Tudor, Pickering, Holt on Thursday reiterated its hold rating on the shares of Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ.TO) with a C$50.00 price target following first-quarter results from the country's No.1 oil producer.

"On a headline basis, Q1'25 cash flow came in well above sell-side estimates with capex slightly better vs. expectations. On an AFFO basis, Q1'25 totaled C$4.5B, well above TPHe/Street (survey) C$4.1B/C$4.2B (C$2.16/shr vs. TPHe/Street C$1.93/C$1.94); compared to our model, the delta was almost half related to production with the rest balanced across realizations and expenses. On ops, 1,582mboepd average production came in better vs. TPHe/Street 1,534/1,552, primarily owing to SCO and to a lesser degree In Situ production vs. our model, with the delta vs. consensus more balanced between the two," analyst Jeoffrey Lambujon noted.

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