Murphy Oil Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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 saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 13,000,000 shares, a decline of 15.0% from the February 28th total of 15,300,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 9.0% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Murphy Oil is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 6th 2021.
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Murphy Oil will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 6th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 27th. The oil and gas producer reported ($0.09) EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.07) by $0.02. The oil and gas producer earned $440.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $477.63 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 41.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.16 earnings per share.
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Murphy Oil's stock was trading at $7.50 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MUR stock has increased by 122.5% and is now trading at $16.69.
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Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.125 per share on Tuesday, June 1st. This represents a $0.50 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.00%. 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 2.96%. 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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15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Murphy Oil's shares. Their forecasts range from $9.00 to $21.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's share price to reach $15.04 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.9%.
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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 investors include Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Pacer Advisors Inc. (0.01%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%). 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 Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. 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 $16.69.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $2.56 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.

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]