BCE
About: BCE provides wireless, broadband, television, and landline phone services in Canada. It is one of the Big Three national wireless carriers, with over 10 million customers constituting about 30% of the market. It is also the incumbent local exchange carrier—the legacy telephone provider—throughout much of the eastern half of Canada, including in the most populous Canadian provinces: Ontario and Quebec. BCE has a media segment that holds television, radio, and digital media assets. BCE licenses the Canadian rights to movie channels including HBO, Showtime, and Starz.
Employees: 45,132
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
4% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $12B [Q2] → $12.5B (+$516M) [Q3]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q2] → 4 (+0) [Q3]
0.96% less ownership
Funds ownership: 40.42% [Q2] → 39.46% (-0.96%) [Q3]
5% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 58 | Existing positions closed: 61
5% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 166 | Existing positions reduced: 175
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 494 [Q2] → 485 (-9) [Q3]
46% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $526M | Put options by funds: $973M
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
Barclays David Joyce 86% 1-year accuracy 12 / 14 met price target | 33%upside $30 | Equal-Weight Maintained | 11 Nov 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about BCE published over the past 30 days









