Murphy USA - MUSA Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research 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 research 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 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Murphy USA's stock. Their MUSA share price forecasts range from $228.00 to $360.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $325.60 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 19.7% from the stock's current price.
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Murphy USA's stock was trading at $279.54 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MUSA shares have decreased by 2.7% and is now trading at $272.03.
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Murphy USA saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,640,000 shares, a drop of 8.7% from the November 30th total of 2,890,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 324,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.1 days. Currently, 12.8% 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, February 1st 2023.
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Murphy USA will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 2nd at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE:MUSA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The specialty retailer reported $3.98 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.44 by $0.54. The specialty retailer had revenue of $4.60 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.44 billion. Murphy USA had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 84.93% and a net margin of 2.91%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 62.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.61 earnings per share.

Murphy USA declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, November 8th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, December 1st. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.51%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 7th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.32.
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Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.53%. 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 5.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MUSA will have a dividend payout ratio of 7.83% 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.57%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.49%), Horrell Capital Management Inc. (0.13%), Comerica Bank (0.08%), Stephens Inc. AR (0.07%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Donald R Smith Jr, 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 $272.03.

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) has a market capitalization of $6.15 billion and generates $17.36 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $396.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $27.12 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.