Murphy USA - MUSA Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy USA in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" MUSA shares.
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3 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Murphy USA's stock. Their MUSA share price forecasts range from $260.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $276.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.6% from the stock's current price.
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Murphy USA's stock was trading at $199.24 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MUSA shares have increased by 38.0% and is now trading at $274.91.
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Murphy USA saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,240,000 shares, an increase of 11.4% from the August 15th total of 2,010,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 322,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.9 days. Approximately 10.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE:MUSA) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The specialty retailer reported $7.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $5.35 by $2.18. The specialty retailer had revenue of $6.77 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.18 billion. Murphy USA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 68.86% and a net margin of 2.58%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 51.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $4.79 earnings per share.

Murphy USA announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.32 per share on Thursday, September 8th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 29th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.31.
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Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) pays an annual dividend of $1.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.46%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 5.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MUSA will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.37% 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."

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One share of MUSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $274.91.

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) has a market capitalization of $6.42 billion and generates $17.36 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $396.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $21.82 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,615 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.