Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Canadian Natural Resources in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CNQ shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Canadian Natural Resources' shares. Their CNQ share price forecasts range from $69.00 to $105.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $88.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 42.5% from the stock's current price.
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Canadian Natural Resources' stock was trading at $55.53 at the start of the year. Since then, CNQ stock has increased by 11.4% and is now trading at $61.88.
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Canadian Natural Resources saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 11,410,000 shares, a decrease of 12.2% from the July 15th total of 13,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,850,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.2 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE:CNQ) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 5th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.77 by $0.22. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $5.31 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.26 billion. Canadian Natural Resources had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.86% and a net margin of 18.14%.

Canadian Natural Resources announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.6744 per share on Thursday, October 5th. This represents a $2.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.36%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 14th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.66.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) stock in their portfolio include iShares North American Natural Resources ETF (IGE) and Capital Group Dividend Value ETF (CGDV).iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF (IDEV).

Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) pays an annual dividend of $2.65 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.28%. CNQ has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 52.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNQ will have a dividend payout ratio of 45.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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6 employees have rated Canadian Natural Resources Chief Executive Officer Tim S. McKay on Glassdoor.com. Tim S. McKay has an approval rating of 96% among the company's employees. This puts Tim S. McKay in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Canadian Natural Resources trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CNQ."

Canadian Natural Resources' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital World Investors (13.63%), Capital Research Global Investors (8.44%), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (2.45%), Bank of Nova Scotia (2.26%), TD Asset Management Inc (1.64%) and Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.60%).

Shares of CNQ stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CNQ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.88.

Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) has a market capitalization of $67.60 billion and generates $38.10 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $8.41 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.09 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 10,035 workers across the globe.

Canadian Natural Resources' mailing address is 2100 855-2 STREET SW, CALGARY A0, T2P 4J8. The official website for the company is www.cnrl.com. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at (403) 514-7777, via email at ir@cnrl.com, or via fax at 403-517-7350.