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: 40,390
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
1.21% more ownership
Funds ownership: 39.05% [Q3] → 40.26% (+1.21%) [Q4]
15% less funds holding
Funds holding: 488 [Q3] → 417 (-71) [Q4]
20% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 131 | Existing positions reduced: 163
25% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 3 (-1) [Q4]
31% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $12.4B [Q3] → $8.53B (-$3.85B) [Q4]
44% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $562M | Put options by funds: $1.01B
48% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 65 | Existing positions closed: 126
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
RBC Capital Drew McReynolds 0 / 0 met price target | 62%upside $35 | Sector Perform Reiterated | 14 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 12 articles about BCE published over the past 30 days
