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Compared to Estimates, BCE (BCE) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
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For the quarter ended June 2025, BCE (BCE - Free Report) reported revenue of $4.4 billion, up 0.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.46, compared to $0.57 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.69% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.32 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.52, the EPS surprise was -11.54%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how BCE performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Gross Subscriber Activations - Postpaid: 331,438 compared to the 360,735 average estimate based on three analysts.
Wireline voice - Retail residential NAS lines: 1,727,911 versus 1,728,052 estimated by three analysts on average.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Gross Subscriber Activations - Total: 510,597 compared to the 532,751 average estimate based on three analysts.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations - Postpaid: 44,547 versus 33,740 estimated by three analysts on average.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations - Prepaid: 49,932 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 28,457.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations - Total: 94,479 compared to the 62,197 average estimate based on three analysts.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Subscribers End of Period - Postpaid: 9,565,385 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 9,554,578.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Subscribers End of Period - Prepaid: 817,072 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 795,597.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Subscribers End of Period - Total: 10,382,460 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 10,328,670.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Blended churn: 1.4% versus 1.5% estimated by three analysts on average.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Blended churn - Postpaid: 1.1% versus 1.2% estimated by three analysts on average.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Blended churn - Prepaid: 5.1% compared to the 5.2% average estimate based on three analysts.
Shares of BCE have returned -2.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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Compared to Estimates, BCE (BCE) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics
For the quarter ended June 2025, BCE (BCE - Free Report) reported revenue of $4.4 billion, up 0.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.46, compared to $0.57 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.69% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.32 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.52, the EPS surprise was -11.54%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how BCE performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:View all Key Company Metrics for BCE here>>>
Shares of BCE have returned -2.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.2% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.