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Murphy Oil (MUR) Competitors

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MUR vs. XOM, CVX, HES, OXY, AR, PR, OVV, VNOM, HESM, and RRC

Should you be buying Murphy Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy Oil include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Hess (HES), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Viper Energy (VNOM), Hess Midstream (HESM), and Range Resources (RRC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Murphy Oil vs.

Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.

Murphy Oil has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Exxon Mobil's net margin of 9.63%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 12.92% beat Murphy Oil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Murphy Oil13.44% 7.66% 4.28%
Exxon Mobil 9.63%12.92%7.63%

Exxon Mobil has higher revenue and earnings than Murphy Oil. Murphy Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exxon Mobil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Murphy Oil$3.02B1.00$407.17M$2.697.86
Exxon Mobil$339.25B1.35$33.68B$7.8413.50

Murphy Oil has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Murphy Oil currently has a consensus target price of $32.23, suggesting a potential upside of 52.54%. Exxon Mobil has a consensus target price of $126.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.52%. Given Murphy Oil's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Murphy Oil
2 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Exxon Mobil
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Exxon Mobil received 931 more outperform votes than Murphy Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.61% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote while only 47.56% of users gave Murphy Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Murphy OilOutperform Votes
449
47.56%
Underperform Votes
495
52.44%
Exxon MobilOutperform Votes
1380
59.61%
Underperform Votes
935
40.39%

Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Murphy Oil pays out 48.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exxon Mobil pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Exxon Mobil has increased its dividend for 42 consecutive years. Murphy Oil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 65 more articles in the media than Murphy Oil. MarketBeat recorded 80 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 15 mentions for Murphy Oil. Murphy Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Exxon Mobil's score of 0.87 indicating that Murphy Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Murphy Oil
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Exxon Mobil
46 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
12 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Exxon Mobil beats Murphy Oil on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MUR vs. The Competition

MetricMurphy OilCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.02B$7.41B$7.03B$18.96B
Dividend Yield6.13%23.98%10.94%4.01%
P/E Ratio7.869.6846.7032.87
Price / Sales1.008.9025,024.0528.03
Price / Cash3.187.3835.4417.52
Price / Book0.581.503.514.47
Net Income$407.17M$1.11B$4.29B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.24%-1.48%-0.55%0.59%
1 Month Performance-27.74%-11.43%-5.70%-3.54%
1 Year Performance-52.22%-18.54%161.86%3.80%

Murphy Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.9447 of 5 stars
$21.13
+2.9%
$32.23
+52.5%
-52.2%$3.02B$3.02B7.86690Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.8629 of 5 stars
$104.90
-1.9%
$126.75
+20.8%
-8.8%$453.72B$339.25B13.3862,000Dividend Announcement
CVX
Chevron
4.853 of 5 stars
$133.13
-3.4%
$169.50
+27.3%
-14.6%$234.39B$193.41B13.7043,800Dividend Announcement
HES
Hess
4.7294 of 5 stars
$125.74
-3.8%
$166.26
+32.2%
-17.2%$38.76B$12.90B13.971,620Earnings Report
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.8593 of 5 stars
$38.92
-2.0%
$55.33
+42.2%
-37.2%$36.58B$26.73B15.9512,000Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
AR
Antero Resources
4.2132 of 5 stars
$32.11
-6.7%
$42.44
+32.2%
+6.0%$9.99B$4.12B100.35590Earnings Report
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
PR
Permian Resources
4.8501 of 5 stars
$11.60
-3.6%
$18.73
+61.5%
-26.5%$9.32B$5.00B7.03220Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
OVV
Ovintiv
4.7599 of 5 stars
$32.58
-3.7%
$56.06
+72.1%
-32.2%$8.48B$9.15B4.321,740Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.5765 of 5 stars
$39.56
-4.4%
$57.92
+46.4%
+11.8%$8.43B$859.75M16.98711Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
HESM
Hess Midstream
3.9403 of 5 stars
$36.53
-2.7%
$43.00
+17.7%
+9.7%$7.96B$1.49B14.67200Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
RRC
Range Resources
4.4607 of 5 stars
$32.67
-4.4%
$41.43
+26.8%
-0.9%$7.88B$2.35B16.50540Positive News

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This page (NYSE:MUR) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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