Insider Selling: BCE (TSE:BCE) Insider Sells C$138,054.90 in Stock

BCE Inc. (TSE:BCEGet Free Report) (NYSE:BCE) insider Thierry Chaumont sold 4,110 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$33.59, for a total transaction of C$138,054.90.

BCE Stock Performance

TSE BCE opened at C$32.72 on Monday. BCE Inc. has a 1 year low of C$29.17 and a 1 year high of C$36.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 183.90, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.43. The firm has a market cap of C$30.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.83, a PEG ratio of 4.67 and a beta of 0.33. The company has a fifty day moving average price of C$33.90 and a 200-day moving average price of C$33.51.

BCE (TSE:BCEGet Free Report) (NYSE:BCE) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported C$0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. BCE had a net margin of 26.07% and a return on equity of 29.69%. The firm had revenue of C$6.17 billion during the quarter. As a group, equities research analysts predict that BCE Inc. will post 3.1120864 EPS for the current fiscal year.

BCE Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 15th were given a dividend of $0.4375 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 16th. This represents a $1.75 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.3%. BCE’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.85%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on BCE. Desjardins reduced their price target on shares of BCE from C$41.50 to C$41.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays upgraded shares of BCE from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. TD Securities lowered shares of BCE from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price target for the company from C$41.00 to C$37.00 in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of BCE from C$33.00 to C$37.00 in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Finally, National Bank Financial increased their price target on shares of BCE from C$38.00 to C$39.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, BCE has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$37.78.

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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.

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