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BCE (BCE) Capex-to-Operating-Income : 0.80 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is BCE Capex-to-Operating-Income?

Capex-to-Operating-Income measures a company's investments in physical assets such as property, industrial buildings or equipment to its operating income.

BCE's Capital Expenditure for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-784.88 Mil. Its Operating Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $979.43 Mil.

Hence, BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.80.


BCE Capex-to-Operating-Income Historical Data

The historical data trend for BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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BCE Capex-to-Operating-Income Chart

BCE Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Income
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.70 0.82 1.31 0.94 0.87

BCE Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Capex-to-Operating-Income Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.32 0.81 1.03 0.81 0.80

Competitive Comparison of BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income

For the Telecom Services subindustry, BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income, along with its competitors' market caps and Capex-to-Operating-Income data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income falls into.



BCE Capex-to-Operating-Income Calculation

BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income=- Capital Expenditure / Operating Income
=- (-3550.984) / 4098.837
=0.87

BCE's Capex-to-Operating-Income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Capex-to-Operating-Income=- Capital Expenditure / Operating Income
=- (-784.884) / 979.428
=0.80

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


BCE  (NYSE:BCE) Capex-to-Operating-Income Explanation

Capex-to-Operating-Income assesses how much emphasis a company is placing upon investing in capital-intensive projects. The ratio is generally a good gauge to quantify how much focus on growth a company has. Typically, smaller companies that are still growing and expanding will have a higher Capex to Operating Income Ratio, since such businesses are likely investing more in physical assets. Lower ratios could indicate that a company has reached maturity and it is no longer pursuing aggressive growth.


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BCE (BCE) Business Description

Address
1 Carrefour Alexander Graham Bell, Tour A-7, Verdun, QC, CAN, H3E 3B3
BCE provides wireless, broadband, television, and landline phone services in Canada. It is one of the big three national wireless carriers, with its roughly 10 million customers constituting about 30% of the market. It is also the ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier—the legacy telephone provider) throughout much of the eastern half of Canada, including in the most populous Canadian provinces: Ontario and Quebec. Additionally, BCE has a media segment, which holds television, radio, and digital media assets. BCE licenses the Canadian rights to movie channels including HBO, Showtime, and Starz. In 2022, the wireline segment made up 52% of total EBITDA, while wireless was 31% and media provided the remainder.