GuruFocus rated BCE Inc. the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.

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The dividend yield of BCE Inc. stocks is 4.8%.

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Weight your portfolio towards high-quality fixed-income securities and focus your Canadian stock list on banks, utilities, and leading telecoms such as BCE Inc. ( BCE), which just raised its dividend by 5%.

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Some of our picks, such as BCE Inc. (BCE) and Toronto Dominion Bank (TD) have doubled in value (including dividends) since they were recommended and many more have scored impressive double-digit gains.

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Another big global dividend payer that Bill Priest of Epoch Partners likes is Canadian telecom BCE, Inc. ( BCE).

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