NYSE:PTR - PetroChina Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

PetroChina announced a special dividend on Thursday, March 28th. Investors 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 of this dividend is Wednesday, June 19th. This is a positive change from PetroChina's previous special dividend of $0.32. View PetroChina's Dividend History.

PetroChina Company Limited (NYSE:PTR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter. The oil and gas company earned $88.12 billion during the quarter. PetroChina had a net margin of 1.70% and a return on equity of 2.91%. 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 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for PetroChina's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.45 to $74.00. On average, they expect PetroChina's share price to reach $65.73 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 42.2% 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.

News headlines about PTR stock have trended positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. PetroChina earned a coverage optimism score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the oil and gas company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for PetroChina.

PetroChina saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 349,900 shares, a decline of 12.5% from the December 31st total of 399,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 98,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company's shares 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), Encana (ECA), WOODSIDE PET LT/ADR (WOPEY) and Rwe Ag Sp (RWEOY).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PetroChina investors own include Baidu (BIDU), Exxon Mobil (XOM), ABB (ABB), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Starbucks (SBUX), AbbVie (ABBV) and Chevron (CVX).

PetroChina's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC (0.00%).

PTR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC.

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 $46.22.

PetroChina has a market capitalization of $84.59 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]