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, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.53%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $757 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $759.75 million. Murphy Oil had a return on equity of 2.59% and a net margin of 41.74%. The business's revenue was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.31 EPS. View Murphy Oil's Earnings History.

Murphy Oil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy Oil.

14 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Murphy Oil's shares. Their forecasts range from $22.00 to $40.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's share price to reach $30.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.9% 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.

Media coverage about MUR stock has been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a coverage optimism score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Murphy Oil.

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Murphy Oil's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Capital International Investors (12.98%), FMR LLC (9.73%), Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC (8.89%), State Street Corp (3.91%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (3.13%) and Pzena Investment Management LLC (1.61%). Company insiders that own Murphy Oil stock include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, Claiborne P Deming, John B Gardner, Kelli M Hammock, Maria A Martinez, 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 FMR LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, South Dakota Investment Council, Rafferty Asset Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, KBC Group NV, Credit Suisse AG and Guggenheim Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include Barry FR Jeffery, Christopher D Hulse, John B Gardner, Maria A Martinez, Thomas J Mireles 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 Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC, Poplar Forest Capital LLC, Foundry Partners LLC, Pzena Investment Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., State Street Corp, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Teacher Retirement System of Texas. 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 $22.06.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $3.47 billion and generates $2.83 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $1.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $0.87 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]