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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 4th. Shareholders 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 yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 11th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.23 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.22 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $585.61 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $575.76 million. Murphy Oil had a positive return on equity of 0.58% and a negative net margin of 9.62%. Murphy Oil's revenue was down 13.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.06) EPS. 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.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Murphy Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's share price to reach $31.7273 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Murphy Oil.

Murphy Oil saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 19,218,557 shares, a drop of 14.6% from the April 13th total of 22,499,350 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,272,327 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.5 days. Approximately 11.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Some companies that are related to Murphy Oil include Marathon Oil (MRO), Noble Energy (NBL), Apache (APA), Galp (GLPEY), RWE (RWEOY), EQT (EQT), Toray Industries (TRYIY), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Encana (ECA), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Parsley Energy (PE), Cimarex Energy (XEC), RSP Permian (RSPP) and WPX Energy (WPX).

Media headlines about MUR stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a news sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 44.79 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Murphy Oil's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail 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, Robert Madison Murphy and Walentin Mirosh. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy Oil.

MUR stock was purchased 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, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Federated Investors Inc. PA. 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 $31.31.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $5.42 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]