BCE Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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BCE Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 589 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 45.96% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 416.67M shares of BCE Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number grew by 1.59% or 6.53M shares more. As for the holding position changes, 37.86% (223) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 31.07% (183) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 8.83% (52) closed the holdings completely. 63 hedge funds are new holders of BCE Inc. stock in Q1 2022, it is 10.7% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding BCE (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 451
Q3 2017 451
Q4 2017 500
Q1 2018 498
Q2 2018 491
Q3 2018 478
Q4 2018 487
Q1 2019 518
Q2 2019 499
Q3 2019 488
Q4 2019 539
Q1 2020 504
Q2 2020 493
Q3 2020 485
Q4 2020 502
Q1 2021 522
Q2 2021 532
Q3 2021 543
Q4 2021 589
Q1 2022 589

Hedge funds changes in BCE positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 431651613943
Q3 2017 471761364250
Q4 2017 791751612659
Q1 2018 521781874833
Q2 2018 451522124636
Q3 2018 381602034928
Q4 2018 641561945023
Q1 2019 741681824153
Q2 2019 421921735438
Q3 2019 431741835335
Q4 2019 961811813447
Q1 2020 5118919678-10
Q2 2020 471831905518
Q3 2020 441562144724
Q4 2020 701552164615
Q1 2021 661951764342
Q2 2021 612101694151
Q3 2021 492221593677
Q4 2021 912191794456
Q1 2022 632231835268

Hedge funds changes in BCE stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 1,291,891,334 196,216,000
Q3 2017 1,359,099,994 254,389,000
Q4 2017 1,391,501,597 230,507,000
Q1 2018 607,796,301 171,474,000
Q2 2018 566,541,382 135,135,000
Q3 2018 591,040,156 204,151,000
Q4 2018 164,386,905 141,052,000
Q1 2019 175,921,000 156,111,000
Q2 2019 168,765,000 210,978,000
Q3 2019 159,464,000 275,340,000
Q4 2019 157,670,000 172,840,000
Q1 2020 262,232,290,000 65,353,011,000
Q2 2020 160,377,000 289,081,000
Q3 2020 210,329,000 245,642,000
Q4 2020 217,202,000 164,825,000
Q1 2021 200,544,000 220,524,000
Q2 2021 217,515,000 237,133,000
Q3 2021 230,290,000 508,655,000
Q4 2021 290,209,000 689,100,000
Q1 2022 272,785,000 475,996,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 3.24B 77.45M 1.022%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 1.27B 28.75M 0.550%
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS 698.74M 16.66M 0.230%
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 572.34M 13.64M 1.820%
VANGUARD GROUP INC 553.61M 13.20M 0.016%
CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 530.92M 12.67M 2.039%
CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC 528.29M 12.53M 1.537%
1832 ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. 495.08M 11.80M 1.055%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 492.16M 11.73M 0.297%
FIL LTD 483.14M 11.52M 0.621%
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 475.89M 11.11M 0.596%
TORONTO DOMINION BANK 469.86M 10.22M 0.836%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 375.02M 8.94M 0.134%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 373.78M 8.92M 0.204%
SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 310.17M 7.39M 2.509%
MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 283.24M 6.76M 0.487%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 276.40M 6.59M 0.033%
NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 263.56M 6.30M 1.414%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 238.28M 5.68M 0.189%
MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 235.70M 5.56M 0.166%
CULLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 233.53M 5.56M 2.502%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 215.80M 5.14M 0.068%
CIBC ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 187.37M 4.44M 0.822%
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS 181.52M 4.32M 0.041%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 170.67M 4.06M 0.025%
MORGAN STANLEY 169.00M 4.02M 0.023%
LETKO, BROSSEAU & ASSOCIATES INC 151.80M 3.60M 3.011%
DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE 119.17M 2.79M 0.352%
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 117.50M 2.80M 0.643%
CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 99.90M 2.38M 0.384%
ALBERTA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP 96.69M 2.29M 0.743%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 94.26M 2.24M 0.095%
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 92.85M 2.21M 0.120%
REAVES W H & CO INC 89.65M 2.13M 3.374%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 87.62M 2.07M 0.034%
MONTRUSCO BOLTON INVESTMENTS INC. 78.83M 1.87M 2.078%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 76.32M 1.82M 0.025%
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 74.94M 1.78M 0.043%
INVESCO LTD. 71.14M 1.69M 0.023%
CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. 66.47M 1.58M 0.435%
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 62.74M 1.48M 0.107%
FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 62.56M 1.49M 0.183%
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 60.93M 1.44M 0.056%
GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP 55.84M 1.32M 1.920%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 52.66M 1.25M 0.025%
INTACT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 51.80M 895.06K 1.706%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 46.89M 1.11M 0.010%
CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 46.87M 1.11M 0.052%
APG ASSET MANAGEMENT N.V. 46.52M 1.08M 0.120%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 46.13M 1.1M 0.005%