NYSE:MUSA - Murphy USA Stock Price, Forecast & News

Murphy USA trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MUSA."

Murphy USA Inc (NYSE:MUSA) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The specialty retailer reported $2.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.51 by $1.04. The specialty retailer earned $3.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.66 billion. Murphy USA had a net margin of 1.31% and a return on equity of 24.55%. View Murphy USA's Earnings History.

Murphy USA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy USA.

3 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Murphy USA's stock. Their forecasts range from $87.00 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate Murphy USA's share price to reach $93.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 20.7%. View Analyst Price Targets for Murphy USA.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy USA in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Murphy USA.

Media coverage about MUSA stock has been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Murphy USA earned a coverage optimism score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Murphy USA.

Murphy USA saw a decline in short interest in the month of November. As of November 29th, there was short interest totalling 1,930,000 shares, a decline of 19.6% from the November 14th total of 2,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 381,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.1 days. Currently, 6.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Murphy USA's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Murphy USA investors own include American International Group (AIG), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), International Paper (IP), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), General Electric (GE), Walmart (WMT), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Altria Group (MO), UnitedHealth Group (UNH) and Broadcom (AVGO).

Murphy USA's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.49%), River Road Asset Management LLC (1.41%), Man Group plc (0.91%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.52%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.53%) and Millennium Management LLC (0.38%). Company insiders that own Murphy USA stock include Claiborne P Deming, Donald R Smith Jr, John A Moore, Malynda K West, R Andrew Clyde and Robert Madison Murphy. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Murphy USA.

MUSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, State Street Corp, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Hennessy Advisors Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Barclays PLC and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. Company insiders that have sold Murphy USA company stock in the last year include Claiborne P Deming and John A Moore. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy USA.

MUSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maverick Capital Ltd., River Road Asset Management LLC, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Man Group plc, Russell Investments Group Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC and Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy USA.

Shares of MUSA 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MUSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $117.86.

Murphy USA has a market capitalization of $3.63 billion and generates $14.36 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $213.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.41 on an earnings per share basis. Murphy USA employs 9,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Murphy USA.

The official website for Murphy USA is http://www.murphyusa.com/.

Murphy USA's mailing address is 200 PEACH STREET, EL DORADO AR, 71730. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 870-875-7600 or via email at [email protected]