Murphy Oil Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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 saw a increase in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 15,220,000 shares, an increase of 26.1% from the June 15th total of 12,070,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,710,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days. Approximately 10.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, August 5th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 6th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.16) by $0.22. The oil and gas producer earned $379.99 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $485.80 million. Murphy Oil had a negative net margin of 75.92% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.09%. Murphy Oil's quarterly revenue was down 62.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.30) EPS.
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Murphy Oil's stock was trading at $7.50 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MUR shares have increased by 191.2% and is now trading at $21.84.
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Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be given a dividend of $0.125 per share on Tuesday, June 1st. This represents a $0.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date 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 2.35%.
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11 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Murphy Oil's stock. Their forecasts range from $11.00 to $36.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's stock price to reach $22.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.7% from the stock's current price.
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.03%), Greenwich Wealth Management LLC (0.03%), New Mexico Educational Retirement Board (0.02%) and Pflug Koory LLC (0.00%). 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 Greenwich Wealth 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including New Mexico Educational Retirement Board, Pflug Koory LLC, and Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund. 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 $21.84.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $3.37 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 (281) 675-9000 or via email at [email protected]