Canadian Natural Resources Limi (CNQ) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $2.19
- Estimate
- $2.03
- Surprise
- +7.7%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.3 → 5.2/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Canadian Natural Resources Limi (CNQ) beat the $2.03 estimate with diluted EPS of $2.19 — a clear 7.7% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.3/10) to Hold at 5.2/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CNQ Buy (Wait) at 7.0/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +7.7% surprise compares with a +10.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.4 in RISK_OFF)
- Sector modifier (Energy): +1.2
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (1.8% away)
- Target reached (-18.1% upside)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $50.75
- Entry target
- $50.47
- Price target
- $58.81
- Stop
- $48.05
- Upside to target
- +15.9%
At 12.8× trailing and 13.4× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-04 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CNQ at TrendMatrix's latest read
Energy results are commodity-price arithmetic first; the operational beat or miss is read net of what the strip already told the market.
- Industry
- Oil & Gas E&P
- Market cap
- $106.81B
- P/E (fwd)
- 13.4
- P/E (ttm)
- 12.8
- 52-week range
- $29.68–$52.08
- Off 52-week high
- 2.6%
- RSI (14)
- 66
- Volume vs avg
- 1.31×
- Score today
- 7.0/10