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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 14th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Friday, June 1st. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.16%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 11th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) released its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.22 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer earned $585.61 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $575.76 million. Murphy Oil had a positive return on equity of 0.58% and a negative net margin of 9.62%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 13.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned ($0.06) earnings per share. View Murphy Oil's Earnings History.

Murphy Oil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 8th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy Oil.

9 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Murphy Oil's shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $37.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's share price to reach $30.1250 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.9%. View Analyst Ratings for Murphy Oil.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

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Press coverage about MUR stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a news sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 45.88 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Murphy Oil's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (0.54%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), James Investment Research Inc. (0.04%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.02%), Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC (0.02%) and Marshwinds Advisory Co. (0.01%). 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 Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan and Acropolis Investment Management LLC. 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 and Robert Madison Murphy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy Oil.

MUR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, James Investment Research Inc., Marshwinds Advisory Co., Clinton Group Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Foundation Resource Management Inc. and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $31.67.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $5.48 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]