Murphy Oil - MUR Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MUR shares. 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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9 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Murphy Oil's stock. Their MUR share price forecasts range from $38.00 to $68.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $50.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.3% from the stock's current price.
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Murphy Oil's stock was trading at $43.01 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MUR shares have decreased by 0.9% and is now trading at $42.63.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.
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Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The oil and gas producer reported $1.10 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.18 by $0.08. The oil and gas producer earned $975.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $835.62 million. Murphy Oil had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.82% and a net margin of 24.54%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 32.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.40 EPS.

Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 13th will be given a dividend of $0.275 per share on Wednesday, March 1st. This represents a $1.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 10th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.25.
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Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.42%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 16.34%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MUR will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.04% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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57 employees have rated Murphy Oil Chief Executive Officer Roger W. Jenkins on Glassdoor.com. Roger W. Jenkins has an approval rating of 67% among the company'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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.38%), Poplar Forest Capital LLC (0.26%), Willis Investment Counsel (0.20%), Ziegler Capital Management LLC (0.17%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.12%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%). Insiders that own company stock include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, E Ted Botner, Elisabeth W Keller, Eric M Hambly, John B Gardner, Kelly L Whitley, Laura A Sugg, Lawrence R Dickerson, Louis W Utsch, Maria A Martinez, Neal E Schmale, Paul D Vaughan, Robert Madison Murphy, Roger W Jenkins, T Jay Collins, Thomas J Mireles and Walentin Mirosh.
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One share of MUR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.63.

Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) has a market capitalization of $6.63 billion and generates $3.93 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $965.05 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.12 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 696 workers across the globe.

Murphy Oil's mailing address is 300 PEACH STREET P.O. BOX 7000, EL DORADO AR, 71731. The official website for the company is www.murphyoilcorp.com. The oil and gas producer can be reached via phone at (281) 675-9000, via email at investorrelations@murphyoilcorp.com, or via fax at 870-864-6373.