BCE INC. $48.88 – Toronto symbol BCE

BCE INC. $48.88 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 777.3 million; Market cap: $38.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.bce.ca) has agreed to pay $3.95 billion in cash and stock for the 56% of BELL ALIANT $30.88 (Toronto symbol BA; Shares outstanding: 227.8… Read More

What to do with Bell Aliant

BCE INC. $48 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 778.3 million; Market cap: $37.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.8; Dividend yield: 5.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) has agreed to pay $3.95 billion in cash and stock for the 56%… Read More

BCE/Bell Aliant choices

BCE INC. $48.88 (Toronto symbol BCE; Shares outstanding: 777.3 million; Market cap: $38.0 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; Dividend yield: 5.1%; www.bce.ca) has agreed to pay $3.95 billion in cash and stock for the 56% of BELL ALIANT $30.88 (Toronto symbol BA; Shares outstanding: 227.8… Read More

BELL ALIANT INC. $28.91 – Toronto symbol BA

BELL ALIANT INC. $28.91 (Toronto symbol BA; Shares outstanding: 227.8 million; Market cap: $6.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.6%; www.aliant.ca) continues to invest heavily in fibre optic networks. It now has 963,048 high-speed Internet users (up 3.9% from a year earlier) and 189,781… Read More

Bell Aliant invests for growth

BELL ALIANT INC. $28.91 (Toronto symbol BA; Shares outstanding: 227.8 million; Market cap: $6.5 billion; TSINetwork Rating: Average; Dividend yield: 6.6%; www.aliant.ca) continues to invest heavily in fibre optic networks. It now has 963,048 high-speed Internet users (up 3.9% from a year earlier) and 189,781… Read More

BELL ALIANT INC. $28 – Toronto symbol BA

BELL ALIANT INC. $28 (Toronto symbol BA, Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 229.1 million; Market cap: $6.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.3; Dividend yield: 6.8%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.bellaliant.ca) sells phone and Internet services to 2.4 million customers in Atlantic Canada and… Read More

BCE INC. $49 – Toronto symbol BCE

p>BCE INC. $49 (Toronto symbol BCE; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 777.3 million; Market cap: $38.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.9; Dividend yield: 5.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.bce.ca) is Canada’s largest provider of telephone services, with 5.1 million customers in Ontario… Read More