Murphy Oil Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Murphy Oil stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MUR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Murphy Oil is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.16) by $0.22. The oil and gas producer earned $379.99 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $485.80 million. Murphy Oil had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.06% and a negative net margin of 46.10%. Murphy Oil's revenue for the quarter was down 62.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.30) EPS.
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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 168.4% and is now trading at $20.13.
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Murphy Oil declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $0.125 per share on Tuesday, June 1st. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 14th.
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Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.50 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.46%. Murphy Oil does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Murphy Oil is 57.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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13 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for Murphy Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's stock price to reach $16.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 18.0%.
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57 employees have rated Murphy Oil CEO Roger W. Jenkins on Glassdoor.com. Roger W. Jenkins has an approval rating of 67% among Murphy Oil's employees.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.76%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.08%), Poplar Forest Capital LLC (1.28%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (0.50%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.35%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.25%). Company insiders that own Murphy Oil stock include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, E Ted Botner, John B Gardner, Laura A Sugg, Louis W Utsch, Maria A Martinez, Neal E Schmale, Robert Madison Murphy, T Jay Collins, 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 Victory Capital Management Inc., BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, Grace & White Inc. NY, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Pzena Investment Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include Christopher D Hulse, John B Gardner, Laura A Sugg, Louis W Utsch, Robert Madison Murphy, T Jay Collins, 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 BlackRock Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Poplar Forest Capital LLC, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Cambria Investment Management L.P., Principal Financial Group Inc., Prospera Financial Services Inc, and Cordatus Wealth Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Murphy Oil stock in the last two years include Barry FR Jeffery, 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MUR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.13.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $3.11 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 675 workers across the globe.

Murphy Oil was founded in 1950.

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

Murphy Oil is headquartered at 300 PEACH STREET P.O. BOX 7000, EL DORADO AR, 71731.

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]