Cardinal Energy (CJ) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Cardinal is a Canadian oil and natural gas production company with operations focused on low decline sustainable oil production in Western Canada. Cardinal has recently completed its first thermal SAGD project in Reford, Saskatchewan and has transitioned to the production phase of operations. The Company's portfolio of conventional and SAGD project inventory offers a complimentary low decline, long life resource base that is ideally suited to sustain our commitment to meaningful dividend returns to shareholders.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$12.49 to C$12.66
• 50-Day Range: C$10.54 to C$12.63
• 52-Week Range: C$7.52 to C$13.38
• Volume: 433,200 shs
• Average Volume: 1.23 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$2.21 billion
• P/E Ratio: 35.91
• Dividend Yield: 5.73%
• Price Target: C$13.13
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Cardinal Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Cardinal Energy scored higher than 51% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Cardinal Energy has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.25, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Cardinal Energy is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Cardinal Energy has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Cardinal Energy is 35.91, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.92.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Cardinal Energy is 35.91, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.47.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Due to a projected decrease in earnings for Cardinal Energy, their PEG ratio cannot be calculated.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Cardinal Energy has a P/B Ratio of 2.27. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CJ.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Cardinal Energy is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.87%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Cardinal Energy does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Cardinal Energy is 205.71%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.17

News Sentiment

Cardinal Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.17. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.79 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Cardinal Energy this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

6 people have searched for CJ on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Cardinal Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Cardinal Energy insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought C$11,710.00 in company stock and sold C$0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

23.38% of the stock of Cardinal Energy is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

13.39% of the stock of Cardinal Energy is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/17 Dividend: 7/31/2026
• Record date for 8/17 Dividend: 8/17/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/17/2026
• Today: 9/18/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: TSE:CJ
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.cardinalenergy.ca
• Phone: +1-403-2162709
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 177
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Cardinal Energy: C$13.13
• High Price Target: C$15.00
• Low Price Target: C$11.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.5%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.25
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$0.35
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 35.89
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.09
• P/E Growth: -0.26
• Net Income: C$103.21 million
• Net Margins: 10.69%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 6.96%
• Return on Assets: 8.80%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 13.97
• Current Ratio: 0.63
• Quick Ratio: 0.67

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$659.63 million
• Price / Sales: 3.35
• Cash Flow: C$0.04 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 280.77
• Book Value: C$5.53 per share
• Price / Book: 2.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 175,749,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$2.21 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.19