Murphy Oil Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 5th 2021.
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Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) released its earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.16) by $0.22. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $379.99 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $485.80 million. Murphy Oil had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.09% and a negative net margin of 75.92%. Murphy Oil's revenue for the quarter was down 62.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted ($0.30) EPS.
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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 (WHO). Since then, MUR stock has increased by 209.9% and is now trading at $23.24.
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Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 7th. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.15%. 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 2.03%.
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13 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Murphy Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $10.00 to $28.00. On average, they anticipate Murphy Oil's share price to reach $17.35 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 25.4%.
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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 a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.76%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (4.66%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (2.08%), Poplar Forest Capital LLC (1.28%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.21%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.13%). Company insiders that own Murphy Oil stock include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, E Ted Botner, John B Gardner, Kelly L Whitley, 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 Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., UBS Group AG, Earnest Partners LLC, Brown Advisory Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, and AQR Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include Christopher D Hulse, John B Gardner, Kelly L Whitley, Laura A Sugg, Louis W Utsch, Maria A Martinez, 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 BlackRock Inc., Encompass Capital Advisors LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Millennium Management LLC, Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC, Ergoteles LLC, Poplar Forest Capital LLC, and Holocene Advisors LP. 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 $23.24.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $3.59 billion and generates $1.97 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $-1,148,780,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.25) on an earnings per share basis.

Murphy Oil employs 675 workers across the globe.

Murphy Oil was founded in 1950.

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]