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. Investors 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 6.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, November 29th. View Centurylink's Dividend History.

Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 6th. The technology company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates 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%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.30 EPS. 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 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Centurylink's shares. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Centurylink's share price to reach $13.23 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.1%. 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.

News headlines about CTL stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Centurylink earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Centurylink.

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 AbbVie (ABBV).

Centurylink's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.14%), Strs Ohio (0.13%), Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.11%), Exchange Traded Concepts LLC (0.10%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.04%) and Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE (0.04%). 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 Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, B & T Capital Management DBA Alpha Capital Management and First Hawaiian Bank. View Insider Buying and Selling for Centurylink.

CTL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, Exane Derivatives, Arkfeld Wealth Strategies L.L.C., Alpine Global Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , DNB Asset Management AS and Strs Ohio. 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 $14.71.

Centurylink has a market capitalization of $16.04 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]