BCE (BCE) Cash Flow from Financing

: $-1,154 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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Cash from financing is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders.

For the three months ended in Dec. 2023, BCE paid $0 Mil more to buy back shares than it received from issuing new shares. It received $653 Mil from issuing more debt. It paid $37 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares. It spent $692 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders. It spent $45 Mil on other financial activities. In all, BCE spent $121 Mil on financial activities for the three months ended in Dec. 2023.

BCE Cash Flow from Financing Historical Data

The historical data trend for BCE's Cash Flow from Financing can be seen below:

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BCE Annual Data

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Dec23

Cash Flow from Financing

-3,190.83

-3,228.20

-722.66

-2,199.49

-1,149.37

BCE Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash Flow from Financing																-516.01	318.64	-564.50	-787.82	-120.75

BCE Cash Flow from Financing Calculation

This is the cash generated/spent from financial activities such as share issuance (buy back), debt issuance (repayment), and dividends paid to preferred and common stockholders. In the calculation of free cash flow, cash from financing is not calculated because it is not related to operating activities.

BCE's Cash from Financing for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

	Cash Flow from Financing		(A: Dec. 2023 )
=	Issuance of Stock	+	Repurchase of Stock	+	Net Issuance of Debt	+	Net Issuance of Preferred Stock	+	Cash Flow for Dividends	+	Other Financing
=	13.417	+	0	+	2005.814	+	-104.353	+	-2734.049	+	-330.203
=	-1,149

BCE's Cash from Financing for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is:

	Cash Flow from Financing		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=	Issuance of Stock	+	Repurchase of Stock	+	Net Issuance of Debt	+	Net Issuance of Preferred Stock	+	Cash Flow for Dividends	+	Other Financing
=	0	+	0	+	652.952	+	-37.269	+	-691.711	+	-44.723
=	-121

Cash Flow from Financing for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1,154 Mil.

BCE (NYSE:BCE) Cash Flow from Financing Explanation

Cash from financing contains six items:

1. Issuance of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. Issuance of stock represents the cash inflow from offering common stock, which is the additional capital contribution to the entity during the period.

BCE's issuance of stock for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil.

2. Repurchase of Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new shares. It can also use cash to buy back shares. Repurchase of stock represents the cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

BCE's repurchase of stock for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil.

3. Net Issuance of Debt:
Net issuance of debt is the cash a company received or spent through debt related activities such as debt issuance or debt repayment. If a company pays down its debt during the period, this number will be negative. If a company issued more debt, it receives cash and this number is positive.

BCE's net issuance of debt for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $653 Mil. BCE received $653 Mil from issuing more debt.

4. Net Issuance of Preferred Stock:
A company may raise cash from issuing new preferred shares. It can also use cash to buy back preferred shares. If this number is positive, it means that the company has received more cash from issuing preferred shares than it has paid to buy back preferred shares. If this number is negative, it means that company has paid more cash to buy back preferred shares than it has received for issuing preferred shares.

BCE's net issuance of preferred for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-37 Mil. BCE paid $37 Mil more to buy back preferred shares than it received from issuing preferred shares.

5. Cash Flow for Dividends:
Cash flow for dividends refers to the payment of cash to shareholders as dividends when the company generates income.

BCE's cash flow for dividends for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-692 Mil. BCE spent $692 Mil paying cash dividends to shareholders.

6. Other Financing:
Money spent or earned by company from other financial activities.

BCE's other financing for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $-45 Mil. BCE spent $45 Mil on other financial activities.

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Address

1 Carrefour Alexander Graham Bell, Tour A-7, Verdun, QC, CAN, H3E 3B3

Website

https://www.bce.ca

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.