Murphy USA - MUSA Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy USA in the last twelve months. 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 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month 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 stock price to reach $276.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price.
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Murphy USA's stock was trading at $199.24 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, MUSA shares have increased by 35.6% and is now trading at $270.09.
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Murphy USA saw a increase in short interest during 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 daily volume of 322,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.9 days. Currently, 10.5% of the shares of the stock 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) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The specialty retailer reported $7.53 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.65 by $2.88. The specialty retailer earned $6.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $6.18 billion. Murphy USA had a net margin of 2.58% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 68.86%. The firm's revenue was up 51.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $4.79 EPS.

Murphy USA announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.32 per share on Thursday, September 8th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 29th. This is an increase 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 0.48%. 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."

Murphy USA's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.21%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.50%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.39%), River Road Asset Management LLC (2.09%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (2.07%) and FMR LLC (1.98%). 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 $270.09.

Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) has a market capitalization of $6.31 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.