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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.29%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 15th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) posted its earnings results on Thursday, October, 31st. The oil and gas producer reported $0.36 earnings per share (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 analysts' expectations of $701.64 million. Murphy Oil had a return on equity of 3.21% and a net margin of 47.16%. Murphy Oil's quarterly revenue was up 66.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Murphy Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $40.00. On average, they anticipate Murphy Oil's stock price to reach $30.33 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.2% 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.

Headlines about MUR stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a media sentiment score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Murphy Oil.

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Murphy Oil's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail 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 bought 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 $23.30.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $3.66 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]