BCE Inc.

Toronto symbol BCE, provides local and long distance telephone services in Ontario and Quebec. It also operates a nationwide wireless service.

Introduction


Successful Investors always give dividend stocks the respect they deserve and most view them as the foundation of a sound and profitable investment portfolio.

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BCE INC. $55.33, is a buy. The telecom (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 904.3 million; Market cap: $50.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Divd. yield: 6.0%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 2.7 million residential customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces....
T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC. $93 is a buy for the Financial sector portion of your portfolio. The company (Nasdaq symbol TROW; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 236.0 million; Market cap: $21.9 billion; Dividend yield: 3.9%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.troweprice.com) is a leading seller of mutual funds and wealth management services.


With the March 2020 payment, T....
BCE INC. $63 is a buy. Canada’s biggest telecom company (Toronto symbol BCE; Income-Growth Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 903.9 million; Market cap: $56.9 billion; Dividend yield: 5.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.bce.ca) continues to reward investors with higher dividends....
BCE, which investors sometime refer to as “Ma Bell,” is still thought of as a slow-growing, low-risk “widow-and-orphan” stock. However, the company now gets most of its revenue from faster-growing unregulated businesses like wireless and high-speed Internet services....
We have long told our Successful Investors to look for industry leaders that can adapt quickly to changing market conditions—while still focusing on building long-term value for investors. Telus, for example, has had to match a new unlimited data plan for its wireless customers in response to aggressive moves by its competitors.


While that has slowed the company’s subscriber and revenue growth, it continues to excel at hanging onto its customers, which is partly why you’ve gained 13.6% in the past year....
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BCE keeps rewarding you, our subscribers: over the last decade, you’ve gained 139% and had your dividend increased 13 times.


Telecommunications is a competitive business, with the introduction of new unlimited data plans driving down wireless rates....