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: 256.60 to 271.40
• 50-Day Range: 199.15 to 260.01
• 52-Week Range: 168.50 to 327.40
• Volume: 1.40 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.84 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £2.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 0.75%
• Price Target: GBX 350
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Canaan Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Canaan scored higher than 55% 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: 3.7 / 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 30.2% upside from its current price of GBX 268.80.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Canaan has only been the subject of 1 research reports 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 -53.76, 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 0.75%, 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: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Canaan has a news sentiment score of 0.77. 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 0.66 average news sentiment score of companies.

Search Interest

Only 23 people have searched for CAN on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -30% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

2 insiders have purchased shares of Canaan in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net £172,165 in company stock, which represents 0.0065% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Canaan insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £172,165 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.34% of the stock of Canaan is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

22.44% of the stock of Canaan is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 2/20/2026
• Today: 6/04/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: N/A
• Industry: N/A
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• 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: +30.2%
• 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: -2.54%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -2.14%
• Return on Assets: N/A

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 16.52
• Current Ratio: 0.86
• 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: £2.64 billion
• Optionable: N/A
• Beta: 2.07