NYSE:CNQCanadian Natural Resources Stock Price, Forecast & News

Canadian Natural Resources' stock was trading at $15.08 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CNQ stock has increased by 17.4% and is now trading at $17.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Canadian Natural Resources in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Canadian Natural Resources.

Canadian Natural Resources is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Canadian Natural Resources.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (NYSE:CNQ) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.25) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.04 by $0.29. The oil and gas producer earned $3.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.61 billion. Canadian Natural Resources had a return on equity of 6.70% and a net margin of 13.51%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.70 earnings per share. View Canadian Natural Resources' earnings history.

Canadian Natural Resources announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 8th. Investors of record on Friday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.3003 per share on Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 11th. View Canadian Natural Resources' dividend history.

15 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Canadian Natural Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $92.00. On average, they anticipate Canadian Natural Resources' stock price to reach $39.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 123.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Canadian Natural Resources.

Media coverage about CNQ stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Canadian Natural Resources earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Canadian Natural Resources.

Canadian Natural Resources saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 23,850,000 shares, an increase of 87.8% from the June 15th total of 12,700,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,850,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 2.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Canadian Natural Resources' Current Options Chain.

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

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

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 $17.70.

Canadian Natural Resources has a market capitalization of $20.90 billion and generates $18.38 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $4.08 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.27 on an earnings per share basis. Canadian Natural Resources employs 10,180 workers across the globe.

The official website for Canadian Natural Resources is 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 403-517-7345 or via email at [email protected]