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. 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 7.50%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Centurylink's Dividend History.

Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL) announced 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%. Centurylink's quarterly revenue was down 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.37 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts 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 $12.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.5%. 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 4 sell ratings, 5 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 been trending negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Centurylink earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 impact on the company's share price in the near future. 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 currently 9.2 days. Currently, 10.6% of the company's shares are sold short. 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), Exxon Mobil (XOM), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Intel (INTC), ANNALY CAP MGMT/SH (NLY) and Pfizer (PFE).

Centurylink's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Quarterback LLC (14.37%), 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%) and Beck Mack & Oliver LLC (0.68%). 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 Wealth Quarterback LLC, American International Group Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Todd Asset Management LLC and M&G Investment Management Ltd.. 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 $13.33.

Centurylink has a market capitalization of $14.53 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]