A Yield to Caution: Dividend 15 Split Corp.

DIVIDEND 15 SPLIT CORP. $8.06 (Toronto symbol DFN; Shares outstanding: 65.5 million; Market cap: $527.9 million; Dividend yield: 14.9%; www.quadravest.com) holds shares of 15 big Canadian companies.
These include BCE, Bank of Nova Scotia, Thomson Reuters, TC Energy, Sun Life Financial, Enbridge and Telus. It can also invest… Read More

More to BCE than rising dividends

BCE has gained 16% in the past year, compared to a 0.2% decline for the S&P/TSX Composite Index. The jump reflects concerns about the U.S.-China trade dispute, which has raised the possibility that central banks will cut their interest rates. That has, in turn, increased… Read More

Faster networks spur BCE’s dividend

Canada and the U.K. are considering joining other members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing group (U.S., Australia and New Zealand) in banning equipment from China’s Huawei for their planned ultrafast 5G wireless networks.
That could increase future costs for BCE, which has profited in the past… 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

Heavy investments spur customer growth

BCE INC. $53.59 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 898.0 million; Market cap: $48.1 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.6%; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest traditional telephone service provider: it has 3.2 residential million customers in Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces. The company also… Read More

Narrower focus works for Telus

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Telus—unlike its main competitors, BCE and Rogers—prefers to concentrate on its core telecom businesses instead of diversifying into other areas such as TV broadcasting and sports teams. That strategy has let it focus on improving customer service and getting subscribers to buy more services… Read More