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BCE Inc., an abbreviation of its former name Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., is a publicly traded Canadian holding company for Bell Canada, which includes telecommunications providers and various mass media assets under its subsidiary Bell Media Inc. Founded through a corporate reorganization in 1983, when Bell Canada, Northern Telecom, and other related companies all became subsidiaries of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., it is one of Canada’s largest corporations. The company is headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the Verdun borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
BCE Inc. is a component of the S&P/TSX 60 and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American-based New York Stock Exchange.
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BMO S&P/TSX Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF, $14.48, symbol ZPR on Toronto (Units outstanding: 70.1 million; Market cap: $1.0 billion; www.etfs.bmo.com), holds Canadian floating-rate preferred shares. Issuers include Bank of Montreal, Enbridge, BCE, TransCanada and Canadian Utilities. The ETF’s MER is 0.45%. It currently yields 4.3%. Note that the dividends you receive from this fund do benefit from the Canadian dividend tax credit. Floating-rate preferred shares pay dividends that fluctuate with changes in interest rates. The dividend rate may range from 50% to 100% of (usually) the prime bank rate. As interest rates rise, so do floating-preferred dividend yields....
BCE INC. $48.01 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 777.0 million;Market cap: $37.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.bce.ca) reports that in the three months ended December 31, 2013, its earnings per share rose 16.7%, to $0.70 from $0.60 a year earlier. Revenue increased 4.3%, to $5.4 billion from $5.2 billion.
BCE added 93,700 new wireless subscribers, net of cancellations, in the latest quarter (it now has 7.8 million users across Canada). That’s 10.8% fewer than it added a year earlier, but 73% of its subscribers under long-term contracts now use smartphones, up from 62%. That’s good news, because smartphones generate higher fees for BCE than regular cellphones. Average revenue per user rose 2.1%.
BCE has just raised its quarterly dividend by 6.0%, to $0.6175 a share from $0.5825. The shares now yield 5.2%. As well, the stock trades at 15.1 times this year’s forecast earnings.
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BCE added 93,700 new wireless subscribers, net of cancellations, in the latest quarter (it now has 7.8 million users across Canada). That’s 10.8% fewer than it added a year earlier, but 73% of its subscribers under long-term contracts now use smartphones, up from 62%. That’s good news, because smartphones generate higher fees for BCE than regular cellphones. Average revenue per user rose 2.1%.
BCE has just raised its quarterly dividend by 6.0%, to $0.6175 a share from $0.5825. The shares now yield 5.2%. As well, the stock trades at 15.1 times this year’s forecast earnings.
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BCE INC. $48.01 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 777.0 million;Market cap: $37.2 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.2%; www.bce.ca) reports that in the three months ended December 31, 2013, its earnings per share rose 16.7%, to $0.70 from $0.60 a year earlier....
BELL ALIANT INC. $26.87 (Toronto symbol BA; Shares outstanding: 227.8 million; Market cap: $6.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 7.1%; www.aliant.ca) sells phone and Internet services to 2.5 million customers in Atlantic Canada and rural Ontario and Quebec. It also provides wireless services through an alliance with BCE, which owns 45% of Bell Aliant.
The company continues to replace copper wires with fibre optic cable, which is attracting more high-speed Internet and digital TV customers. Strong demand for these services is also helping offset lower revenue from traditional phones, which still supply 52% of Bell Aliant’s revenue.
The company’s high-speed fibre optic systems now reach 806,000 homes, up from 725,000 at the start of last year. By the end of 2014, it plans to expand its network to one million homes.
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The company continues to replace copper wires with fibre optic cable, which is attracting more high-speed Internet and digital TV customers. Strong demand for these services is also helping offset lower revenue from traditional phones, which still supply 52% of Bell Aliant’s revenue.
The company’s high-speed fibre optic systems now reach 806,000 homes, up from 725,000 at the start of last year. By the end of 2014, it plans to expand its network to one million homes.
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ISHARES DOW JONES CANADA SELECT DIVIDEND INDEX FUND $24.40 (Toronto symbol XDV; buy or sell through brokers; ca.ishares.com) holds 30 of the highest-yielding Canadian stocks. Its selections are based on dividend growth, yield and payout ratio. The weight of any one stock is limited to 10% of its assets. The fund’s MER is 0.55%. It yields 3.8%.
The fund’s top holdings are CIBC, 7.0%; TD Bank, 6.3%; National Bank, 6.2%; Bonterra Energy, 6.0%; Bank of Montreal, 5.6%; Royal Bank, 5.1%; BCE, 4.3%; AG Growth International, 4.3%; and IGM Financial, 3.9%.
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BCE INC. $48.33 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 775.9 million; Market cap: $37.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.bce.ca) earned $540 million, or $0.70 a share, in the three months ended December 31, 2013. That’s up 16.4% from $464 million, or $0.60 a share, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 4.3%, to $5.4 billion from $5.2 billion. In addition to the contribution from recently acquired Astral Media, the company is attracting more wireless, high-speed Internet and digital TV customers. That’s helping offset lower revenue from traditional phones.
The company added 93,700 new wireless subscribers, net of cancellations, in the latest quarter (it now has 7.8 million users across Canada). That’s down 10.8% from a year earlier.
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Revenue rose 4.3%, to $5.4 billion from $5.2 billion. In addition to the contribution from recently acquired Astral Media, the company is attracting more wireless, high-speed Internet and digital TV customers. That’s helping offset lower revenue from traditional phones.
The company added 93,700 new wireless subscribers, net of cancellations, in the latest quarter (it now has 7.8 million users across Canada). That’s down 10.8% from a year earlier.
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iShares 1-5 Year Laddered Corporate Bond Index ETF, $19.82, symbol CBO on Toronto (Units outstanding: 93.1 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; ca.ishares.com), invests in a portfolio of short-term bonds drawn from the DEX (formerly Scotia Capital) Bond Index. The ETF first sold units to the public at $20 each and began trading on Toronto on February 25, 2009. Its MER is 0.28%, and it currently yields 4.2%....
BELL ALIANT INC. (Toronto symbol BA; www.aliant.ca) sells phone and Internet services to 2.5 million customers in Atlantic Canada and rural Ontario and Quebec. It also provides wireless services through an alliance with BCE, which owns 45% of Bell Aliant....
BCE INC. $48.33 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 775.9 million; Market cap: $37.4 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.bce.ca) earned $540 million, or $0.70 a share, in the three months ended December 31, 2013. That’s up 16.4% from $464 million, or $0.60 a share, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 4.3%, to $5.4 billion from $5.2 billion....
Revenue rose 4.3%, to $5.4 billion from $5.2 billion....
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ETFs trade on stock exchanges, just like stocks....
ETFs trade on stock exchanges, just like stocks....