Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. [CNQ] is 10.29% higher this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. [NYSE: CNQ] stock went on an upward path that rose over 0.89% on Wednesday, amounting to a one-week price increase of more than 7.79%.

Over the last 12 months, CNQ stock rose by 17.00%. The one-year Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. stock forecast points to a potential upside of 11.38. The average equity rating for CNQ stock is currently 2.00, trading closer to a bullish pattern in the stock market.

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The market cap for the stock reached $76.69 billion, with 2.14 billion shares outstanding and 2.03 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 4.60M shares, CNQ stock reached a trading volume of 5519430 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Guru’s Opinion on Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. [CNQ]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for CNQ shares is $40.77 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on CNQ stock is a recommendation set at 2.00. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Wolfe Research have made an estimate for Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Peer Perform, with their previous recommendation back on July 18, 2024. The new note on the price target was released on April 23, 2024, representing the official price target for Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. is set at 0.93, with the Price to Sales ratio for CNQ stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 2.83. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 2.67, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.32. Price to Free Cash Flow for CNQ in the course of the last twelve months was 9.96 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 0.59.

CNQ Stock Performance Analysis:

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. [CNQ] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 7.79. With this latest performance, CNQ shares gained by 0.47% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 21.65% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 17.00% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for CNQ stock in for the last two-week period is set at 58.98, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 65.78, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 55.12 for Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. [CNQ]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 35.15, while it was recorded at 35.38 for the last single week of trading, and 34.81 for the last 200 days.

Insight into Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Fundamentals:

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.59 and a Current Ratio set at 0.88.

CNQ Stock EPS

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for CNQ. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. go to -0.74%.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. [CNQ] Institutonal Ownership Details

The top three institutional holders of CNQ stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.5034%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $178.43 billion in CNQ stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $135.36 billion in CNQ stock with ownership which is approximately 5.1238%.