NYSE:MUR - Murphy Oil Stock Price, Price Target & More

Murphy Oil trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MUR."

Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.03%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 11th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $585.61 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $575.76 million. Murphy Oil had a positive return on equity of 0.58% and a negative net margin of 9.62%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned ($0.06) earnings per share. View Murphy Oil's Earnings History.

Murphy Oil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 8th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy Oil.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Murphy Oil's stock. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Murphy Oil's share price to reach $30.1250 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.7%. View Analyst Ratings for Murphy Oil.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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Media coverage about MUR stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a news sentiment score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 46.76 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Murphy Oil's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Marshwinds Advisory Co. (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Clinton Group Inc. (0.01%), First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (0.01%), Acropolis Investment Management LLC (0.00%) and Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.00%). Company insiders that own Murphy Oil stock include Allan J Misner, Erik H Martin, Eugene T Coleman, Jean-Charles Potvin, John B Gardner, Kelli M Hammock, Kent Pearson, Robert Madison Murphy and Walentin Mirosh. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Murphy Oil.

MUR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Acropolis Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include Allan J Misner, Eugene T Coleman, John B Gardner, Kelli M Hammock and Robert Madison Murphy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy Oil.

MUR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshwinds Advisory Co., Clinton Group Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Foundation Resource Management Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought Murphy Oil stock in the last two years include Erik H Martin, Jean-Charles Potvin, Kent Pearson and Robert Madison Murphy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy Oil.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MUR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $33.00.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $5.71 billion and generates $2.23 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-311,780,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.13) on an earnings per share basis. Murphy Oil employs 1,128 workers across the globe.

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]