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. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Centurylink's Dividend History.

Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 6th. The technology company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.32 by $0.01. The technology company had revenue of $5.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.53 billion. Centurylink had a positive return on equity of 9.56% and a negative net margin of 34.96%. Centurylink's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.30 earnings per share. View Centurylink's Earnings History.

Centurylink is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 12th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Centurylink.

Centurylink will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 12th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

12 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Centurylink's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $15.00. On average, they expect Centurylink's stock price to reach $13.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Centurylink.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Centurylink in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Centurylink.

Media coverage about CTL stock has trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Centurylink earned a news sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the technology company 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 Centurylink.

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Centurylink's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.26%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Strs Ohio (0.13%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.11%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.11%) and Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.10%). 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 SG Americas Securities LLC, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, HGK Asset Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View Insider Buying and Selling for Centurylink.

CTL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&G Investment Management Ltd., Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System, Exane Derivatives, W.E. Donoghue & Co. LLC, Arkfeld Wealth Strategies L.L.C., Alpine Global Management LLC and New York State Teachers Retirement System. 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 $14.47.

Centurylink has a market capitalization of $15.78 billion and generates $23.44 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-1,733,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $1.19 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]