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 40,234 40,056 38,611
Change - 4.86% 7.82% 8.29% 17.13% -0.16% 0.02% -3.61%
Announcement Date 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 2/6/25 2/5/26 - -
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 3,700 3,747 3,795
Change - 15.11% 6.12% -10.75% -14.93% -5.06% 3.97% 1.28%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 3,348 2,995 3,067 3,144 2,888 3,178 3,356 3,632
Change - -10.54% 2.4% 2.51% -8.14% 10.04% 2.63% 8.23%
Announcement Date 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 2/6/25 2/5/26 - -
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% 43.56% 43.15% 43.28%
EBIT Margin (%) 20.17% 22.53% 22.65% 22.29% 22.73% 22.15% 21.57% 21.55%
EBT Margin (%) 14.27% 16.79% 16.1% 13.47% 3.9% 31.5% 13.52% 13.78%
Net margin (%) 10.92% 11.55% 11.24% 8.41% 0.67% 25.77% 9.18% 9.3%
FCF margin (%) 14.63% 12.77% 12.69% 12.74% 11.83% 12.99% 13.34% 14.26%
FCF / Net Income (%) 134.03% 110.56% 112.92% 151.45% 1,771.78% 50.4% 145.3% 153.31%

Profitability

        
ROA 4.14% 4.25% 3.99% 4.14% 3.81% 3.39% 3.31% 3.16%
ROE 11.88% 12.42% 12.12% 13.8% 14.88% 13.01% 11.97% 12.02%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 2.93x 2.98x 3.12x 3.3x 3.81x 3.78x 3.69x 3.5x
Debt / Free cash flow 8.39x 9.84x 10.36x 10.94x 13.95x 12.66x 11.94x 10.63x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 18.36% 20.63% 21.23% 18.57% 15.97% 15.12% 14.9% 14.9%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 43.74% 48.89% 50.33% 43.98% 36.8% 34.72% 34.53% 34.43%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 125.51% 161.5% 167.36% 145.71% 134.94% 116.43% 111.66% 104.49%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 8.567 8.824 9.172 8.711 7.66 7.527 8.101 7.928
Change - 3% 3.95% -5.03% -12.07% -1.74% 1.44% -2.13%
Dividend per Share 1 3.33 3.5 3.68 3.87 3.99 2.31 1.75 1.761
Change - 5.11% 5.14% 5.16% 3.1% -42.11% -26.04% 0.64%
Book Value Per Share 1 23.21 24.9 24.32 22.17 18.68 24.58 22.61 23.72
Change - 7.29% -2.34% -8.82% -15.74% 31.53% 12.39% 4.87%
EPS 1 2.76 2.99 2.98 2.28 0.18 6.79 2.474 2.543
Change - 8.33% -0.33% -23.49% -92.11% 3,672.22% -62.94% 2.8%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 904,375 908,850 911,955 912,274 912,283 932,500 932,500 932,500
Announcement Date 2/4/21 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 2/6/25 2/5/26 - -
1CAD
Estimates
2025 2026 *
P/E ratio 4.82x 14.6x
PBR 1.33x 1.6x
EV / Sales 2.89x 2.93x
Yield 7.06% 4.85%

EPS & Dividend

Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
A
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
18
Last Close Price
36.11CAD
Average target price
37.38CAD
Spread / Average Target
+3.52%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise