CNQ vs Peers Stock Comparison

Canadian Natural Resources Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

CNQ

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCNQ
Valuation 77 #24 of 99
Growth 81 #19 of 97
Profitability 84 #16 of 96
Financial Health 94 #7 of 102
Shareholder Returns 44 #43 of 76
Overall 76
  • CNQ ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCNQSPY
1 month +16.2% -0.8%
3 months +23.0% +3.5%
6 months +22.4% +7.0%
Year to date +62.8% +12.2%
1 year +76.2% +13.0%
3 years +73.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year +20.2% +23.1%
5 years +170.0% +68.6%
5 years, per year +22.0% +11.0%
10 years +245.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +13.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCNQSPY
Volatility, 1Y 31.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.6% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.50 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.46 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high 0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $55.10 $779.14
52-week low $30.59 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCNQ
P/E now vs peer median 14.3xmedian 13.5x
P/S now vs peer median 3.4xmedian 2.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 3.9xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.1xmedian 11.0x
P/B now vs peer median —median 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 0.27median 2.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCNQ
Revenue $33.47B
Gross profit $26.58B
Operating income $24.77B
Net income $8.48B
Free cash flow $18.68B
EPS (diluted) $3.83
Cash & equivalents $1.84B
Total debt $49.14B
Shares (diluted) 2.10B
Enterprise value $109.92B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCNQ
P/E 14.3x
P/FCF 6.1x
P/Operating cash flow 8.9x
P/S 3.4x
P/B –
P/Tangible book –
EV/EBITDA 3.9x
EV/EBIT 5.0x
EV/Revenue 3.7x
EV/FCF 6.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.27

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCNQ
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 5.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -3.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) -26.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -15.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 42.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 14.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 408,311%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 53.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 30.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 5.4%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 33.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 13.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCNQ
Gross margin 79.4%
EBITDA margin 94.6%
Operating margin 74.0%
Pretax margin 32.2%
Net margin 24.0%
FCF margin 55.8%
Operating cash flow margin 38.5%
Return on equity –
Return on assets –
Return on invested capital –
Return on capital employed –
Asset turnover –
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.5x
Stock comp / revenue 1.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCNQ
Debt / assets –
Debt / equity –
Net debt / EBITDA 0.3x
Debt / FCF 0.6x
Liabilities / assets –
Equity / assets –
Interest coverage 38.3x
Current ratio –
Quick ratio –
Cash ratio –
Altman Z-score –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCNQ
Dividend yield 5.6%
Net buyback yield -0.3%
Shareholder yield 5.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) 42.5%
Payout ratio (FCF) 19.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) -8.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) -111.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCNQ
Forward P/E 11.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $4.80FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +85.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -15.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $38.26BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +35.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -6.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCNQ
Held by institutions 71.6%
Institutions holding 745
Change in shares held, QoQ -5.0%
Institutions buying 386
Institutions selling 242
Buyers to sellers 1.60

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