BCE Inc T.BCE.PR.L

The definitive dividend payout ration question is ANSWERED!

[flush777]

Globe and Mail shows the payout ratio for BCE at 182% and the ratio for competitor Telus at 283%.
Telus stock is flat and BCE is declining.

I dont hear noises and screams about Telus ratio, perhaps I am mistaken ... SO MAYBE BELL  IS NOT SO BAD ...

Just saying!

[Ocalaman]

Because it's a BCE board. TELUS is in the same boat borrowing to pay the dividend. 

[flush777]

I know it is a BCE board, see my previous postings ... but few in the industry are concerned about the Telus dividend but only BCE. I just checked out the TELUS board and no comments about the ratio.

[Ocalaman]

As they say the proof is in the pudding , here are the 12 months stats for Canadian stock perfromance for the past 12 months . The market IS the expert. CCA  + 27.12  % QBR  + 25,48 RCI.B  + 6.7 T  +1.36 BCE  - 10.20 Trend, negative for bce, positive for small providors who were handed the gift of big telco communications hardware by the governmnt.

[BlueDawn]

The next 12 will be more interesting. my thesis is based on a reduction in debt causing a spike in SP as the Enterprise Value to Revenue balances.  If they navigate this by selling the non core things like radio stations, tiny wireless markets and sports teams (which were great choices to trim) without touching core parts (like the Rogers announcement today) I think there is a lot of

[Ocalaman]

Good luck, you made your bet based on the reasons make sense to you and that's always the best way to go. Hope you're right. 

[flush777]

I am growing weary of all comments about inability to pay dividend, lets just end discussion, by decreasing our dividend by 2% then we are the same as TELUS, where the Stockhouse board members never make any comments about their inability to pay their corporate dividends. END OF MATTER. A small decline but we will continue to repay debt and market should view this with a positive result, me thinks