BCE INC. chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 26.12
Dividend & Yield3.68C$ (6.06%)
Beta 0.42
Market capitalization 56.43B
Operating cash flow 7.83B
ESG Scores 18.5

Company description

BCE Inc., a telecommunications and media company, provides wireless, wireline, Internet, and television (TV) services to residential, business, and wholesale customers in Canada. The company operates through three segments: Bell Wireless, Bell Wireline, and Bell Media. The Bell Wireless segment offers wireless voice and data communication products and services, as well as consumer electronics products. The Bell Wireline segment offers data, including internet access and Internet protocol television (IPTV), local telephone, and long distance services, as well as other communication services and products; and satellite TV service and connectivity servuces. This segment also buys and sells local telephone, long distance, data, and other services from or to resellers and other carriers. The Bell Media segment provides conventional TV, specialty TV, pay TV, streaming services, digital media services, radio broadcasting services, and out-of-home advertising services. BCE Inc. was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Verdun, Canada.

Sector: Communication Services - Industry: Telecom Services

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio0.63
Working Capital-0.97
Return On Equity0.15
Debt To Equity1.27
Fixed Asset Ratio0.27
Fixed Interest Cover4.87

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -4.39B -4.04B -3.54B -7B
Net Borrowings 158M -1.21B -638M 2.44B
Total Cash From Financing Activities -3.2B -4.2B -4.13B -1.02B
Change To Operating Activities 381M -48M -231M 7M
Issuance Of Stock 11M 240M 26M 261M
Net Income 2.93B 3.19B 2.63B 2.84B
Change In Cash -17M -284M 83M -17M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities 7.38B 7.96B 7.75B 8.01B
Depreciation 3.31B 3.6B 3.62B 3.76B
Change To Account Receivables 704M 704M 704M 278M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -142M -125M -153M -164M
Change To Netincome 60M 438M 404M 222M
Capital Expenditures -3.97B -3.97B -4.2B -4.84B

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 3.97B 4.35B 3.27B 3.94B
Net Income 2.93B 3.19B 2.63B 2.84B
Selling General Administrative 352M 236M 241M 213M
Gross Profit 9.82B 10.18B 9.8B 10.09B
Ebit 5.45B 5.6B 5.16B 5.26B
Operating Income 5.45B 5.6B 5.16B 5.26B
Interest Expense -1B -1.12B -1.11B -1.08B
Income Tax Expense 995M 1.13B 792M 1.04B
Total Revenue 23.47B 23.79B 22.88B 23.45B
Cost Of Revenue 13.65B 13.61B 13.08B 13.36B
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -1.48B -1.25B -1.89B -1.33B
Net Income From Continuing Ops 2.97B 3.22B 2.47B 2.89B
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 2.79B 3.04B 2.5B 2.71B

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 36.41B 38.74B 39.34B 43.82B
Total Stockholder Equity 16.36B 17.07B 16.99B 18.63B
Other Current Liabilities 2.27B 2.34B 2.39B 2.62B
Total Assets 57.1B 60.15B 60.66B 66.76B
Common Stock 20.04B 20.36B 20.39B 20.66B
Other Current Assets 699M 605M 601M 892M
Retained Earnings -4.94B -4.63B -4.68B -3.4B
Treasury Stock 90M 161M 103M 213M
Cash 425M 145M 224M 207M
Total Current Liabilities 10.43B 9.78B 8.27B 9.11B
Other Stockholder Equity 90M 161M 103M 213M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 24.84B 27.64B 27.51B 28.23B
Total Current Assets 5.79B 5.52B 5.69B 6.2B
Net Tangible Assets -7.5B -6.95B -6.72B -7.51B
Net Receivables 3.99B 4.15B 4.21B 4.36B
Accounts Payable 2.54B 2.6B 2.6B 2.93B


