Projected Income Statement: BCE Inc.

Forecast Balance Sheet: BCE Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Net Debt 1 28,101 29,466 31,771 34,405 40,299 40,043 38,806 37,158
Change - 4.86% 7.82% 8.29% 17.13% -0.64% -3.09% -4.25%
Announcement Date 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 2/6/25 - - -
1CAD in Million
Estimates

Cash Flow Forecast: BCE Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
CAPEX 1 4,202 4,837 5,133 4,581 3,897 3,599 3,802 3,919
Change - 15.11% 6.12% -10.75% -14.93% -7.65% 5.65% 3.07%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 3,348 2,995 3,067 3,144 2,888 3,267 3,439 3,682
Change - -10.54% 2.4% 2.51% -8.14% 13.14% 5.25% 7.08%
Announcement Date 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 2/6/25 - - -
1CAD in Million
Estimates

Forecast Financial Ratios: BCE Inc.

Fiscal Period: December 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 41.98% 42.19% 42.19% 42.22% 43.38% 43.38% 43.21% 43.3%
EBIT Margin (%) 20.17% 22.53% 22.65% 22.29% 22.73% 22.25% 21.7% 21.42%
EBT Margin (%) 14.27% 16.79% 16.1% 13.47% 3.9% 31.33% 13.62% 14.15%
Net margin (%) 10.92% 11.55% 11.24% 8.41% 0.67% 25.35% 9.08% 9.48%
FCF margin (%) 14.63% 12.77% 12.69% 12.74% 11.83% 13.27% 13.55% 14.35%
FCF / Net Income (%) 134.03% 110.56% 112.92% 151.45% 1,771.78% 52.33% 149.32% 151.29%

Profitability

        
ROA 4.14% 4.25% 3.99% 4.14% 3.81% 5.79% 3.07% 2.96%
ROE 11.88% 12.42% 12.12% 13.8% 14.88% 22.92% 12.26% 11.77%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 2.93x 2.98x 3.12x 3.3x 3.81x 3.75x 3.54x 3.34x
Debt / Free cash flow 8.39x 9.84x 10.36x 10.94x 13.95x 12.26x 11.28x 10.09x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 18.36% 20.63% 21.23% 18.57% 15.97% 14.61% 14.98% 15.27%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 43.74% 48.89% 50.33% 43.98% 36.8% 33.68% 34.67% 35.26%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 125.51% 161.5% 167.36% 145.71% 134.94% 110.14% 110.55% 106.41%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 8.567 8.824 9.172 8.711 7.66 7.474 7.774 -
Change - 3% 3.95% -5.03% -12.07% -2.43% 4.02% -
Dividend per Share 1 3.33 3.5 3.68 3.87 3.99 2.366 1.75 1.763
Change - 5.11% 5.14% 5.16% 3.1% -40.7% -26.04% 0.73%
Book Value Per Share 1 23.21 24.9 24.32 22.17 18.68 21.22 22.36 23.46
Change - 7.29% -2.34% -8.82% -15.74% 13.56% 5.4% 4.89%
EPS 1 2.76 2.99 2.98 2.28 0.18 6.738 2.477 2.58
Change - 8.33% -0.33% -23.49% -92.11% 3,643.17% -63.23% 4.16%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 904,375 908,850 911,955 912,274 912,283 932,526 932,526 932,526
Announcement Date 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 2/6/25 - - -
1CAD
Estimates
2025 *2026 *
P/E ratio 4.84x 13.2x
PBR 1.54x 1.46x
EV / Sales 2.86x 2.73x
Yield 7.26% 5.37%
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EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
HOLD
Number of Analysts
18
Last Close Price
32.59CAD
Average target price
36.47CAD
Spread / Average Target
+11.91%
Consensus

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise