MUR vs. APA, CHRD, FANG, COP, DVN, EOG, MGY, MTDR, OVV, and SM
Should you be buying Murphy Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy Oil include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), ConocoPhillips (COP), Devon Energy (DVN), EOG Resources (EOG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Ovintiv (OVV), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Murphy Oil vs. Its Competitors
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, APA had 8 more articles in the media than Murphy Oil. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for APA and 9 mentions for Murphy Oil. Murphy Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat APA's score of 0.78 indicating that Murphy Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Murphy Oil's net margin of 10.20%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Murphy Oil's return on equity.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy Oil pays out 67.4% 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. Murphy Oil has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Murphy Oil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
APA presently has a consensus target price of $23.24, indicating a potential downside of 5.32%. Murphy Oil has a consensus target price of $29.54, indicating a potential downside of 3.09%. Given Murphy Oil's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than APA.
83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.5% of Murphy Oil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
APA has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy Oil has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its share price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Murphy Oil. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Murphy Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
APA beats Murphy Oil on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:MUR) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
