BCE Inc. reported a fourth-quarter profit attributable to common shareholders of $594 million as its revenue edged lower compared with year ago.
The company says the profit amounted to 64 cents per share for the quarter compared with a profit of $461 million or 51 cents per share a year earlier.
Operating revenue totalled $6.40 billion, down from $6.42 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024.
On an adjusted basis, BCE says it earned 69 cents per share in its latest quarter compared with an adjusted profit of 79 cents per share a year earlier.
Analysts on average had expected an adjusted profit of 63 cents per share, according to data compiled by LSEG Data & Analytics.
BCE says subscriptions to its Crave streaming service rose 26 per cent in the fourth quarter to 4.6 million as its Heated Rivalry original series debuted in November.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 5, 2026.
Barrick Mining Corporation (B) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $2.41 billion.
On a per-share basis, the Toronto-based company said it had profit of $1.43. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $1.04 per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 85 cents per share.
The gold and copper mining company posted revenue of $6 billion in the period.
For the year, the company reported profit of $4.99 billion, or $2.93 per share. Revenue was reported as $16.96 billion.
Barrick Mining shares have risen almost 9% since the beginning of the year. The stock has nearly tripled in the last 12 months.
Thomson Reuters raised its dividend by 10 per cent as it reported a fourth-quarter profit of US$332 million, down from US$587 million a year earlier.
The company says it will pay a quarterly dividend of 65.5 US cents per share, up from 59.5 cents US per share.
The increased payment came as Thomson Reuters says its fourth-quarter profit amounted to 74 cents US per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec. 31, down from US$1.30 per diluted share a year earlier.
Revenue totalled US$2.01 billion, up from US$1.91 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024.
On an adjusted basis, Thomson Reuters says it earned US$1.07 per share in its latest quarter, up from an adjusted profit of US$1.01 per share a year earlier.
The average analyst estimate had been for an adjusted profit of US$1.06 per share, according to data compiled by LSEG Data & Analytics.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 5, 2026.
Thomson Reuters Corporation provides business information services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in five segments: Legal Professionals, Corporates, Tax & Accounting Professionals, Reuters News, and Global Print. The Legal Professionals segment offers research and workflow products focusing on legal research and integrated legal workflow solutions that combine content, tools, and analytics to law firms and governments. The Corporates segment provides a suite of content-enabled technology solutions for legal, tax, regulatory, compliance, and IT professionals. The Tax & Accounting Professionals segment offers research and workflow products focusing on tax offerings and automating tax workflows to tax, accounting, and audit professionals in accounting firms. The Reuters News segment provides business, financial, and international news to media organizations, professional, and news consumers through news agency and industry events. The Global Print segment offers legal and tax information primarily in print format to legal and tax professionals, governments, law schools, and corporations. The company was formerly known as The Thomson Corporation and changed its name to Thomson Reuters Corporation in April 2008. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Thomson Reuters Corporation is a subsidiary of The Woodbridge Company Limited.
How the Company Makes Money
Thomson Reuters generates revenue primarily through subscription-based models and software licensing. Its key revenue streams include:
1) Legal Professionals: Providing legal research tools, case law databases, and analytics solutions.
2) Financial Professionals: Offering financial market data, trading platforms, and analytical tools for investment professionals.
3) Tax and Accounting: Supplying software and services for compliance, tax planning, and accounting professionals.
4) Media: Licensing news content and providing insights to media organizations. Additionally, strategic partnerships with technology firms enhance its service offerings and expand its market reach, contributing substantially to its revenue growth.
Thomson Reuters (TRI) Financial Statements
Thomson Reuters (TRI) Dividend Date & History
Here’s a data-driven review of Thomson Reuters (trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange as TRI.TO) share price trend over the past 3 months and a forward look at growth expectations over the next 3 months based on the most recent market data and analyst forecasts available.
1. Recent 3-Month Share Performance (Trend)
Over the last 3 months, TRI.TO has experienced a significant pullback:
The stock has declined sharply, with one snapshot showing a drop of around -27.8% over 1 month and -31.1% YTD as of early February 2026.
The decline reflects broad market selling pressure and sector rotation, with TRI underperforming broader indices.
Intraday quotes have shown the stock trading near its 52-week low range (~C$118–C$125) versus a cycle high near ~C$299.
Technical indicators currently lean bearish, with some systems flagging “sell” momentum.
Summary: The past 3 months have seen weak performance and volatility, propelled by downgrades, profit taking, and general risk-off sentiment in equities.
