Murphy Oil Stock Forecast, Price & News

Murphy Oil's stock was trading at $7.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MUR stock has increased by 39.2% and is now trading at $10.44.
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16 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."
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Murphy Oil is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 29th 2020.
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Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.71) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.93) by $0.22. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $211.54 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $388.56 million. Murphy Oil had a negative return on equity of 1.36% and a net margin of 10.64%. The company's revenue was down 71.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.21 earnings per share.
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Murphy Oil declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.125 per share on Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th.
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16 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Murphy Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $22.00. On average, they anticipate Murphy Oil's share price to reach $14.25 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 36.5% from the stock's current price.
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Murphy Oil saw a decrease in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 22,470,000 shares, a decrease of 14.3% from the July 30th total of 26,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,880,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.8 days. Approximately 15.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Murphy Oil trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MUR."

Murphy Oil's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (12.60%), Vanguard Group Inc. (10.57%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.03%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.75%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.73%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.54%). Company insiders that own Murphy Oil stock include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, Claiborne P Deming, E Ted Botner, John B Gardner, Kelli M Hammock, Maria A Martinez, Neal E Schmale, Robert Madison Murphy, Thomas J Mireles and Walentin Mirosh.
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MUR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Vanguard Group Inc., FMR LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Bessemer Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, Maria A Martinez, Thomas J Mireles, and Walentin Mirosh.
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MUR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, AJO LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bridgeway Capital Management Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., and Nuveen Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Murphy Oil stock in the last two years include Barry FR Jeffery, Claiborne P Deming, E Ted Botner, Neal E Schmale, and Robert Madison Murphy.
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Shares of MUR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MUR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $10.44.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $1.60 billion and generates $2.83 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $1.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.87 on an earnings per share basis. Murphy Oil employs 1,108 workers across the globe.

The official website for Murphy Oil is www.murphyoilcorp.com.

Murphy Oil's mailing address is 300 PEACH STREET P.O. BOX 7000, EL DORADO AR, 71731. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at 870-862-6411 or via email at [email protected]