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Canadian Natural Resources: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
Record output and stronger crude prices lifted adjusted profit to $2.19 per share, topping analysts’ estimates and supporting a second forecast increase.
On Thursday, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. beat profit estimates and raised its full-year production forecast for the second time this year, driven by record output and stronger crude prices.
Canadian Natural posted a second-quarter profit of $4.5 billion, up from $2.5 billion last year, while adjusted earnings of $2.19 per share surpassed the average analyst estimate of $1.90 per share.
Quarterly production hit a record 1.68 million boepd, up from 1.42 million boepd last year, prompting the company to raise its 2026 forecast to between 1.637 million and 1.682 million boepd.
Synthetic crude traded at an average premium of $8.37 per barrel to West Texas Intermediate crude, buoyed by strong refinery demand, Middle East supply disruptions, and production impacts across Western Canada.
Competitors Cenovus Energy and Imperial Oil reported second-quarter profits more than doubled, reflecting broader industry trends of higher crude prices and sustained supply concerns across the sector.