net
present value of tax attributes and cost synergies. Assets like Ziply Fiber transact at
premiums to legacy telco multiples given th...
"BCE Inc. paid approximately $3.95 billion to privatize Bell Aliant in 2014. For Bell MTS, BCE paid around $3.9 billion in 2017."
"put Ziply Fiber size into better perspective
for you, their fibre footprint is, in fact, larger than that of Bell Aliant and Bell MTS
combined."...BCE ZIPLY call transcript.
BCE paid C$5B, plus assuming C$2B debt in 2025 dollars. So BCE is paying l...
Wall Street's Expectations 📈
Wall Street's predicting BCE's revenues and profits will both dip compared to last year. This consensus forecast is pretty crucial, but short-term stock price movements mainly hinge on how the actual numbers stack up against these expectations. If the report beats expectations, the stock price might ...
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