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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 4th. Investors 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 2.92%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 11th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $585.61 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $575.76 million. Murphy Oil had a negative net margin of 9.62% and a positive return on equity of 0.58%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted ($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, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy Oil.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Murphy Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's stock price to reach $30.75 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Murphy Oil.

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News coverage about MUR stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a news impact score of 0.08 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 47.97 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Murphy Oil's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.14%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (6.14%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.53%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.25%), Prudential Financial Inc. (0.81%) and Northern Trust Corp (0.78%). 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 LSV Asset Management, Aristotle Atlantic Partners LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Legal & General Group Plc, Schroder Investment Management Group, Northern Trust Corp and California Public Employees Retirement System. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Pzena Investment Management LLC, Mackay Shields LLC, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Summit Trail Advisors LLC and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. 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 $34.20.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $5.91 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]