Canadian Natural Resources - CNQ Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Canadian Natural Resources in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CNQ shares.
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9 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Canadian Natural Resources' stock. Their CNQ share price forecasts range from $69.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $91.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 46.8% from the stock's current price.
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Canadian Natural Resources' stock was trading at $55.53 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, CNQ stock has increased by 11.9% and is now trading at $62.13.
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Canadian Natural Resources saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 45,460,000 shares, a decrease of 18.4% from the December 15th total of 55,700,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,360,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 19.3 days. Approximately 4.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 2nd 2023.
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Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE:CNQ) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 3rd. The oil and gas producer reported $2.37 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.09 by $0.28. The oil and gas producer earned $8.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.98 billion. Canadian Natural Resources had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 34.75% and a net margin of 24.55%.

Canadian Natural Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.6237 per share on Thursday, January 5th. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.02%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 15th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.58.
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Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) pays an annual dividend of $2.53 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.08%. CNQ has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 31.43%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNQ will have a dividend payout ratio of 38.86% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 employees have rated Canadian Natural Resources Chief Executive Officer Tim S. McKay on Glassdoor.com. Tim S. McKay has an approval rating of 96% among the company's employees. This puts Tim S. McKay in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Canadian Natural Resources trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CNQ."

Canadian Natural Resources' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Yacktman Asset Management LP (1.38%), National Bank of Canada FI (1.14%), Addenda Capital Inc. (0.12%), Close Asset Management Ltd (0.09%), QV Investors Inc. (0.08%) and Baskin Financial Services Inc. (0.04%).

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One share of CNQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.13.

Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) has a market capitalization of $68.53 billion and generates $26.21 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $6.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.05 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,735 workers across the globe.

Canadian Natural Resources' mailing address is 2100 855-2 STREET SW, CALGARY A0, T2P 4J8. The official website for the company is www.cnrl.com. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at (403) 517-6700, via email at ir@cnrl.com, or via fax at 403-517-7350.