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to BCE INC.:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Malcolmson (Robert)Acquisition or disposition in the public market at price 55.38 per share.D2022-03-07Senior Officer of Issuer2.42k
Malcolmson (Robert)Exercise of options at price 45.52 per share.D2022-03-07Senior Officer of Issuer21.1k
Malcolmson (Robert)Acquisition or disposition in the public market at price 55.51 per share.D2022-03-07Senior Officer of Issuer21.1k
Howe, Stephen GuyExercise of options at price 45.55 per share.D2022-03-07Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)105.5k
Howe, Stephen GuyAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 55.78 per share.D2022-03-07Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)105.5k
Bibic, MirkoExercise of options at price 45.87 per share.D2022-03-04Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)14.92k
Bibic, MirkoAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 54.59 per share.D2022-03-04Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)14.92k
Cole, MichaelExercise of options at price 45.84 per share.D2022-03-04Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)79.11k
Cole, MichaelAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 45.84 per share.D2022-03-04Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)79.11k
Gillies, ClaireAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 55.62 per share.D2022-03-04Senior Officer of Issuer5.7k
Little, ThomasAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 55.87 per share.D2022-03-04Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)10.9k
Oosterman, WadeExercise of options at price 46.05 per share.D2022-03-04Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)163.19k
Oosterman, WadeAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 55.19 per share.D2022-03-04Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)163.19k
Oosterman, WadeAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 54.61 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)32.71k
Oosterman, WadeExercise of options at price 54.56 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)182.75k
Oosterman, WadeAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 54.56 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)182.75k
Cole, MichaelExercise of options at price 44.65 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)91.38k
Cole, MichaelExercise of options at price 46.23 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)81.59k
Cole, MichaelAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 54.62 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)91.38k
Cole, MichaelAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 54.65 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)81.59k
Howe, Stephen GuyExercise of options at price 44.65 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)120.61k
Howe, Stephen GuyAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 53.95 per share.D2022-03-03Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)120.61k
Lithwick, DevorahExercise of options at price 46.24 per share.D2022-03-02Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)10.66k
Lithwick, DevorahExercise of options at price 46.42 per share.D2022-03-02Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)10.88k
Lithwick, DevorahExercise of options at price 48.34 per share.D2022-03-02Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)1.76k
Lithwick, DevorahAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 53.89 per share.D2022-03-02Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)23.3k
Moffat, NikkiAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.66 per share.D2022-02-25Senior Officer of Issuer3k
Moffat, NikkiExercise of options at price 4592.68 per share.D2022-02-25Senior Officer of Issuer10k
Moffat, NikkiAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 53.00 per share.D2022-02-25Senior Officer of Issuer10k
Moses (Karine)Exercise of options at price 45.93 per share.D2022-02-25Senior Officer of Issuer10.55k
Moses (Karine)Acquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.97 per share.D2022-02-25Senior Officer of Issuer10.55k
Bibic, MirkoAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.62 per share.I2022-02-25Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)10.53k
Bibic, MirkoD2022-02-24Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)11.07k
Bibic, MirkoChange in nature of ownership at price 8640.91 per share.I2022-02-24Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)11.07k
Cole, MichaelAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.38 per share.D2022-02-18Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)9.09k
Cole, MichaelExercise of options at price 45.80 per share.D2022-02-18Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)79.92k
Cole, MichaelAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.30 per share.D2022-02-18Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)79.92k
Jamal (Rizwan)Exercise of options at price 44.41 per share.D2022-02-18Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)91.38k
Jamal (Rizwan)Acquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.55 per share.D2022-02-18Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)91.38k
Gillies, ClaireExercise of options at price 44.08 per share.D2022-02-15Senior Officer of Issuer298
Gillies, ClaireExercise of options at price 46.10 per share.D2022-02-15Senior Officer of Issuer14.69k
Gillies, ClaireExercise of options at price 44.53 per share.D2022-02-15Senior Officer of Issuer24.37k
Gillies, ClaireAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.50 per share.D2022-02-15Senior Officer of Issuer39.35k
Jamal (Rizwan)Exercise of options at price 46.10 per share.D2022-02-15Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)65.28k
Jamal (Rizwan)Acquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.43 per share.D2022-02-15Director or Senior Officer of Insider or Subsidiary of Issuer (other than in 4,5,6)65.28k
Kirby, BlaikExercise of options at price 42.07 per share.D2022-02-11Senior Officer of Issuer8.22k
Kirby, BlaikExercise of options at price 44.01 per share.D2022-02-11Senior Officer of Issuer15k
Kirby, BlaikExercise of options at price 44.01 per share.D2022-02-11Senior Officer of Issuer29.94k
Kirby, BlaikAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.32 per share.D2022-02-11Senior Officer of Issuer8.22k
Kirby, BlaikAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.28 per share.D2022-02-11Senior Officer of Issuer15k
Kirby, BlaikAcquisition or disposition in the public market at price 52.30 per share.D2022-02-11Senior Officer of Issuer29.94k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to BCE INC.. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on BCE INC.

