TSE:BCE
BCE Inc. (BCE.TO)
30.76
+0.29 (0.95%)
as of Nov 13, 2026, 4:33:40 pm Market Open.
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PAST TOP PICK
PAST TOP PICK
(Top Pick May 25/12, Up 7.56%) Maturing GICs have to be invested. People have to buy yield.
Fabrice TaylorOwned
telephone utilities
COMMENT
Preferred shares series AC. Originally 5% yield but this has fallen. Why? These are resets. Every 5 years, rates are reset and this is coming up in Feb/13 and is 80% of the five-year yield on Canada’s, which is at about 1.25% right now so the new dividend rate on these will be about 1%.
telephone utilities
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Aug 11/11. Up 19.47%.) Still favourable on all the telcos. If you are looking for dividend and yields, you should be into telcos rather than utilities or pipelines, which are trading at much higher valuations. Still a Buy.
Barry SchwartzOwned
telephone utilities
BUY
Likes management. Gaining share in wireless. Great dividend, which will continue to grow. Very defensive. 5.1% dividend.
Norman LevineOwned
telephone utilities
BUY
(Market Call Minute.) Good dividend. Has been sort of sideways for a bit.
David CockfieldOwned
telephone utilities
BUY
Have done a great job. This business is basically losing land lines and building wireless. They are very competitive versus the cable companies. Good free cash flow. Have increased their dividends quite nicely.
Douglas KeeOwned
telephone utilities
HOLD
Writing covered calls or selling the stock after the ex-dividend date and purchasing back at the next ex-dividend date? Also at what price should money be taken off the table with this? The premium you receive on a covered call off a stock like this tends to be low on a time value basis. Regarding selling, the stock looks pretty strong here and they have just done a positive acquisition. If you are inclined to trade and capture just the dividends, you could lose a pretty good performing stock.
John O'Connell, CFAOwned
telephone utilities
HOLD
Doesn't think there will be a ton of growth and the acquisition of the Astro assets really indicated that. There is a fairly tight competitive structure in Canada. It gives you a good dividend and you have a company that is linked to GDP and as long as the Canadian GDP keeps moving north, you'll get an increase in that.
Darren SissonsOwned
telephone utilities
TOP PICK
Spinning out enormous amounts of free cash flow and that has been returned to shareholders. Have raised their dividend twice in the last 18 months. Yield of over 5%. Good balance sheet.
Lyle SteinOwned
telephone utilities
COMMENT
Gaining market share in TV and wireless communication. Growing media presence so it is diversifying its revenue and earnings base. Not a high flyer. Attracts the income crowd that wants slow growth.
Norman LevineOwned
telephone utilities
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick June 15/11. Up 18.52%.) Still likes. Very compelling dividend. Stock still has room to run.
John O'Connell, CFAOwned
telephone utilities
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(Top Pick Sep 23/11, Up 19%) Owns it because they boost the dividend and people didn’t expect it. Company executed phenomenally well. 2-4% growth, not exciting, but it is a solid business and management says they are intending to constantly raise the dividend.