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. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 11th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 2nd. The oil and gas producer reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted ($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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Murphy Oil's stock. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $37.00. On average, they anticipate Murphy Oil's stock price to reach $30.1250 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.7%. 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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Media stories about MUR stock have been trending somewhat positive on Wednesday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a news sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 47.75 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Murphy Oil's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. (0.54%), Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC (0.02%), Marshwinds Advisory Co. (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Clinton Group Inc. (0.01%) and Fox Run Management L.L.C. (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 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marshwinds Advisory Co., Clinton Group Inc., First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, Foundation Resource Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. and Fox Run Management L.L.C.. 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 $32.28.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $5.49 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]