NYSE:MUSA - Murphy USA Stock Price, Forecast & News

Murphy USA's stock was trading at $102.47 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MUSA shares have decreased by 17.6% and is now trading at $84.46. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy USA in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Murphy USA.

Murphy USA is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Murphy USA.

Murphy USA Inc (NYSE:MUSA) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The specialty retailer reported $1.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.08. The specialty retailer had revenue of $3.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.57 billion. Murphy USA had a net margin of 1.10% and a return on equity of 20.84%. Murphy USA's revenue for the quarter was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.38 earnings per share. View Murphy USA's earnings history.

3 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Murphy USA's shares. Their forecasts range from $87.00 to $102.00. On average, they expect Murphy USA's stock price to reach $96.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Murphy USA.

Media coverage about MUSA stock has trended very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Murphy USA earned a news impact score of -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutMurphy USA.

Murphy USA saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 2,573,700 shares, an increase of 22.0% from the February 27th total of 2,110,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 411,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.3 days. Approximately 9.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Murphy USA's Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Murphy USA investors own include American International Group (AIG), International Paper (IP), Brookfield Asset Management (BAM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Altria Group (MO), General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

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 $84.46.

Murphy USA has a market capitalization of $2.57 billion and generates $14.03 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $154.80 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.23 on an earnings per share basis. Murphy USA employs 9,900 workers across the globe. View additional information about Murphy USA.

The official website for Murphy USA is http://www.murphyusa.com/.

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]