Canaan (CAN) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Founded as a French subscription-TV channel 40 years ago, CANAL+ is now a global media and entertainment company. Following its acquisition of MultiChoice Group, a leading entertainment platform in Africa, the combined Group has 40 million subscribers, operates in over 70 countries and has approximately 17,000 employees. CANAL+ is one of the largest media companies in Europe, the market leader in Africa and has a globally recognised brand (Top 50 Most Valuable French Brands, globally. Source: Kantar BrandZ, 2025). CANAL+ operates across the entire audio-visual value chain, including production, broadcast, distribution and aggregation. It is home to STUDIOCANAL, a leading film and television studio with worldwide production and distribution capabilities; Dailymotion, a major international video platform powered by cutting-edge proprietary technology for video delivery, advertising, and monetisation; CANAL+ Distribution, a production and distribution company specialising in creating and distributing diverse content and channels; and telecommunications services, through GVA in Africa and CANAL+ Telecom in the French overseas jurisdictions and territories. It also operates the iconic performance venues L’Olympia. Additionally, CANAL+ has significant equity stakes in Viaplay (the Pay-TV leader in Scandinavia), Viu (a leading OTT platform in Southern Asia), and UGC, a leading French cinema group.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 265.60 to 272
• 50-Day Range: 223.40 to 283.12
• 52-Week Range: 168.50 to 327.40
• Volume: 3.08 million shs
• Average Volume: 5.20 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 0.72%
• Price Target: GBX 350
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Canaan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Canaan scored higher than 31% 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: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Canaan has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Canaan has a consensus price target of GBX 350, representing about 29.5% upside from its current price of GBX 270.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Canaan has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Canaan is -54.04, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Canaan is -54.04, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

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

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for CAN.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Canaan has a dividend yield of 0.74%, which is in the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Canaan does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.05

News Sentiment

Canaan has a news sentiment score of 0.05. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 4 news articles for Canaan this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 12 people have searched for CAN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -14% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Canaan insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.29% of the stock of Canaan is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

23.59% of the stock of Canaan is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/20/2026
• Today: 8/03/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Sub-Industry: Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
• Current Symbol: LON:CAN
• Previous Symbol: LON:CAN
• CIK: N/A
• Web: N/A
• Phone: N/A
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: N/A
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Canaan: GBX 350
• High Price Target: GBX 350
• Low Price Target: GBX 350
• Potential Upside/Downside: +31.6%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX (5)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: N/A
• Net Margins: -0.55%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -1.48%
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 98.00
• Current Ratio: 0.96
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: £6.95 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.38
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: N/A
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 980,551,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £2.61 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 2.09