NYSE:MUSAMurphy 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 stock has increased by 13.4% and is now trading at $116.18. View which stocks have been most 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 Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Murphy USA.

Murphy USA Inc (NYSE:MUSA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 17th. The specialty retailer reported $2.92 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.80 by $0.12. The specialty retailer earned $2.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.05 billion. Murphy USA had a net margin of 1.69% and a return on equity of 31.86%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.16 earnings per share. View Murphy USA's earnings history.

3 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Murphy USA's shares. Their forecasts range from $87.00 to $102.00. On average, they anticipate Murphy USA's share price to reach $96.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.1%. View analysts' price targets for Murphy USA.

News stories about MUSA stock have been trending very positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Murphy USA earned a media sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutMurphy USA.

Murphy USA saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,720,000 shares, a drop of 6.0% from the April 30th total of 1,830,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 486,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.5 days. Approximately 6.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Murphy USA's Current Options Chain.

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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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (11.11%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.05%), State Street Corp (3.53%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (2.34%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.12%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (2.12%). Company insiders that own Murphy USA stock include Claiborne P Deming, Donald R Smith Jr, John A Moore, Malynda K West and R Andrew Clyde. View institutional ownership trends for Murphy USA.

MUSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc., Bogle Investment Management L P DE, Maverick Capital Ltd., Voloridge Investment Management LLC, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View insider buying and selling activity for Murphy USA.

MUSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Advisory Research Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Victory Capital Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, and Matarin Capital Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MUSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $116.18.

Murphy USA has a market capitalization of $3.39 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.

The official website for Murphy USA is 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]