Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About BCE (BCE) Q4 Earnings

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Here's What Key Metrics Tell Us About BCE (BCE) Q4 Earnings

For the quarter ended December 2025, BCE (BCE) reported revenue of $4.59 billion, up 0.1% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.49, compared to $0.56 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.67 billion, representing a surprise of -1.68%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +7.93%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.45.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

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: 461,325 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 490,392. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Gross Subscriber Activations - Prepaid: 170,195 versus 163,314 estimated by three analysts on average. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Mobile Connected Device Subscribers - Subscribers EOP: 3,359,565 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 3,348,552. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Gross Subscriber Activations - Total: 631,520 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 653,706. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations - Postpaid: 56,124 compared to the 52,029 average estimate based on three analysts. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations - Prepaid: -3,474 versus -2,123 estimated by three analysts on average. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Net Subscriber Activations - Total: 52,650 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 49,906. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Subscribers End of Period - Postpaid: 9,581,479 compared to the 9,577,384 average estimate based on three analysts. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Subscribers End of Period - Prepaid: 870,105 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 871,456. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Subscribers End of Period - Total: 10,451,580 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 10,448,840. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Blended churn: 1.9% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1.8%. Mobile Phone Subscribers - Blended churn - Postpaid: 1.5% versus the three-analyst average estimate of 1.4%.

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Shares of BCE have returned +12.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% 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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