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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.285 per share on Wednesday, January 1st. This represents a $1.14 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.79%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 10th. This is a boost from Canadian Natural Resources's previous quarterly dividend of $0.28. View Canadian Natural Resources' Dividend History.

Canadian Natural Resources announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Thursday, March 15th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase 61,300,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (NYSE:CNQ) announced its earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.04 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.60 by $0.44. The oil and gas producer earned $4.67 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 last year, the business posted $1.11 earnings per share. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Canadian Natural Resources' shares. Their forecasts range from $27.83 to $53.00. On average, they anticipate Canadian Natural Resources' share price to reach $42.35 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 40.8% 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.

Headlines about CNQ stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Canadian Natural Resources earned a daily sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Canadian Natural Resources.

Canadian Natural Resources saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 8,060,000 shares, a decline of 57.0% from the December 31st total of 18,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's stock are short sold. 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), Encana (ECA), WOODSIDE PET LT/ADR (WOPEY) 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 variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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., 1832 Asset Management L.P., Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. and QV Investors Inc..

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, Geode Capital Management LLC and Cardinal Capital Management 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 $30.09.

Canadian Natural Resources has a market capitalization of $35.72 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]