NYSE:CNQ - Canadian Natural Resources Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Canadian Natural Resources announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be given a dividend of $0.285 per share on Wednesday, January 1st. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.74%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 10th. This is an increase from Canadian Natural Resources's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. View Canadian Natural Resources' Dividend History.

Canadian Natural Resources declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase 61,300,000 shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (NYSE:CNQ) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.60 by $0.44. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $4.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $4.46 billion. Canadian Natural Resources had a return on equity of 7.87% and a net margin of 18.37%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.11 EPS. View Canadian Natural Resources' Earnings History.

Canadian Natural Resources is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, March 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Canadian Natural Resources.

Canadian Natural Resources will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, March 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Canadian Natural Resources' stock. Their forecasts range from $27.83 to $53.00. On average, they expect Canadian Natural Resources' stock price to reach $42.35 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 38.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Canadian Natural Resources.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Canadian Natural Resources in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Canadian Natural Resources.

Media coverage about CNQ stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Canadian Natural Resources earned a media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Canadian Natural Resources.

Canadian Natural Resources saw a drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,060,000 shares, a drop of 57.0% from the December 31st total of 18,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Canadian Natural Resources' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Canadian Natural Resources include Total (TOT), PETROLEO BRASIL/ADR (PBR), PETROLEO BRASIL/S (PBR.A), PetroChina (PTR), CNOOC (CEO), ENI (E), EOG Resources (EOG), Ecopetrol (EC), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), The Hong Kong and China Gas (HOKCY), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Rwe Ag Sp (RWEOY), WOODSIDE PET LT/ADR (WOPEY), Encana (ECA) and Concho Resources (CXO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Canadian Natural Resources investors own include CA (CA), Micron Technology (MU), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), AT&T (T), Suncor Energy (SU), BlackRock (BLK), Pfizer (PFE) and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG).

Canadian Natural Resources' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Capital Research Global Investors (7.60%), Capital World Investors (3.47%), FIL Ltd (2.72%), Capital International Investors (2.57%), TD Asset Management Inc. (2.26%) and Jarislowsky Fraser Ltd (1.64%).

CNQ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Toronto Dominion Bank, Highstreet Asset Management Inc., Boston Partners, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc., QV Investors Inc. and Scheer Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd..

CNQ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FIL Ltd, Capital International Investors, FMR LLC, Capital World Investors, Value Partner Investments Inc., Capital Research Global Investors, Cardinal Capital Management Inc. and Hexavest Inc..

Shares of CNQ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CNQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.52.

Canadian Natural Resources has a market capitalization of $36.23 billion and generates $17.19 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $2.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.15 on an earnings per share basis. Canadian Natural Resources employs 9,709 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Canadian Natural Resources.

The official website for Canadian Natural Resources is http://www.cnrl.com/.

Canadian Natural Resources' mailing address is 2100 855-2 STREET SW, CALGARY A0, T2P 4J8. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 403-517-6700 or via email at [email protected]