Murphy USA - MUSA Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities 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 equities 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Murphy USA's stock. Their MUSA share price forecasts range from $228.00 to $360.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $314.60 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.0% from the stock's current price.
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Murphy USA's stock was trading at $279.54 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MUSA stock has decreased by 9.2% and is now trading at $253.70.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 2nd 2023.
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Murphy USA Inc. (NYSE:MUSA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 1st. The specialty retailer reported $5.21 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $6.16 by $0.95. The specialty retailer earned $5.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.40 billion. Murphy USA had a net margin of 2.87% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 90.90%. The firm's revenue was up 12.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $4.23 earnings per share.

Murphy USA declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 9th. Investors of record on Tuesday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.37 per share on Wednesday, March 1st. This represents a $1.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.58%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 17th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.35.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) stock in their portfolio include Invesco DWA Consumer Cyclicals Momentum ETF (PEZ), 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), Invesco Russell 2000 Dynamic Multifactor ETF (OMFS), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), Rayliant Quantitative Developed Market Equity ETF (RAYD) and Invesco S&P MidCap Momentum ETF (XMMO).

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.60%. 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 5.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MUSA will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.30% 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (2.79%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.38%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (2.05%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.88%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.87%) and Morgan Stanley (1.68%). 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 $253.70.

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) has a market capitalization of $5.53 billion and generates $23.45 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $672.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $28.10 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.