NYSE:PTR - PetroChina Stock Price, Forecast & News

PetroChina trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PTR."

PetroChina declared a special dividend on Thursday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.4059 per share on Monday, August 12th. This represents a yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 19th. This is a boost from PetroChina's previous special dividend of $0.32. View PetroChina's Dividend History.

PetroChina Company Limited (NYSE:PTR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas company reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The oil and gas company had revenue of $88.12 billion for the quarter. PetroChina had a return on equity of 2.91% and a net margin of 1.70%. View PetroChina's Earnings History.

PetroChina is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PetroChina.

7 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for PetroChina's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.45 to $74.00. On average, they anticipate PetroChina's share price to reach $65.73 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for PetroChina.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PetroChina in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for PetroChina.

Press coverage about PTR stock has trended extremely negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news 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. PetroChina earned a news impact score of -5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for PetroChina.

PetroChina saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 349,900 shares, a decrease of 12.5% from the December 15th total of 399,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 99,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.5 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View PetroChina's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to PetroChina include Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), Total (TOT), PETROLEO BRASIL/ADR (PBR), PETROLEO BRASIL/S (PBR.A), CNOOC (CEO), ENI (E), EOG Resources (EOG), Ecopetrol (EC), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), The Hong Kong and China Gas (HOKCY), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), WOODSIDE PET LT/ADR (WOPEY), Rwe Ag Sp (RWEOY) and Concho Resources (CXO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PetroChina investors own include Baidu (BIDU), ABB (ABB), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Starbucks (SBUX), Chevron (CVX), China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP) and Walmart (WMT).

Shares of PTR 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 PTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.95.

PetroChina has a market capitalization of $93.25 billion and generates $348.77 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas company earns $7.95 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.30 on an earnings per share basis. PetroChina employs 476,223 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About PetroChina.

The official website for PetroChina is http://www.petrochina.com.cn/.

PetroChina's mailing address is 9 DONGZHIMEN NORTH STREET DONGCHENG DISTRICT, BEIJING F4, 100007. The oil and gas company can be reached via phone at 86-10-5998-6270 or via email at [email protected]