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to BCE INC.. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on BCE INC.

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to BCE INC.:

BCE INC. automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 12.41% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

12.41 %

Latent gain

186.44 C$

Invested capital

1501.81 C$

Annualized return

3.0 %
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Momentum strategy results on BCE INC.

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to BCE INC.. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on BCE INC.

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on BCE INC.:

BCE INC. momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 16.32% of return on BCE INC.. That represents 1023.53C$ of latent gain with 6269.71C$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 17.68% of return on BCE INC.. That represents 690.06C$ of latent gain with 3901.98C$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

16.32 %

Latent gain

1023.53 C$

Invested capital

6269.71 C$

Annualized return

5.91 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

17.68 %

Latent gain

690.06 C$

Invested capital

3901.98 C$

Annualized return

4.83 %

Momentum equity curve on BCE INC.

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to BCE INC.:

BCE INC. momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by BCE INC. are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on BCE INC.

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on BCE INC. since the beginning:

BCE INC.

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250C$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000C$.


Buy the dip strategy result on BCE INC.

Buy the dip entry openings on BCE INC.

BCE INC.

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on BCE INC. is 12.65%. That represents 128.88$ of latent gain with 1019.13C$ of employed capital. The following chart shows BCE INC. stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of BCE INC., and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

12.65 %

Latent gain

128.88 C$

Invested capital

1019.13 C$

Annualized return

5.91 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to BCE INC.

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to BCE INC.:

BCE INC.

Note: the dividends potentially given by BCE INC. are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on BCE INC.

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on BCE INC.:

BCE INC.

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on BCE INC.

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to BCE INC..

Equity curve comparison on BCE INC.

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

BCE INC. investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on BCE INC.

BCE INC. investment comparison

Performance comparison on BCE INC.

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 12.41% 186.44C$ 1501.81C$ 3.0%
Momentum 1 quarter 16.32% 1023.53C$ 6269.71C$ 4.18%
Momentum 2 quarters 17.68% 690.06C$ 3901.98C$ 4.83%
Non-directional 12.65% 128.88C$ 1019.13C$ 5.91%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

3.0 %

Momentum 1Q

4.83 %

Momentum 2Q

4.83 %

Non-directional

5.91 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with BCE INC.:

Negative correlation

Most negatively correlated stocks this year


Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

  • SINGYES SOLAR
  • ACCEL GROUP
  • HAO WEN HLDGS
  • SUN HING PRINT
  • KWAN YONG

  • Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between BCE INC. and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of BCE INC. does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


    Company information

    Company name BCE INC.
    Country Canada
    City Verdun
    Address 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell
    Phone
    Website www.bce.ca
    FullTime employees 49781
    Industry Telecom Services
    Sector Communication Services
    Exchange XTSE
    Ticker BCE.XTSE
    Market

    BCE INC. ESG Scores

    Environment scores

    Environment ESG Factors Scores
    Environment Score 3.4
    Peer Environment Performance 4.3466101694915
    Environment Percentile unknown
    Palm Oil no
    Nuclear no
    Fur Leather no
    GMO no
    Coal no
    Pesticides no
    Animal Testing no

    Social scores

    Social ESG Factors Scores
    Social Score 10.1
    Peer Social Performance 10.711694915254
    Social Percentile unknown
    Highest Controversy 2
    Peer Highest Controversy Performance 1.875
    Adult no
    Gambling no
    Alcoholic no
    Tobacco no
    Catholic no
    Controversial Weapons no
    Small Arms no
    Military Contract no
    Peer Count yes

    Related Controversy: Customer Incidents


    Governance scores

    Governance ESG Factors Scores
    Governance Score 4.9
    Peer Governance Performance 6.8662711864407
    Governance Percentile unknown

    ESG at glance
    Total ESG Scores: 18.5
    Environment Score: 3.4
    Social Score: 10.1
    Governance Score: 4.9

    ESG Performance: UNDER_PERF

    Peer Group: Telecommunication Services

    Peer Esg Score Performance: 22.6334375

    Rating Year: 2022

    Rating Month: 8

    Max Age: 86400

    Percentile: 20