BCE Inc. Dividend

Q: What is the BCE Inc. Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average BCE Inc. dividend yield over the last 5 years is 6.35% and the average over the last 10 years is 5.51%. The payout ratio of BCE Inc. in relation to the last financial year is 2,228.53%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 221.41%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share (EPS ).

Q: Is the BCE Inc. dividend safe?

BCE Inc. has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 6 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 6 -times. The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 0.92% . The average BCE Inc. Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 3.95% . The average for the last 10 years is 2.72% .

$22.67

0.83% yesterday

NYSE, Nov 03, 10:00 pm CET

ISIN

CA05534B7604

Symbol

BCE

Reports

Quarter | Annual

Index

NYSE Composite

Sector

Telecommunication Services

Industry

Diversified Telecommunication Services

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BCE Inc. Dividend history 25 years & estimates 2025 to 2027

Dividend Analysis of the BCE Inc. Stock

Current dividend yield	5.4 %
Dividendenrendite 5 Jahre	7.08 %
Dividend Yield 10Y	5.77 %
Payout 3Y	2.06 %

When does BCE Inc. pay a dividend?

The BCE Inc. stock dividend is paid 4 times a year. In order to receive a dividend, you should generally own the BCE Inc. stock before the ex-dividend date. The Dividend Calendar shows that the last ex-day dates were March, June, September and December . Dividends from BCE Inc. are distributed via January, April, July and October.

Year	Dividend	Ex-day & Payday	Frequency
Fiscal Year	Dividend per Share	Ex-Day	Payday	Payment frequency
2025	$0.3171 $0.32	Sep 15 2025 Sep 15 2025 Oct 15 2025 Sep 15 25 Oct 15 25	Oct 15 2025	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.3227 $0.32	Jun 16 2025 Jun 16 2025 Jul 15 2025 Jun 16 25 Jul 15 25	Jul 15 2025	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.6937 $0.69	Mar 14 2025 Mar 14 2025 Apr 15 2025 Mar 14 25 Apr 15 25	Apr 15 2025	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.7011 $0.7	Dec 16 2024 Dec 16 2024 Jan 15 2025 Dec 16 24 Jan 15 25	Jan 15 2025	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.7335 $0.73	Sep 16 2024 Sep 16 2024 Oct 15 2024 Sep 16 24 Oct 15 24	Oct 15 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.725402 $0.73	Jun 14 2024 Jun 14 2024 Jul 15 2024 Jun 14 24 Jul 15 24	Jul 15 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.737087 $0.74	Mar 14 2024 Mar 14 2024 Apr 15 2024 Mar 14 24 Apr 15 24	Apr 15 2024	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.723202 $0.72	Dec 14 2023 Dec 14 2023 Jan 15 2024 Dec 14 23 Jan 15 24	Jan 15 2024	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.715289 $0.72	Sep 14 2023 Sep 14 2023 Oct 15 2023 Sep 14 23 Oct 15 23	Oct 15 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.730078 $0.73	Jun 14 2023 Jun 14 2023 Jul 15 2023 Jun 14 23 Jul 15 23	Jul 15 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.702206 $0.7	Mar 14 2023 Mar 14 2023 Apr 15 2023 Mar 14 23 Apr 15 23	Apr 15 2023	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.674487 $0.67	Dec 14 2022 Dec 14 2022 Jan 16 2023 Dec 14 22 Jan 16 23	Jan 16 2023	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.69697 $0.7	Sep 14 2022 Sep 14 2022 Oct 15 2022 Sep 14 22 Oct 15 22	Oct 15 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.710534 $0.71	Jun 14 2022 Jun 14 2022 Jul 15 2022 Jun 14 22 Jul 15 22	Jul 15 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.718582 $0.72	Mar 14 2022 Mar 14 2022 Apr 15 2022 Mar 14 22 Apr 15 22	Apr 15 2022	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.678663 $0.68	Dec 14 2021 Dec 14 2021 Jan 15 2022 Dec 14 21 Jan 15 22	Jan 15 2022	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.691645 $0.69	Sep 14 2021 Sep 14 2021 Oct 15 2021 Sep 14 21 Oct 15 21	Oct 15 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.717919 $0.72	Jun 14 2021 Jun 14 2021 Jul 15 2021 Jun 14 21 Jul 15 21	Jul 15 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.701122 $0.7	Mar 12 2021 Mar 12 2021 Apr 15 2021 Mar 12 21 Apr 15 21	Apr 15 2021	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.654378 $0.65	Dec 14 2020 Dec 14 2020 Jan 15 2021 Dec 14 20 Jan 15 21	Jan 15 2021	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.631831 $0.63	Sep 14 2020 Sep 14 2020 Oct 15 2020 Sep 14 20 Oct 15 20	Oct 15 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.611952 $0.61	Jun 12 2020 Jun 12 2020 Jul 15 2020 Jun 12 20 Jul 15 20	Jul 15 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.596176 $0.6	Mar 13 2020 Mar 13 2020 Apr 15 2020 Mar 13 20 Apr 15 20	Apr 15 2020	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.603028 $0.6	Dec 13 2019 Dec 13 2019 Jan 15 2020 Dec 13 19 Jan 15 20	Jan 15 2020	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.598203 $0.6	Sep 13 2019 Sep 13 2019 Oct 15 2019 Sep 13 19 Oct 15 19	Oct 15 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.592081 $0.59	Jun 13 2019 Jun 13 2019 Jul 15 2019 Jun 13 19 Jul 15 19	Jul 15 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.593989 $0.59	Mar 14 2019 Mar 14 2019 Apr 15 2019 Mar 14 19 Apr 15 19	Apr 15 2019	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.564317 $0.56	Dec 13 2018 Dec 13 2018 Jan 15 2019 Dec 13 18 Jan 15 19	Jan 15 2019	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.572968 $0.57	Jun 14 2018 Jun 14 2018 Jul 15 2018 Jun 14 18 Jul 15 18	Jul 15 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.579343 $0.58	Mar 14 2018 Mar 14 2018 Apr 15 2018 Mar 14 18 Apr 15 18	Apr 15 2018	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.559062 $0.56	Dec 14 2017 Dec 14 2017 Jan 15 2018 Dec 14 17 Jan 15 18	Jan 15 2018	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.588984 $0.59	Sep 14 2017 Sep 14 2017 Oct 15 2017 Sep 14 17 Oct 15 17	Oct 15 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.540164 $0.54	Jun 13 2017 Jun 13 2017 Jul 15 2017 Jun 13 17 Jul 15 17	Jul 15 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.534331 $0.53	Mar 13 2017 Mar 13 2017 Apr 15 2017 Mar 13 17 Apr 15 17	Apr 15 2017	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.509442 $0.51	Dec 13 2016 Dec 13 2016 Jan 15 2017 Dec 13 16 Jan 15 17	Jan 15 2017	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.519169 $0.52	Sep 13 2016 Sep 13 2016 Oct 15 2016 Sep 13 16 Oct 15 16	Oct 15 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.528496 $0.53	Jun 13 2016 Jun 13 2016 Jul 15 2016 Jun 13 16 Jul 15 16	Jul 15 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.510892 $0.51	Mar 11 2016 Mar 11 2016 Apr 15 2016 Mar 11 16 Apr 15 16	Apr 15 2016	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.473485 $0.47	Dec 11 2015 Dec 11 2015 Jan 15 2016 Dec 11 15 Jan 15 16	Jan 15 2016	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.490085 $0.49	Sep 11 2015 Sep 11 2015 Oct 15 2015 Sep 11 15 Oct 15 15	Oct 15 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.527469 $0.53	Jun 11 2015 Jun 11 2015 Jul 15 2015 Jun 11 15 Jul 15 15	Jul 15 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.509205 $0.51	Mar 12 2015 Mar 12 2015 Apr 15 2015 Mar 12 15 Apr 15 15	Apr 15 2015	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.530954 $0.53	Dec 11 2014 Dec 11 2014 Jan 15 2015 Dec 11 14 Jan 15 15	Jan 15 2015	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.558773 $0.56	Sep 11 2014 Sep 11 2014 Oct 15 2014 Sep 11 14 Oct 15 14	Oct 15 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.569124 $0.57	Jun 12 2014 Jun 12 2014 Jul 15 2014 Jun 12 14 Jul 15 14	Jul 15 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.556959 $0.56	Mar 12 2014 Mar 12 2014 Apr 15 2014 Mar 12 14 Apr 15 14	Apr 15 2014	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.550723 $0.55	Dec 12 2013 Dec 12 2013 Jan 15 2014 Dec 12 13 Jan 15 14	Jan 15 2014	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.5644 $0.56	Sep 12 2013 Sep 12 2013 Oct 15 2013 Sep 12 13 Oct 15 13	Oct 15 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.571 $0.57	Jun 12 2013 Jun 12 2013 Jul 15 2013 Jun 12 13 Jul 15 13	Jul 15 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.567 $0.57	Mar 13 2013 Mar 13 2013 Apr 15 2013 Mar 13 13 Apr 15 13	Apr 15 2013	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.576 $0.58	Dec 12 2012 Dec 12 2012 Jan 15 2013 Dec 12 12 Jan 15 13	Jan 15 2013	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.5817 $0.58	Sep 12 2012 Sep 12 2012 Oct 15 2012 Sep 12 12 Oct 15 12	Oct 15 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.5282 $0.53	Jun 13 2012 Jun 13 2012 Jul 15 2012 Jun 13 12 Jul 15 12	Jul 15 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.5477 $0.55	Mar 13 2012 Mar 13 2012 Apr 15 2012 Mar 13 12 Apr 15 12	Apr 15 2012	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.5027 $0.5	Dec 13 2011 Dec 13 2011 Jan 15 2012 Dec 13 11 Jan 15 12	Jan 15 2012	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.5226 $0.52	Sep 13 2011 Sep 13 2011 Oct 15 2011 Sep 13 11 Oct 15 11	Oct 15 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.5292 $0.53	Jun 13 2011 Jun 13 2011 Jul 15 2011 Jun 13 11 Jul 15 11	Jul 15 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.5043 $0.5	Mar 11 2011 Mar 11 2011 Apr 15 2011 Mar 11 11 Apr 15 11	Apr 15 2011	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.4557 $0.46	Dec 13 2010 Dec 13 2010 Jan 15 2011 Dec 13 10 Jan 15 11	Jan 15 2011	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.4451 $0.45	Sep 13 2010 Sep 13 2010 Oct 15 2010 Sep 13 10 Oct 15 10	Oct 15 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.4211 $0.42	Jun 11 2010 Jun 11 2010 Jul 15 2010 Jun 11 10 Jul 15 10	Jul 15 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.4228 $0.42	Mar 11 2010 Mar 11 2010 Apr 15 2010 Mar 11 10 Apr 15 10	Apr 15 2010	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.382 $0.38	Dec 11 2009 Dec 11 2009 Jan 15 2010 Dec 11 09 Jan 15 10	Jan 15 2010	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.3771 $0.38	Sep 11 2009 Sep 11 2009 Oct 15 2009 Sep 11 09 Oct 15 09	Oct 15 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.3503 $0.35	Jun 11 2009 Jun 11 2009 Jul 15 2009 Jun 11 09 Jul 15 09	Jul 15 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.3008 $0.3	Mar 12 2009 Mar 12 2009 Apr 15 2009 Mar 12 09 Apr 15 09	Apr 15 2009	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.3009 $0.3	Dec 19 2008 Dec 19 2008 Jan 15 2009 Dec 19 08 Jan 15 09	Jan 15 2009	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.3685 $0.37	Mar 12 2008 Mar 12 2008 Apr 15 2008 Mar 12 08 Apr 15 08	Apr 15 2008	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3609 $0.36	Dec 12 2007 Dec 12 2007 Jan 15 2008 Dec 12 07 Jan 15 08	Jan 15 2008	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3521 $0.35	Sep 12 2007 Sep 12 2007 Oct 15 2007 Sep 12 07 Oct 15 07	Oct 15 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.342 $0.34	Jun 13 2007 Jun 13 2007 Jul 15 2007 Jun 13 07 Jul 15 07	Jul 15 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3117 $0.31	Mar 13 2007 Mar 13 2007 Apr 15 2007 Mar 13 07 Apr 15 07	Apr 15 2007	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.2862 $0.29	Dec 13 2006 Dec 13 2006 Jan 15 2007 Dec 13 06 Jan 15 07	Jan 15 2007	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.2946 $0.29	Sep 13 2006 Sep 13 2006 Oct 15 2006 Sep 13 06 Oct 15 06	Oct 15 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.2985 $0.3	Jun 13 2006 Jun 13 2006 Jul 15 2006 Jun 13 06 Jul 15 06	Jul 15 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.2845 $0.28	Mar 13 2006 Mar 13 2006 Apr 15 2006 Mar 13 06 Apr 15 06	Apr 15 2006	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.2866 $0.29	Dec 13 2005 Dec 13 2005 Jan 15 2006 Dec 13 05 Jan 15 06	Jan 15 2006	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.2788 $0.28	Sep 13 2005 Sep 13 2005 Oct 15 2005 Sep 13 05 Oct 15 05	Oct 15 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.2629 $0.26	Jun 13 2005 Jun 13 2005 Jul 15 2005 Jun 13 05 Jul 15 05	Jul 15 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.2738 $0.27	Mar 11 2005 Mar 11 2005 Apr 15 2005 Mar 11 05 Apr 15 05	Apr 15 2005	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.2449 $0.24	Dec 13 2004 Dec 13 2004 Jan 15 2005 Dec 13 04 Jan 15 05	Jan 15 2005	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.2326 $0.23	Sep 13 2004 Sep 13 2004 Oct 15 2004 Sep 13 04 Oct 15 04	Oct 15 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.2206 $0.22	Jun 11 2004 Jun 11 2004 Jul 15 2004 Jun 11 04 Jul 15 04	Jul 15 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.2267 $0.23	Mar 11 2004 Mar 11 2004 Apr 15 2004 Mar 11 04 Apr 15 04	Apr 15 2004	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.2295 $0.23	Dec 11 2003 Dec 11 2003 Jan 15 2004 Dec 11 03 Jan 15 04	Jan 15 2004	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.2196 $0.22	Sep 11 2003 Sep 11 2003 Oct 15 2003 Sep 11 03 Oct 15 03	Oct 15 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.2221 $0.22	Jun 12 2003 Jun 12 2003 Jul 15 2003 Jun 12 03 Jul 15 03	Jul 15 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.2034 $0.2	Mar 13 2003 Mar 13 2003 Apr 15 2003 Mar 13 03 Apr 15 03	Apr 15 2003	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1923 $0.19	Dec 11 2002 Dec 11 2002 Jan 15 2003 Dec 11 02 Jan 15 03	Jan 15 2003	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1908 $0.19	Sep 11 2002 Sep 11 2002 Oct 15 2002 Sep 11 02 Oct 15 02	Oct 15 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1954 $0.2	Jun 12 2002 Jun 12 2002 Jul 15 2002 Jun 12 02 Jul 15 02	Jul 15 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1892 $0.19	Mar 13 2002 Mar 13 2002 Apr 15 2002 Mar 13 02 Apr 15 02	Apr 15 2002	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.1907 $0.19	Dec 12 2001 Dec 12 2001 Jan 15 2002 Dec 12 01 Jan 15 02	Jan 15 2002	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.1918 $0.19	Sep 12 2001 Sep 12 2001 Oct 15 2001 Sep 12 01 Oct 15 01	Oct 15 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.1968 $0.2	Jun 13 2001 Jun 13 2001 Jul 15 2001 Jun 13 01 Jul 15 01	Jul 15 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.1934 $0.19	Mar 13 2001 Mar 13 2001 Apr 15 2001 Mar 13 01 Apr 15 01	Apr 15 2001	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.1964 $0.2	Dec 13 2000 Dec 13 2000 Jan 15 2001 Dec 13 00 Jan 15 01	Jan 15 2001	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.2026 $0.2	Sep 13 2000 Sep 13 2000 Oct 15 2000 Sep 13 00 Oct 15 00	Oct 15 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.2034 $0.2	Jun 13 2000 Jun 13 2000 Jul 15 2000 Jun 13 00 Jul 15 00	Jul 15 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0547 $0.05	Mar 13 2000 Mar 13 2000 Apr 15 2000 Mar 13 00 Apr 15 00	Apr 15 2000	quarterly quarterly

