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Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNQ.TO) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for CNQ.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
Who it is priced against Oil & Gas E&P · Canada · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Oil & Gas E&P · Canada

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against CNQ.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd

CNQ.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Canadian Natural Resources gathers, explores for, develops and sells crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids across Western Canada, the UK North Sea and offshore Africa. Its output ranges from synthetic crude and mining bitumen to thermal and primary heavy crude, alongside NGLs, and it holds two oil pipeline systems and a stake in a cogeneration plant. It is based in Calgary and traces back to a 1973 incorporation under a different name.
Where it sits in the stack
Canadian Natural Resources carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Energy sector, within the Oil & Gas E&P sleeve of our universe, outside the AI build-out stack the diary otherwise tracks.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it among Energy names based in Canada, alongside Suncor Energy, Imperial Oil, ARC Resources, Whitecap Resources, TC Energy, Cameco and AltaGas; the market also names Cenovus Energy as a comparator.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score, a composite reading across several modules, with momentum currently the strongest and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it.
What the diary watches
Whether the strongest module, momentum, holds up if the weak quality reading does not improve, and whether the stock's cushion above its 200-day average narrows after its recent down session.

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNQ.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.60%, quarterly · last 0.63 CAD on 2026-09-11

Dividends and capital return

What CNQ.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.46 CAD per share · a 3.60% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +39.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.76 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 0.63 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-11
  • By calendar year 2025: 2.35 CAD (partial) · 2026: 1.88 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-03-21

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNQ.TO)?

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd trades as CNQ.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is CNQ.TO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does CNQ.TO trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.8% vs the 50-day and +13% vs the 200-day average, 5% below the 52-week high and +69.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Canadian Natural Resources Ltd compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Oil & Gas E&P · Canada), Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNQ.TO) sits 5.0% below its 52-week high, 0.8% above its 50-day average; Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd (TVE.TO) is 7.7% below, PrairieSky Royalty Ltd (PSK.TO) is 10.7% below, Strathcona Resources Ltd. (SCR.TO) is 21.8% below. Put any of them next to CNQ.TO in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

What does Canadian Natural Resources Ltd do?

Canadian Natural Resources gathers, explores for, develops and sells crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids across Western Canada, the UK North Sea and offshore Africa. Its output ranges from synthetic crude and mining bitumen to thermal and primary heavy crude, alongside NGLs, and it holds two oil pipeline systems and a stake in a cogeneration plant. It is based in Calgary and traces back to a 1973 incorporation under a different name. Closelooknet's peer group places it among Energy names based in Canada, alongside Suncor Energy, Imperial Oil, ARC Resources, Whitecap Resources, TC Energy, Cameco and AltaGas; the market also names Cenovus Energy as a comparator.

Where does Canadian Natural Resources Ltd sit in the AI build-out?

Canadian Natural Resources carries no seat in our index; it sits in the Energy sector, within the Oil & Gas E&P sleeve of our universe, outside the AI build-out stack the diary otherwise tracks. It carries a Closelooknet score, a composite reading across several modules, with momentum currently the strongest and quality the weakest; it holds no index seat and the diary has not yet quoted it.

Does Canadian Natural Resources Ltd pay a dividend?

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd has paid 2.46 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.60% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.63 CAD on 2026-09-11. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for CNQ.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Oil & Gas E&P. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.