Canadian Natural Resources - CNQ Stock Forecast, Price & News

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Canadian Natural Resources in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" CNQ shares.
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12 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Canadian Natural Resources' stock. Their CNQ share price forecasts range from $53.00 to $115.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $86.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 65.1% from the stock's current price.
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Canadian Natural Resources' stock was trading at $42.25 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CNQ stock has increased by 24.4% and is now trading at $52.55.
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Canadian Natural Resources saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,800,000 shares, an increase of 32.3% from the July 31st total of 17,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,060,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.5 days. Currently, 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 3rd 2022.
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Canadian Natural Resources Limited (NYSE:CNQ) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 5th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.99 earnings per share (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 31.63% and a net margin of 25.39%.

Canadian Natural Resources declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, August 5th. Investors of record on Friday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.5822 per share on Wednesday, October 5th. This represents a $2.33 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 15th.
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Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) pays an annual dividend of $2.37 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.41%. 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 31.10%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CNQ will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.31% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (7.27%), TD Asset Management Inc. (1.68%), Yacktman Asset Management LP (1.49%), Bank of Nova Scotia (1.47%), Mackenzie Financial Corp (1.31%) and Toronto Dominion Bank (0.75%).

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 $52.55.

Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) has a market capitalization of $59.05 billion and generates $26.21 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $6.12 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.62 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,735 workers across the globe.

Canadian Natural Resources was founded in 1989.

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) 517-6700, via email at ir@cnrl.com, or via fax at 403-517-7350.