NYSE:CTLCenturylink Stock Price, Forecast & News

Centurylink's stock was trading at $10.36 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CTL shares have decreased by 4.3% and is now trading at $9.91. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Centurylink in the last year. There are currently 6 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Centurylink.

Centurylink is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 5th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Centurylink.

Centurylink will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, August 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.

Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 6th. The technology company reported $0.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.02. The technology company had revenue of $5.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.46 billion. Centurylink had a net margin of 5.50% and a return on equity of 10.70%. The firm's revenue was down 7.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.34 EPS. View Centurylink's earnings history.

Centurylink declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, June 12th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 10.09%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. View Centurylink's dividend history.

13 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Centurylink's shares. Their forecasts range from $6.00 to $14.00. On average, they expect Centurylink's share price to reach $10.32 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Centurylink.

Press coverage about CTL stock has trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Centurylink earned a media sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Centurylink.

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

Centurylink's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%), OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A (0.01%), OmniStar Financial Group Inc. (0.01%) and Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.01%). Company insiders that own Centurylink stock include Glen F Post III, Hal Jones, 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 DNB Asset Management AS. View insider buying and selling activity for Centurylink.

CTL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, OmniStar Financial Group Inc., Moody National Bank Trust Division, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A, Global Trust Asset Management LLC, and Diversified Trust Co. Company insiders that have bought Centurylink stock in the last two years include Hal Jones, Harvey P Perry, Indraneel Dev, Jeffrey K Storey, Kevin P Chilton, Steven T Clontz, T Michael Glenn, and William Bruce Hanks. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $9.91.

Centurylink has a market capitalization of $10.88 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 42,500 workers across the globe.

The official website for Centurylink is 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]