BCE Inc (BCE) Looks Ready for Growth Despite -6.86% Change This Year

BCE Inc (NYSE: BCE) is -6.86% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $20.28 and a high of $36.17 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The BCE stock was last observed hovering at around $21.39 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.2%.

Currently trading at $21.59, the stock is -0.30% and -4.85% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.12 million and changing 0.94% at the moment leaves the stock -22.37% off its SMA200. BCE registered -34.56% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -33.08%.

The stock witnessed a -4.93% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -11.52%, and is -1.51% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.89% over the week and 2.91% over the month.

BCE Inc (BCE) has around 40390 employees, a market worth around $19.90B and $17.82B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 173.83 and Fwd P/E is 11.47. Profit margin for the company is 0.64%. Distance from 52-week low is 6.46% and -40.31% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.33%).

The EPS is expected to shrink by -8.21% this year.

BCE Inc (BCE) Top Institutional Holders

The shares outstanding are 921.83M, and float is at 920.85M with Short Float at 5.39%.

The top institutional shareholder in the company is ROYAL BANK OF CANADA with over 49.97 million shares valued at $1.62 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 5.4778% of the BCE Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ with 37.53 million shares valued at $1.24 billion to account for 4.1135 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. which holds 22.91 million shares representing 2.5112% and valued at over $741.58 million, while FIL LTD holds 2.2781 of the shares totaling 20.78 million with a market value of $673.16 million.