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

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

Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, March 1st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.42%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 15th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) posted its earnings results on Thursday, January, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.04. The oil and gas producer earned $692.01 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $668.85 million. Murphy Oil had a net margin of 15.99% and a return on equity of 4.51%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.08 earnings per share. View Murphy Oil's Earnings History.

Murphy Oil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy Oil.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Murphy Oil's stock. Their predictions range from $19.00 to $44.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's stock price to reach $34.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.3% 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, 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Murphy Oil.

News articles about MUR stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a daily sentiment score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Murphy Oil's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.47%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.36%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.48%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.08%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.14%) and Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.13%). Company insiders that own Murphy Oil stock include Allan J Misner, Claiborne P Deming, 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 Pzena Investment Management LLC, BancorpSouth Bank, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Mackay Shields LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bank of America Corp DE and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include John B Gardner and Kelli M Hammock. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy Oil.

MUR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Millennium Management LLC, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., BlackRock Inc., Madison Investment Holdings Inc., Two Sigma Advisers LP and Rhumbline Advisers. Company insiders that have bought Murphy Oil stock in the last two years include Claiborne P Deming, Erik H Martin, Jean-Charles Potvin and Kent Pearson. 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 $29.23.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $5.06 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 1,128 workers across the globe.

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]