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 1st. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.25 per share on Tuesday, September 4th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.35%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 10th. View Murphy Oil's Dividend History.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 8th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.36 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.01. The oil and gas producer had revenue of $655.15 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $623.76 million. Murphy Oil had a positive return on equity of 2.32% and a negative net margin of 6.19%. Murphy Oil's revenue for the quarter was up 37.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.11) earnings per share. View Murphy Oil's Earnings History.

Murphy Oil is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 7th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy Oil.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Murphy Oil's shares. Their predictions range from $23.00 to $39.00. On average, they anticipate Murphy Oil's share price to reach $32.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Murphy Oil.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Murphy Oil.

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Media headlines about MUR stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Murphy Oil earned a daily sentiment score of 0.23 on Accern's scale. They also gave news coverage about the oil and gas producer an impact score of 47.06 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Murphy Oil.

Murphy Oil's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.31%), FMR LLC (9.17%), Pzena Investment Management LLC (4.53%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.27%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (2.75%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.11%). 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 Pzena Investment Management LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Schroder Investment Management Group, Nomura Holdings Inc., Deprince Race & Zollo Inc., LMR Partners LLP, LSV Asset Management and BlueMountain Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Murphy Oil company stock in the last year include Eugene T Coleman, John B Gardner 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 FMR LLC, Marshall Wace LLP, Aristotle Atlantic Partners LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, BlackRock Inc., Point72 Asset Management L.P., Mackay Shields LLC and Signature Financial Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Murphy Oil stock in the last two years include 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MUR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $29.85.

Murphy Oil has a market capitalization of $5.37 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]