Dividends

BCEBCE Inc.

StockNYSECanadaCommunication servicesEU retail investors: available

−0.6% today · −2.4% over a year

2/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 60% of the instruments we score

Stability: among the best of its peers; Trend: among the weakest; priced lower than most peers. Dividend yield 5.87%.

BCE Inc. (BCE) dividends: trailing yield 5.87%, Dividend Safety 35/100.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
5.87%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
5.86%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$1.26
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
35 / 100
Unsafe

Yield after tax (estimate)

We do not estimate tax on distributions from Canada yet.

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Next payment

No upcoming payment has been announced yet.

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
−14.5%
Years without a lower dividend
0
Years without a cut of over 10 %
0
Payout ratio (earnings)
19%
Payout ratio (free cash flow)
66%

Annual total differs from the company's SEC filing

A high yield is not a high return: payouts can come from your own capital and can be cut.

Our rules see a meaningful risk that this dividend is cut.

Serious warning. Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high. More in the glossary →Yield at least twice the peer median while the payout is not covered or debt is high.

Caution. Dividend Safety below 40 points. More in the glossary →Dividend Safety below 40 points.

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.52, 2017 $2.22, 2018 $1.74, 2019 $2.39, 2020 $2.49, 2021 $2.79, 2022 $2.81, 2023 $2.86, 2024 $2.91, 2025 $1.662016: $0.522017: $2.222018: $1.742019: $2.392020: $2.492021: $2.792022: $2.812023: $2.862024: $2.912025: $1.66

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
15 Sep 202615 Oct 2026$0.315RegularVerified3
15 Jun 202615 Jul 2026$0.313RegularVerified3
16 Mar 202615 Apr 2026$0.319RegularVerified3
15 Dec 202515 Jan 2026$0.315RegularVerified3

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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