Projected Income Statement: BCE Inc.

Forecast Balance Sheet: BCE Inc.

Forecast Balance Sheet - BCE Inc.
Fiscal Period: December 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Net Debt 1 29,466 31,771 34,405 40,299 40,234 41,556 39,251 37,979
Change - 7.82% 8.29% 17.13% -0.16% 3.29% -5.55% -3.24%
Announcement Date 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 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
CAPEX 1 4,837 5,133 4,581 3,897 3,700 4,969 4,031 3,786
Change - 6.12% -10.75% -14.93% -5.06% 34.31% -18.88% -6.1%
Free Cash Flow (FCF) 1 2,995 3,067 3,144 2,888 3,178 2,229 3,465 3,941
Change - 2.4% 2.51% -8.14% 10.04% -29.85% 55.43% 13.73%
Announcement Date 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 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028

Profitability

        
EBITDA Margin (%) 42.19% 42.19% 42.22% 43.38% 43.56% 43.29% 43.55% 44.01%
EBIT Margin (%) 22.53% 22.65% 22.29% 22.73% 22.15% 21.45% 21.44% 21.85%
EBT Margin (%) 16.79% 16.1% 13.47% 3.9% 31.5% 14.33% 14.35% 15.07%
Net margin (%) 11.55% 11.24% 8.41% 0.67% 25.77% 9.98% 10.37% 10.68%
FCF margin (%) 12.77% 12.69% 12.74% 11.83% 12.99% 8.96% 13.72% 15.29%
FCF / Net Income (%) 110.56% 112.92% 151.45% 1,771.78% 50.4% 89.73% 132.31% 143.14%

Profitability

        
ROA 4.25% 3.99% 4.14% 3.81% 3.39% 3.18% 3.2% 3.07%
ROE 12.42% 12.12% 13.8% 14.88% 13.01% 11.59% 11.44% 11.58%

Financial Health

        
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 2.98x 3.12x 3.3x 3.81x 3.78x 3.86x 3.57x 3.35x
Debt / Free cash flow 9.84x 10.36x 10.94x 13.95x 12.66x 18.64x 11.33x 9.64x

Capital Intensity

        
CAPEX / Current Assets (%) 20.63% 21.23% 18.57% 15.97% 15.12% 19.96% 15.96% 14.69%
CAPEX / EBITDA (%) 48.89% 50.33% 43.98% 36.8% 34.72% 46.11% 36.64% 33.38%
CAPEX / FCF (%) 161.5% 167.36% 145.71% 134.94% 116.43% 222.9% 116.34% 96.06%

Items per share

        
Cash flow per share 1 8.824 9.172 8.711 7.66 7.527 7.84 8.302 -
Change - 3.95% -5.03% -12.07% -1.74% 4.17% 5.89% -
Dividend per Share 1 3.5 3.68 3.87 3.99 2.31 1.751 1.759 1.782
Change - 5.14% 5.16% 3.1% -42.11% -24.2% 0.46% 1.29%
Book Value Per Share 1 24.9 24.32 22.17 18.68 24.58 22.24 23.39 24.76
Change - -2.34% -8.82% -15.74% 31.53% -9.49% 5.17% 5.86%
EPS 1 2.99 2.98 2.28 0.18 6.79 2.616 2.719 2.973
Change - -0.33% -23.49% -92.11% 3,672.22% -61.47% 3.94% 9.33%
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 908,850 911,955 912,274 912,283 932,526 932,526 932,526 932,526
Announcement Date 2/3/22 2/2/23 2/8/24 2/6/25 2/5/26 - - -
1CAD
Estimates
2026 *2027 *
P/E 10.7x 10.3x
PBR 1.26x 1.2x
EV / Sales 2.72x 2.59x
Yield 6.24% 6.27%

EPS & Dividend

EPS & Dividend - BCE Inc.


Y-o-Y evolution of P/E

Valuation ratios - P/E - BCE Inc.
 

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Valuation ratios - Yield - BCE Inc.
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
-
MarketScreener Ratings - BCE Inc.
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
19
Last Close Price
28.04CAD
Average target price
37.03CAD
Spread / Average Target
+32.05%

Quarterly revenue - Rate of surprise

Rate of surprise - Net sales - Quarterly - BCE Inc.