Trade pact helps BCE

BCE INC. $53.59 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares ooutstanding: 898.0 million; Market cap: $47.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.6%; www.bce.ca) stands to gain from the new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada (called USMCA).
The new agreement overturns broadcast regulations that let Canadian cable… Read More

Wireless growth will fuel dividend increases

BCE INC. $53 (Toronto symbol BCE; Income-Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 898.0 million; Market cap: $47.6 billion; Dividend yield: 5.7%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 3.1 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. It… Read More

Updating BCE Inc., Bank of Montreal and Emera Inc.

BCE INC. $51 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 898.0 million; Market cap: $45.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.0; Dividend yield: 5.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) stands to gain from the new trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada (called… Read More

Updating BCE Inc. and Telus

BCE INC. $52.14 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 898.0 million; Market cap: $46.8 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 5.8%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 3.1 residential million customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. The company also has… Read More