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 7.11%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Centurylink's Dividend History.

Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) released its earnings results 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 earned $5.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.53 billion. Centurylink had a positive return on equity of 9.56% and a negative net margin of 34.96%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Centurylink's shares. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $15.00. On average, they anticipate Centurylink's stock price to reach $13.23 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.9%. 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 stories about CTL stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Centurylink earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few 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), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY), Intel (INTC) and Kinder Morgan (KMI).

Centurylink's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI (0.11%), Lawson Kroeker Investment Management Inc. NE (0.04%), Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC (0.03%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (0.02%). 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alpine Global Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Harvest Investment Services LLC, SFE Investment Counsel, Mirador Capital Partners LP, Occidental Asset Management LLC, Gilman Hill Asset Management LLC and KG&L Capital Management LLC. 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 $14.06.

Centurylink has a market capitalization of $15.33 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]