NYSE:CTL - Centurylink Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Centurylink announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 21st. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 7.19%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Centurylink's Dividend History.

Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February, 12th. The technology company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.33. The technology company earned $5.57 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.55 billion. Centurylink had a positive return on equity of 10.36% and a negative net margin of 23.52%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Centurylink's shares. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect Centurylink's share 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.

Media stories about CTL stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Centurylink earned a daily sentiment score of -3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Centurylink.

Centurylink saw a increase in short interest in 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 volume of 12,410,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 9.2 days. Approximately 10.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View Centurylink's Current Options Chain.

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

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 institutional and retail 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 acquired 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.

Centurylink has a market capitalization of $15.15 billion and generates $22.40 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-5,269,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.32 on an earnings per share basis. Centurylink employs 45,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Centurylink.

The official website for Centurylink is http://www.centurylink.com/.

Centurylink's mailing address is 100 CenturyLink Drive, Monroe LA, 71203. The technology company can be reached via phone at 318-388-9000 or via email at [email protected]