Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) closed at $53.83 on Oct 16, 2026, up 3.6% on the day. The stock is up 6.4% over the past month, up 22.5% over three months, up 59.0% year to date and up 74.4% over the past year. It is trading at its 52-week high of $53.89. The close sits above its 50-day moving average ($49.47) and above its 200-day moving average ($44.85).
NextPick tracks CNQ in its Oil & Gas Integrated basket alongside XOM, CVX, SHEL, TTE and BP. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 53 (inflow), and the basket is up 7.5% over five sessions. Over the past month CNQ ranks 5th of 9 basket members by price change.
Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 2.1% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 2 of 8.
Over the last 8 reports, CNQ moved an average of 2.1% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 2 of 8 reports.
Yes — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $53.83 is 20.0% above the 200-day average of $44.85.
NextPick groups CNQ with XOM, CVX, SHEL, TTE and BP in its Oil & Gas Integrated basket.
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 synthetic crude oil (SCO), mining bitumen, light and medium crude oil and NGLs, thermal bitumen, primary heavy crude oil and Pelican Lake heavy crude oil. 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.
