TSE:BCE

BCE Inc. (BCE.TO)

30.60
+0.13 (0.43%)
as of Nov 13, 2026, 9:00:00 pm Market Closed.
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COMMENT
Discounted because of concerns of Merrill Lynch (MER-N) being taken out. There is always a risk until the deal is done. Even if it doesn't go through, he is holding his stock because there will be more to come.
COMMENT
Certainly the numbers make sense that theoretically you should be able to Buy this before the deal closes giving an annual 20% yield. He wouldn't do it.
DON'T BUY
(Market Call Minute.) This will get taken over at $42.75. An arbitrage play.
HOLD
You could look on this as almost a cash investment. Very high likelihood the deal will get closed.
COMMENT
He has recently been buying preferreds. He has been paying about $24.60 + and they get redeemed at $25.50 in December. This gives you 2 or 3 dividends between now and December. The annualized return is 16% plus.
HOLD
The 6% that you gain by holding the stock until December is pretty much a sure bet. That is almost 20% per year. If the stock got up to $41 or $41.25 he would redeploy the funds.
COMMENT
If you buy now, you have about $2.75 of upside between now and December. There is no dividend. Not a large enough rate of return for him.
COMMENT
When this deal goes through, it makes other telecom stocks more attractive. Telecom stocks such as Manitoba Telecom (MBT-T), Telus (T-T) Rogers (RCI.B-T), Bell Aliant (BA.UN-T) etc. will be interesting buys. BCE hasn't disappeared. Teachers paid a lot of money for it. They will restructure it and repackage it in a few years out.
PAST TOP PICK
(A Top Pick Sept 12/07. No change.) Acquisition for $42.75 will go through and Dec 11 will be the latest.
HOLD
It looks like the deal is going through. Trading at a discount because there are no dividends payable. There is still a 5% chance that the deal blows up. He owns the bonds.
COMMENT
If all goes well, the stock will be taken out at $42.75 in December. There will be no dividends. There is always the potential for something to happen, but given what has transpired over the last several weeks, it looks like the deal has a better chance of completing than it did before.
SELL
There is still a chance that someone could back out of the deal. Likelihood is not high but that is why the price is down. This is a speculation.
TOP PICK
Highly probable that the deal closes at $42.75 in 5 months giving more than a 20% annualized rate of return.
DON'T BUY
Thanks in all likelihood the deal will close but there is some risk that it will be re-priced at a lower level.
HOLD
Thinks the deal will go through.
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