Are Analysts Too Bullish On BCE Inc (BCE)

BCE Inc (NYSE:BCE) currently has a daily average trading volume of 2.28M but it saw 7304472 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 34.60B USD, the company’s current market price of $27.21 came falling about -1.73 while comparing to the previous closing price of $27.69. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $41.77 and as low as $27.11. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $27.14 while lowest mark touched by it was $27.74.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of BCE Inc (BCE) gives us an average price of $31.03, while its current price level is -34.86% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 0.37% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $33.13 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $34.06. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 2.76% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.02%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 12.38 which implies that the stock is in oversold territory.

Over the week, BCE’s stock price is moving -5.32% down while it is -18.56% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -30.90% down and over the past year, the stock is showing a downside performance of -29.42%.

Currently, BCE Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 912.27M. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 0.17% and return on equity (ROE) at 1.40%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 387.06 while having a 13.11 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.59. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 2.38 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.92. Its return on asset (ROA) is 0.38% on average.