2. Drivers Behind the Recent Trend
Several factors have influenced this downward trend:
Earnings & Guidance
TRI has delivered sequential revenue growth and reaffirmed its guidance in recent reported quarters, with organic revenue increases driven by AI-enhanced offerings.
Analyst Revisions
Some analysts have cut price targets recently — notably National Bank reducing targets (which triggered a sharp one-day drop).
Market Position
TRI’s business leans on subscription-based and enterprise services (legal, tax, accounting), which historically offers stability, but earnings depend on broader macro spending.
3. Forward Outlook (Next 3 Months)
Over the next quarter, near-term stock direction will be influenced by earnings results, broader market performance, and sentiment toward value/tech stocks. Here’s what analysts project:
Analyst Price Targets & Consensus
Most major brokerages maintain a Buy or Hold consensus, even with some downward target revisions.
Average 12-month price targets sit well above current levels (often in the ~C$180–C$260+ range), suggesting medium-to-long-term upside from current prices, though this is beyond the next 3 months.
Short-Term Signals
Bullish Factors:
Strong core revenue and continued investment in AI tools—especially for legal and tax workflows—support longer-term growth.
Buybacks and recurring revenue reduce earnings volatility and can underpin near-term support.
Bearish/Neutral Factors:
Technical indicators and recent price declines indicate near-term resistance remains until sentiment stabilizes.
Macro headwinds (higher rates, slower corporate IT spend) could delay discretionary growth.
4. Growth Expectations — Quantitative Summary
Timeframe
Expected Trend / Signal
Past 3 Months
Weak / Downtrend; underperformed major indices
Next 1–3 Months (Technicals)
Mixed to cautious; bearish bias unless earnings beat expectations
3–12 Months (Consensus)
Generally moderate Buy with significant potential upside
Analyst Consensus (12-Month):
Price targets generally ~C$180–C$260+ versus current ~C$120s, a substantial implied upside.
Bottom Line — What Investors Should Know
✅ Strengths
Recurring revenue model, strong brand, and AI-driven product expansion support fundamental growth.
Analyst coverage mostly positive long-term.
⚠️ Near-Term Headwinds
Recent price weakness and technical bearish signals suggest caution for the next few weeks.
Market sentiment and macro variables (rates, spending) will strongly influence stock movement.
Catalysts to Watch
Upcoming earnings releases (e.g., next quarterly report).
Any new guidance on AI products or subscription growth.
Investors were assessing on Wednesday whether a selloff in global software stocks this week had gone too far, as they weighed if businesses could survive an existential threat posed by artificial intelligence.
The answer: It’s unclear and will lead to volatility.
After a broad selloff on Tuesday that saw the S&P 500 software and services index fall nearly 4 per cent, the sector slipped another 1 per cent on Wednesday.
While software stocks have been under pressure in recent months as AI has gone from being a tailwind for many of these companies to investors worrying about the disruption it will cause to some sectors, the latest selloff was triggered by a new legal tool from Anthropic’s Claude large language model (LLM).
The tool – a plug-in for Claude’s agent for tasks across legal, sales, marketing and data analysis – underscored the push by LLMs into the so-called “application layer,” where these firms are increasingly muscling into lucrative enterprise businesses for revenue they need to fund massive investments. If successful, investors worry, it could wreak havoc across a range of industries, from finance to law and coding.
The LLMs strategy – and its potential to hurt established businesses – is reminiscent of how Amazon.com disrupted several industries by using its foothold in a niche online book market to build a business that now spans retail, cloud and logistics.
Some analysts said the success of these AI LLMs was, however, far from guaranteed, given that they lack the specialized data that is crucial to businesses in the industries. The selloff reflected a scramble to shield portfolios as the rapid advances in the technology muddy valuations and business prospects beyond the standard three-to-five-year forecasts of companies, they said.
“We are not yet at the point where AI agents will destroy software companies, especially given concerns around security, data ownership and use,” said Ben Barringer, head of technology research at Quilter Cheviot.
Barringer said more volatility is likely to come. “During times of volatility, people often shoot first and ask questions later,” he said.
That was on full display in recent days. The S&P 500 software and services index has fallen nearly 13 per cent over five straight sessions and is down 26 per cent from its October peak, whereas the S&P 500 scaled an all-time high just this week.
The MSCI world software and services index has dropped 13 per cent over five days.
Taking cues from Wall Street, Asia suffered sharp declines on Wednesday. India’s IT exporters shed nearly 6 per cent and Japanese software and systems developers NEC, Nomura Research and Fujitsu sank between 8 per cent and 11 per cent.
Selling pressure, however, started to ease in Europe, with the region’s largest software firm SAP down only 0.1 per cent.
