NYSE:MUSA - Murphy USA Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Murphy USA Inc (NYSE:MUSA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May, 1st. The specialty retailer reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.12. The specialty retailer earned $3.24 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.21 billion. Murphy USA had a return on equity of 23.43% and a net margin of 2.20%. View Murphy USA's Earnings History.

Murphy USA is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Murphy USA.

6 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Murphy USA's shares. Their forecasts range from $65.00 to $92.00. On average, they expect Murphy USA's share price to reach $76.6667 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Murphy USA.

Murphy USA saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,956,332 shares, an increase of 55.5% from the May 15th total of 3,188,211 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 385,504 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 12.9 days. Currently, 16.0% of the company's shares are short sold. View Murphy USA's Current Options Chain.

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Headlines about MUSA stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Murphy USA earned a media sentiment score of 0.05 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty retailer an impact score of 45.64 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Murphy USA's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Iridian Asset Management LLC CT (5.39%), LSV Asset Management (4.94%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.40%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.45%), Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC (2.31%) and Royal Bank of Canada (1.83%). Company insiders that own Murphy USA stock include Claiborne P Deming, Daryl R Schofield, David B Miller, James W Keyes, John A Moore, John P Corrigan, Malynda K West, Marn K Cheng 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 Iridian Asset Management LLC CT, JPMorgan Chase & Co., River Road Asset Management LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Sei Investments Co., Prudential Financial Inc., Aristotle Atlantic Partners LLC and Baird Financial Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Murphy USA.

MUSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LSV Asset Management, Tyvor Capital LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Matarin Capital Management LLC, Glen Harbor Capital Management LLC, UBS Group AG, Riverhead Capital Management LLC and Neuburgh Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have bought Murphy USA stock in the last two years include Claiborne P Deming, Daryl R Schofield, David B Miller, James W Keyes, John P Corrigan and Robert Madison Murphy. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MUSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $79.52.

Murphy USA has a market capitalization of $2.68 billion and generates $12.83 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $245.26 million in net income (profit) each year or $4.32 on an earnings per share basis. Murphy USA employs 9,600 workers across the globe.

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]