NYSE:CTL - Centurylink Stock Price, Forecast & News

Centurylink trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CTL."

Centurylink declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Centurylink's Dividend History.

Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The technology company reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.33. The technology company had revenue of $5.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.55 billion. The firm's revenue was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.37 earnings per share. View Centurylink's Earnings History.

Centurylink is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Centurylink.

11 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Centurylink's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect Centurylink's stock price to reach $12.98 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Centurylink.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Centurylink in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Centurylink.

Headlines about CTL stock have trended neutral on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Centurylink earned a news impact score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Centurylink.

Centurylink saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 114,070,000 shares, an increase of 8.7% from the January 15th total of 104,920,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 12,410,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 9.2 days. Approximately 10.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Centurylink's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Centurylink include ATN International (ATNI), AT&T (T), Cincinnati Bell (CBB), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Frontier Communications (FTR), IDT (IDT) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Centurylink investors own include AT&T (T), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY) and Kinder Morgan (KMI).

Centurylink's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (5.54%), American International Group Inc. (1.87%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.93%), ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC (0.85%), Beck Mack & Oliver LLC (0.68%) and First Trust Advisors LP (0.59%). Company insiders that own Centurylink stock include Glen F Post III, Harvey P Perry, Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, Indraneel Dev, Jeffrey K Storey, Kevin P Chilton, Laurie Siegel, Scott Trezise, Steven T Clontz, T Michael Glenn and William Bruce Hanks. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Centurylink.

CTL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Prudential Financial Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, ACR Alpine Capital Research LLC and Beck Mack & Oliver LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Centurylink.

CTL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American International Group Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Schroder Investment Management Group, Todd Asset Management LLC, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have bought Centurylink stock in the last two years include Harvey P Perry, Holdings (Private) Ltd Temasek, Indraneel Dev, Jeffrey K Storey, Kevin P Chilton, Steven T Clontz, T Michael Glenn and William Bruce Hanks. View Insider Buying and Selling for Centurylink.

Shares of CTL 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 CTL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.90.