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Canadian Natural Resources

30.95 USD
-0.34
1.09%
At close Mar 27, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
31.08
+0.13
0.42%
1 day
-1.09%
5 days
1.88%
1 month
9.33%
3 months
2.62%
6 months
-6.81%
Year to date
-1.31%
1 year
-17.99%
5 years
551.58%
10 years
101.37%
 

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 and South Africa in Offshore Africa. The Company's exploration and production activities are conducted in three geographic segments: North America, the North Sea, and Offshore Africa. These activities include exploring, developing, producing, and marketing crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas. The company has two divisions; Oil Sands Mining and Upgrading, Midstream and Refining. It derives a majority of its revenue from North America.

Employees: 10,272

0
Funds holding %
of 7,390 funds
Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

67.66% more ownership

Funds ownership: 71.79% [Q3] → 139.44% (+67.66%) [Q4]

8% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 70 | Existing positions closed: 65

0% less funds holding

Funds holding: 615 [Q3] → 614 (-1) [Q4]

3% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 224 | Existing positions reduced: 232

9% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $50.7B [Q3] → $46.2B (-$4.55B) [Q4]

23% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $453M | Put options by funds: $589M

24% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 34 [Q3] → 26 (-8) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

Low target
$63
104%
upside
Avg. target
$63
104%
upside
High target
$63
104%
upside

1 analyst rating

positive
100%
neutral
0%
negative
0%
RBC Capital
Greg Pardy
63% 1-year accuracy
10 / 16 met price target
104%upside
$63
Outperform
Reiterated
27 Mar 2025

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 38 articles about CNQ published over the past 30 days

Positive
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