Some analysts and experts said it is too early to call an end to global software and data companies. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Tuesday that fears AI would replace software and related tools was “illogical” and “time will prove itself.”
Mark Murphy, Head of U.S. Enterprise Software Research at JPMorgan, said it “feels like an illogical leap” to say a new plug-in from an LLM would “replace every layer of mission-critical enterprise software.”
Software is seen as especially vulnerable to disruption as tools such as Claude increasingly automate the routine tasks that have long underpinned the industry’s pricing power.
“We are now in an environment where the sector isn’t just guilty until proven innocent but is now being sentenced before trial,” said Toby Ogg, an analyst at JPMorgan.
“Our sense from investor discussions is that general appetite to step in remains generally low,” he added, citing risks including competition from AI-native firms and clients building their own solutions in-house.
Both Shopify (SHOP.TO) and Kinaxis (KXS.TO) dropped for very similar reasons: investors became nervous about expensive tech stocks, analysts cut price targets, and the market shifted away from high‑growth names. Neither company is in financial trouble — this is mainly a sentiment and valuation reset.
Even though Shopify is a strong company, its stock fell because:
1. Tech stocks were hit broadly
Investors pulled money out of high‑growth tech companies. When this happens, Shopify usually gets hit harder because it’s one of the most expensive tech names.
2. Slower growth expectations
E‑commerce is still growing, but not as fast as during COVID. When growth slows, Shopify’s valuation gets questioned.
3. Analysts lowered price targets
RBC and others cut targets on several Canadian tech stocks, including Shopify, which pushed the stock down further.
Kinaxis is a supply‑chain software company with very steady business, but its stock fell because:
1. It was priced very high
Kinaxis trades at a very high P/E ratio (around 86–89), so even small concerns cause big drops.
2. It hit a new 52‑week low
Once it broke below key price levels, technical traders and algorithms sold more, pushing it down faster. Its 52‑week range recently fell to 139.10, far below its previous high of 212.45.
3. Analysts cut targets across Canadian tech
RBC lowered price targets on multiple Canadian tech stocks, including KXS, citing concerns about AI‑related disruption and slower growth.
🟦 The Simple Bottom Line
Nothing is fundamentally broken at Shopify or Kinaxis.
No bankruptcy risk.
The declines are mostly due to market psychology, valuation resets, and analyst downgrades, not business failure.
These companies still have strong revenue, customers, and long‑term prospects.
Shares of U.S.-listed rare earth miners jumped Monday after news that President Donald Trump is preparing a sweeping plan to build a strategic stockpile of critical minerals.
The proposal, known as Project Vault, would launch a first-of-its-kind strategic critical minerals stockpile designed for the U.S. private sector, according to a White House official. The plan pairs $1.67 billion in private capital with a $10 billion loan from the U.S. Export-Import Bank, the person said. Trump’s move is aimed at cutting America’s dependence on China for materials essential to electric vehicles, defense systems and advanced technology.
MP Materials, the operator of the Mountain Pass mine in California, surged 6% in early trading Monday. USA Rare Earth and Critical Metals Corp. rallied 13% and 12%, respectively, as investors bet the initiative could accelerate domestic demand and government-backed financing for the sector.
Bloomberg News first reported on the proposal earlier Monday.
USA Rare Earth has already held discussions with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, pitching its domestic mining and magnet assets to the federal government. Those talks would ultimately lead to a proposed deal that could provide the company with about $1.6 billion in funding, subject to certain conditions, and include a U.S. government equity stake.
The moves build on a more direct role Washington has begun taking in the sector. The Department of Defense struck a landmark agreement with MP Materials last summer that included an equity stake, price floor, and long-term agreement to buy a specific amount of rare earth minerals and magnets.
— CNBC’s Spencer Kimball contributed to this report.
A near 9-per-cent drop in copper prices in the last two days reflects a return to reality for a market whose recent surge to record highs had run ahead of fundamentals, analysts said – with more losses likely.
Weak demand, rising stockpiles, and the likelihood of higher supplies all suggested copper’s rally to record highs at US$14,527.50 a metric ton last Thursday was unsustainable, they say.
Prices had moved way beyond fundamentals, “pushed up by investors crowding into the market,” said Macquarie analyst Alice Fox. “We think the market was in an around 600,000 ton global surplus last year.”
Fox said copper prices are still too high, and that to fully reflect fundamentals, they should be below US$11,000 a ton.
At last week’s record, prices of the metal used to make wiring for conducting electricity were well above the level analysts say is needed to incentivise investment in new production in the coming years.
On Monday, prices hit a three-week low at US$12,414.50, a drop of 9 per cent in the two most recent trading sessions, with investors retreating after U.S. President Donald Trump’s appointment of Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve pushed up the dollar higher.