How much dividend does BCE Inc. pay?

BCE Inc. most recently paid a dividend of $0.32. BCE Inc. paid a Dividend of $2.90 Per Share in the financial year 2024. With a stock price of $22.86 at Oct 31 2025, the current dividend yield is 12.67% (calculation: $2.90 / $22.86 = 12.67%). No special dividend was paid.

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What is the BCE Inc. Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average BCE Inc. dividend yield over the last 5 years is 6.35% and the average over the last 10 years is 5.51%.

The payout ratio of BCE Inc. in relation to the last financial year is 2,228.53%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 221.41%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share(EPS).

Metric	BCE Inc.
Current dividend yield	12.67%
Dividend Yield 5Y	6.35%
Dividend Yield 10Y	5.51%
Payout 1Y	2,228.53%
Payout 3Y	221.41%

Is the BCE Inc. dividend safe? Continuity & Dividend Growth

Is the BCE Inc. dividend safe?

BCE Inc. has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 6 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 6-times.

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 0.92%. The average BCE Inc. Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is 3.95%. The average for the last 10 years is 2.72%.

Metric	BCE Inc.
Increased	6 Years
Continuity	6 Years
Paid	25 Years
Growth 1Y	0.92%
Growth 5Y	3.95%
Growth 10Y	2.72%

Continuity

BCE Inc. has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 6 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 6-times.

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BCE Inc. Stock Forecast 2025

On the stock exchange, the BCE Inc. stock (ISIN: CA05534B7604) is not traded as a top scorer in October 2025 according to the dividend strategy.

The stock price of BCE Inc. -2.20% has fallen since the beginning of the year 2025. However, the return generated in the past says nothing about the future return. You can find the BCE Inc. stock price in real time at the top of the page.

BCE Inc. (symbol: BCE) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 71.44 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 1.24 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the BCE Inc. stock forecast 2025 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 11.82 according to P/E ratio and 1.21 according to P/S.

Metric	BCE Inc.
Dividend Score	??/15
Performance 2025	2.20%
P/E TTM	71.44
P/S TTM	1.24
P/E forward	11.82
P/S forward	1.21

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