Murphy USA (MUSA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy USA in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MUSA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MUSA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Murphy USA's stock. Their MUSA share price forecasts range from $228.00 to $385.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $329.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%.
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Murphy USA's stock was trading at $279.54 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MUSA stock has increased by 23.3% and is now trading at $344.73.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 25th 2023.
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Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE:MUSA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The specialty retailer reported $6.02 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $6.09 by $0.07. The specialty retailer had revenue of $5.59 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.61 billion. Murphy USA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 80.20% and a net margin of 2.59%.

Murphy USA declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 17th. Investors of record on Monday, August 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.39 per share on Thursday, September 7th. This represents a $1.56 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.45%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 25th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) stock in their portfolio include Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF (GLRY), Invesco S&P MidCap 400 Pure Growth ETF (RFG), iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX Fund (FXD), Invesco S&P MidCap Quality ETF (XMHQ), Invesco S&P MidCap Momentum ETF (XMMO) and iShares Factors US Growth Style ETF (STLG).

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) pays an annual dividend of $1.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.46%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 4 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 6.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MUSA will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.17% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Murphy USA trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MUSA."

Murphy USA's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.49%), State Street Corp (2.75%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.62%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.27%), River Road Asset Management LLC (2.08%) and Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher A Click, Donald R Smith Jr, Jeanne Linder Phillips, John A Moore, R Andrew Clyde, Robert J Chumley, Robert Madison Murphy and Terry P Hatten.
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Shares of MUSA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MUSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $344.73.

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) has a market capitalization of $7.39 billion and generates $23.45 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $672.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $25.31 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 15,100 workers across the globe.

Murphy USA's mailing address is 200 PEACH STREET, EL DORADO AR, 71730. The official website for the company is www.murphyusa.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (870) 875-7600 or via email at christian.pikul@murphyusa.com.