Canadian Natural Resources is an oil & gas e&p business based in the US. Canadian Natural Resources shares (CNQ) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $29.01 – a decrease of 1.99% over the previous week. Canadian Natural Resources employs 10,640 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $35.7 billion.
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| Latest market close | $29.01 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $24.65 - $37.32 |
| 50-day moving average | $29.07 |
| 200-day moving average | $32.42 |
| Wall St. target price | $33.38 |
| PE ratio | 13.9272 |
| Dividend yield | $2.138 (5.82%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $2.06 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $29.01 from 2025-05-02
| 1 week (2025-04-28) | -1.99% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2025-04-04) | 5.18% |
| 3 months (2025-02-06) | -5.47% |
| 6 months (2024-11-06) | -16.25% |
| 1 year (2024-05-06) | -61.81% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2023-05-05) | 10.64% |
| 3 years (2022-05-05) | 6.61% |
| 5 years (2020-05-05) | 375.82% |
Valuing Canadian Natural Resources stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Canadian Natural Resources's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Canadian Natural Resources's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Canadian Natural Resources shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Canadian Natural Resources's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 12.75. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Canadian Natural Resources's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Canadian Natural Resources's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $16.3 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Canadian Natural Resources's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $35.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 27.36% |
| Gross profit TTM | $17.6 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.53% |
| Return on equity TTM | 15.4% |
| Profit margin | 17.13% |
| Book value | $18.77 |
| Market Capitalization | $61.5 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Canadian Natural Resources.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 39.03
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Canadian Natural Resources's overall score of 39.03 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 75th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Canadian Natural Resources is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 19.09/100
Canadian Natural Resources's environmental score of 19.09 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Canadian Natural Resources is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Social score: 11.97/100
Canadian Natural Resources's social score of 11.97 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Canadian Natural Resources is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Governance score: 11.97/100
Canadian Natural Resources's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Canadian Natural Resources is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Controversy score: 1/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Canadian Natural Resources scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Canadian Natural Resources has managed to keep its nose clean.
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 39.03 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 74.78 |
| Environmental score | 19.09 |
| Environmental score percentile | 7 |
| Social score | 11.97 |
| Social score percentile | 7 |
| Governance score | 11.97 |
| Governance score percentile | 7 |
| Level of controversy | 1 |
Dividend payout ratio: 37.79% of net profits
Recently Canadian Natural Resources has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Canadian Natural Resources shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Canadian Natural Resources's case, that would currently equate to about $2.138 per share.
While Canadian Natural Resources's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Canadian Natural Resources may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Canadian Natural Resources's most recent dividend payout was on 3 April 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 20 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").
Canadian Natural Resources's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 10 June 2024 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Canadian Natural Resources shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Canadian Natural Resources shares which in turn could have impacted Canadian Natural Resources's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Canadian Natural Resources's shares have ranged in value from as little as $24.65 up to $37.3224. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Canadian Natural Resources's is 1.545. This would suggest that Canadian Natural Resources's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Canadian Natural Resources Limited engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, production, marketing, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) in Western Canada, the United Kingdom sector of the North Sea, and Offshore Africa. The company offers light and medium crude oil, primary heavy crude oil, Pelican Lake heavy crude oil, bitumen (thermal oil), and synthetic crude oil (SCO). Its midstream assets include two crude oil pipeline systems; and a 50% working interest in an 84-megawatt cogeneration plant at Primrose. The company was formerly known as AEX Minerals Corporation and changed its name to Canadian Natural Resources Limited in December 1975. Canadian Natural Resources Limited was incorporated in 1973 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada. .
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