Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Murphy Oil Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• Roth Capital has reduced its earnings estimate for Murphy Oil's Q3 2025, now projecting earnings of $0.20 per share, down from $0.45, and maintains a "Neutral" rating with a target price of $25.00.
• Murphy Oil reported a quarterly profit of $0.27 EPS, beating expectations and generating revenues of $695.57 million, despite a year-over-year revenue decline of 13.4%.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.325, yielding approximately 5.6%, with a payout ratio of 67.36% for investors on record by August 18th.

Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR - Free Report) - Research analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Murphy Oil in a research report issued on Thursday, August 7th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now anticipates that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.20 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.45. Roth Capital has a "Neutral" rating and a $25.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Murphy Oil's current full-year earnings is $2.94 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Murphy Oil's Q4 2025 earnings at ($0.05) EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.97 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.12 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.01 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.38 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.95 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Scotiabank reissued a "sector perform" rating and issued a $26.00 price target (up from $22.00) on shares of Murphy Oil in a report on Friday, July 11th. KeyCorp reaffirmed a "sector weight" rating on shares of Murphy Oil in a report on Monday, April 21st. Wells Fargo & Company set a $24.00 target price on shares of Murphy Oil and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th. Mizuho cut shares of Murphy Oil from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $32.00 to $31.00 in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Finally, Johnson Rice cut shares of Murphy Oil from an "accumulate" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $29.46.

Murphy Oil Stock Up 1.5%

Murphy Oil stock opened at $23.21 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $3.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.03 and a beta of 1.13. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. Murphy Oil has a twelve month low of $18.94 and a twelve month high of $39.46. The company's 50-day moving average price is $24.30 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $24.38.

Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.27 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.21 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $695.57 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $632.51 million. Murphy Oil had a net margin of 10.20% and a return on equity of 5.25%. The business's revenue was down 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.81 EPS.

Murphy Oil Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, August 18th will be paid a $0.325 dividend. This represents a $1.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 18th. Murphy Oil's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 67.36%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board increased its stake in Murphy Oil by 87.1% in the second quarter. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board now owns 158,545 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $3,567,000 after acquiring an additional 73,790 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in Murphy Oil by 9.8% in the second quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 31,471 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $708,000 after buying an additional 2,819 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its position in Murphy Oil by 76.1% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 157,085 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $3,534,000 after buying an additional 67,899 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in Murphy Oil by 12.1% in the second quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 26,517 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $597,000 after buying an additional 2,868 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS boosted its position in Murphy Oil by 5.2% in the second quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 34,468 shares of the oil and gas producer's stock valued at $776,000 after buying an additional 1,697 shares in the last quarter. 78.31% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Murphy Oil

Murphy Oil Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It explores for and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as Murphy Corporation and changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964.

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