NYSE:MUR - Murphy Oil Stock Price, News & Analysis

Murphy Oil trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MUR."

Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 7th. Investors of record on Monday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, September 3rd. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.38%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 16th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.21 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.03. The oil and gas producer earned $709 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $612.71 million. Murphy Oil had a net margin of 12.37% and a return on equity of 3.48%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 81.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.36 EPS. View Murphy Oil's Earnings History.

Murphy Oil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy Oil.

15 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Murphy Oil's shares. Their predictions range from $22.00 to $41.00. On average, they expect Murphy Oil's share price to reach $32.2308 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 41.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Murphy Oil.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 9 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Murphy Oil.

Press coverage about MUR stock has trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a media sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the oil and gas producer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Murphy Oil.

Murphy Oil saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 21,340,900 shares, an increase of 10.0% from the July 15th total of 19,393,500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,620,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.1 days. Currently, 13.1% of the company's stock are sold short. View Murphy Oil's Current Options Chain.

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Murphy Oil's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.60%), BlackRock Inc. (9.93%), BlackRock Inc. (9.93%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.47%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.58%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.39%). Company insiders that own Murphy Oil stock include Claiborne P Deming, Erik H Martin, Eugene T Coleman, Jean-Charles Potvin, John B Gardner, Kelli M Hammock, Kent Pearson, Robert Madison Murphy, 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prudential Financial Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. and BlackRock Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include John B Gardner, Kelli M Hammock, 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 Caymus Capital Partners L.P., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, KBC Group NV, Carlson Capital L P, First Trust Advisors LP, Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., Robinson Value Management Ltd. and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have bought Murphy Oil stock in the last two years include Claiborne P Deming, Erik H Martin, Jean-Charles Potvin and Kent Pearson. 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 $22.82.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $3.70 billion and generates $2.57 billion in revenue each year. The oil and gas producer earns $411.09 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.26 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]