BCE (BCE) Stock

About BCE

BCE is led by CEO Mirko Bibic, employs 40,390 people, headquartered in Verdun, CA, publicly traded since 1982.

BCE stock trades at $23.40 with a market capitalization of $21.82B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 4.98, price-to-book of 1.56, price-to-sales of 1.27. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $20.87 and $26.52, and currently trades 11.8% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 5.19%.

On profitability, BCE generates a return on equity (ROE) of 31.49% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 23.25%, an operating margin of 21.89%, a net profit margin of 26.07%.

In its most recent fiscal year, BCE reported annual revenue of $24.5B, net profit of $6.5B, revenue has compounded at 1.3% a year over the last five years, profit at 19.7% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 0.58, total assets of $80.2B, $320.0M in cash and equivalents.

BCE has a beta of 0.59 (less volatile than the overall market).