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BCE (BCE) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
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For the quarter ended March 2026, BCE (BCE - Free Report) reported revenue of $4.5 billion, up 8.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.46, compared to $0.48 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.4 billion, representing a surprise of +2.29%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +9.52%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.42.
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: 386,211 versus 341,538 estimated by three analysts on average.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Gross Subscriber Activations - Prepaid: 134,282 versus 141,180 estimated by three analysts on average.
Retail high-speed Internet - Bell CTS retail subscribers EOP: 4,893,689 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 4,912,878.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Mobile Connected Device Subscribers - Subscribers EOP: 3,348,007 versus 3,405,242 estimated by three analysts on average.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Mobile Connected Device Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations: 81,326 compared to the 44,466 average estimate based on three analysts.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Blended churn - Prepaid: 6% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 5.5%.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Blended churn - Postpaid: 1.3% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1.2%.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Gross Subscriber Activations - Total: 520,493 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 482,718.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations - Prepaid: -11,893 versus -2,724 estimated by three analysts on average.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations - Total: 5,054 compared to the -2,852 average estimate based on three analysts.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Subscribers End of Period - Postpaid: 9,567,426 versus 9,589,704 estimated by three analysts on average.
Mobile Phone Subscribers - Subscribers End of Period - Prepaid: 755,212 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 869,678.
Shares of BCE have returned +0.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.4% 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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BCE (BCE) Reports Q1 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say
For the quarter ended March 2026, BCE (BCE - Free Report) reported revenue of $4.5 billion, up 8.9% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.46, compared to $0.48 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.4 billion, representing a surprise of +2.29%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +9.52%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.42.
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 +0.5% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +11.4% 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.