The macro picture also undermines the case for copper bulls. Trump’s tariffs and trade wars have pressured manufacturing activity around the world over the past year.
Factory activity in some parts of the world expanded in January, offering policymakers some assurance the hit from higher U.S. tariffs has run its course for now, but the growth was from a low base and followed months of shrinking activity.
China’s Lunar New Year holiday in mid-February will also bring industrial activity to a standstill in the country which consumes more than half of global copper production estimated at around 26 million tons this year.
Much of the gain in copper prices last year was due to disruptions to mined supplies, including accidents in Indonesia and Chile. However, production ramp-ups at mines in Zambia and Mongolia are likely to mean higher supplies this year.
“While we forecast copper in a deeper deficit market year on year, we still do not see the market as historically out of balance,” said StoneX analyst Natalie Scott-Gray.
“And although supply risks do outweigh a demand slowdown… fundamentals certainly do not support copper at current levels.”
Another sign of weak demand are brimming stocks in London Metal Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange and Comex registered warehouses, which at more than 930,000 tons combined have more than doubled since August.
Gold prices were in freefall on Friday as traders locked in profits from recent gains. In addition, the naming of the next candidate for U.S. Federal Reserve Chair and today’s producer price data pushed the U.S. dollar higher, weighing on the yellow metal.
Front Month Comex Gold for February delivery nosedived by $604.50 (or 11.37%) to $4,713.90 per troy ounce. However, gold prices skyrocketed by $388.30 per troy ounce (8.98%) for this month and have increased for six consecutive months.
Front Month Comex Silver for February delivery also were in freefall by $35.747 (or 31.35%) to $78.290 per troy ounce. However, silver prices also skyrocketed by $8.1560 (or 11.63%) per troy ounce for this month, increasing for the ninth consecutive month.
In January, gold and silver prices soared by around 17% and 39% respectively.
Yesterday, Front Month Comex Gold for February delivery hit a new record closing high at $5,318.40 per troy ounce after eight consecutive sessions of gains. As a result, investors today opted to book profits.
The U.S. Fed held interest rates steady at the conclusion of its two-day meeting on January 28. The Fed’s economic outlook has diminished expectations of any near-term rate cuts. The Fed had instituted rate cuts thrice consecutively in late 2025.
U.S. President Donald Trump has been criticizing current Fed Chair Jerome Powell for keeping rates too high.
With Powell’s tenure coming to an end by mid-2026, Trump announced his intent to nominate Kevin Warsh, who served as a Fed governor from 2006 until 2011, as Powell’s successor. Warsh’s appointment requires Senate confirmation.
Economists are a bit “surprised” with Trump’s pick, as Warsh is a “hawkish leaning” banker, supporting higher interest rates in an inflationary environment.
The U.S. dollar index was last seen trading at 97.00, up by 0.72 (or 0.75%) today.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics data revealed that month-on-month producer prices rose 0.5% in December 2025, the largest gain in three months, accelerating from a 0.2% increase in November.
Year-over-year, producer prices rose 3.0% in December, unchanged from the previous month.
The month-on-month core producer prices (excluding food and energy) jumped by 0.7% from the previous month in December and on an year-over-year basis, core prices rose by 3.3%.
A funding bill passed by Congress last year to run the U.S. government is lapsing by midnight tonight.
After hectic parleys between Senate Democrats and Republicans and the White House, a deal has been reportedly struck to pass five bills to finance a large portion of the government spending except the Department of Homeland Security.
Recently, immigration officials fatally shot two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis, triggering public anger.
Reflecting on this, a few Democrats threatened to halt any funding that would include bankrolling the DHS, which was a sticking point in the negotiations.
Though today’s bill strips DHS funding, it has to pass back to the House from the Senate. The House is in recess, with a vote not likely to happen until Monday.
Hence, the likelihood of a partial shutdown at least for a brief period appears inevitable.
Despite Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to negotiate on a nuclear deal before time runs out or face severe attacks, Iran has refused to bow to U.S. pressure.
Yesterday, Iran’s army announced adding 1,000 new “strategic” drones.
With Iran’s neighbors pushing for diplomacy, tension still persists in the Middle East. Turkey has come forward to mediate a solution.
In Europe, Russia has consented to pause strikes on Ukraine until February 1 owing to Trump’s appeal.
Trump made the request to support Ukrainians who are facing a “harsh winter” with heating equipment made inactive after Russian strikes on energy installations.
Russia is yet to take positive steps on the U.S.-authored peace proposal though Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is prepared to expedite the deal.
