BCE Inc.
Toronto symbol BCE, provides local and long distance telephone services in Ontario and Quebec. It also operates a nationwide wireless service.
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Both BCE and Telus continue to prosper in the competitive Canadian telecom market. That positions them to continue raising their already-high dividend payouts.
BCE INC. $60 (Toronto symbol BCE; Income Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 868.2 million; Market cap: $52.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 4.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest telephone provider, with 6.5 million customers in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces....
BCE INC. $60 (Toronto symbol BCE; Income Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 868.2 million; Market cap: $52.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.4; Dividend yield: 4.6%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Highest; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest telephone provider, with 6.5 million customers in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces....
BCE continues to attract new wireless, high-speed Internet and TV customers. That has more than offset the steady decline in traditional telephone customers. The company’s upcoming $3.9 billion acquisition of Manitoba Telecom will further expand its wireless business as well as its geographic reach and earnings.
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BCE INC. $61.27 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares o/s: 869.5 million; Market cap: $53.9 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 4.5%; www.bce.ca) acquired a 35.4% stake in Q9 Networks Inc. in 2012. Q9 provides cloud datastorage and web-hosting services to businesses across Canada....
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MANITOBA TELECOM SERVICES INC. $39 (Toronto symbol MBT; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 74.3 million; Market cap: $2.9 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 2.9; Dividend suspended in July 2016; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.mts.ca) paid its last dividend of $0.325 a share on July 15, 2016, as part of its takeover deal with BCE....
In addition to Telus (see page 81), the outlook for BCE is positive: the company continues to attract new wireless and TV customers; and its upcoming acquisition of Manitoba Telecom (see box) will expand its geographic reach and earnings, as well as its wireless business....
After several years of explosive growth, Canada’s wireless industry has started to slow. That’s mainly because 85% of all Canadians now own a cellphone.
Even so, the outlook for wireless carriers such as Telus and BCE (see page 83) remains bright for several reasons....
Even so, the outlook for wireless carriers such as Telus and BCE (see page 83) remains bright for several reasons....