Canadian Natural Resources
CNQ
Market cap $70.7B

33.78 USD

+0.65

1.96%

At close Jun 13, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

33.99

+0.21

0.62%

1 day

1.96%

5 days

6.36%

1 month

4.81%

3 months

17.66%

6 months

7.34%

Year to date

7.72%

1 year

-0.94%

5 years

283.43%

10 years

138.90%

About: Canadian Natural Resources Ltd is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production company. The company's exploration and production operations are focused in North America, largely in Western Canada; the United Kingdom (UK) portion of the North Sea; and Cote d'Ivoire in Offshore Africa. Its operating segments include North America, North Sea, Offshore Africa, Oil Sands Mining and Upgrading, and Midstream and Refining. Maximum revenue is generated from its Oil Sands Mining and Upgrading segment, which produces synthetic crude oil through bitumen mining and upgrading operations at Horizon Oil Sands (Horizon) and the company's direct and indirect interest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project.

Employees: 10,640

Energy Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

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Funds holding %

of 7,296 funds

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Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

20% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 243 | Existing positions reduced: 203

19% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 26 [Q4 2024] → 31 (+5) [Q1 2025]

3.92% more ownership

Funds ownership: 69.26% [Q4 2024] → 73.18% (+3.92%) [Q1 2025]

9% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 81 | Existing positions closed: 74

5% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $45.2B [Q4 2024] → $47.4B (+$2.15B) [Q1 2025]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 616 [Q4 2024] → 610 (-6) [Q1 2025]

12% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $399M | Put options by funds: $453M

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Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$63

87%

upside

Avg. target

$63

87%

upside

High target

$63

87%

upside

1 analyst rating

1 positive

100%

0 neutral

0%

0 negative

0%

RBC Capital

Greg Pardy

87%upside

$63

Outperform

Reiterated

27 Mar 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 11 articles about CNQ published over the past 30 days

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Canadian Natural Resources Will Fuel Your Dividend Growth Machine

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LNG exporter Cheniere enters natural gas deal with Canadian Natural Resources

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