NYSE:MUR - Murphy Oil Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.34%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.36 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.14. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $817.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $701.64 million. Murphy Oil had a net margin of 47.16% and a return on equity of 3.21%. Murphy Oil's revenue for the quarter was up 66.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted ($0.02) EPS. View Murphy Oil's Earnings History.

Murphy Oil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy Oil.

Murphy Oil will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Murphy Oil's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's share price to reach $30.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Murphy Oil.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Murphy Oil.

News coverage about MUR stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a media sentiment score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Murphy Oil.

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Murphy Oil's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.13%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.26%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.20%), Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%) and Arizona State Retirement System (0.05%). Company insiders that own Murphy Oil stock include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, Claiborne P Deming, Eugene T Coleman, John B Gardner, Kelli M Hammock, Thomas J Mireles 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 Arizona State Retirement System, Dupont Capital Management Corp, Signet Financial Management LLC, Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Cascade Investment Advisors Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Eqis Capital Management Inc. and Acropolis Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, John B Gardner, Thomas J Mireles and Walentin Mirosh. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy Oil.

MUR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Fruth Investment Management, Meyer Handelman Co., HGK Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and TCI Wealth Advisors Inc.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MUR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $23.04.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $3.62 billion and generates $2.57 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $411.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.26 on an earnings per share basis. Murphy Oil employs 1,108 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Murphy Oil.

The official website for Murphy Oil is http://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]