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MUSA vs. AROC, ET, GLP, LBRT, MPC, MPLX, NGL, PBF, PSX, and EPM

Should you be buying Murphy USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy USA include Archrock (AROC), Energy Transfer (ET), Global Partners (GLP), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), MPLX (MPLX), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), PBF Energy (PBF), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Evolution Petroleum (EPM).

Murphy USA vs. Its Competitors

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) and Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Archrock currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.56%. Murphy USA has a consensus price target of $476.29, indicating a potential upside of 31.34%. Given Murphy USA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Murphy USA is more favorable than Archrock.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Archrock
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Murphy USA
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Archrock has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy USA has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Murphy USA has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Murphy USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Archrock$1.16B3.36$172.23M$1.1818.67
Murphy USA$19.48B0.37$502.50M$24.1515.02

Archrock has a net margin of 16.38% compared to Murphy USA's net margin of 2.52%. Murphy USA's return on equity of 64.63% beat Archrock's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Archrock16.38% 18.31% 6.21%
Murphy USA 2.52%64.63%10.86%

Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Murphy USA pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Archrock pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy USA pays out 8.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Archrock has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Murphy USA has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

95.5% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Murphy USA shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.0% of Murphy USA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Murphy USA had 6 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Murphy USA and 13 mentions for Archrock. Archrock's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Murphy USA's score of 0.72 indicating that Archrock is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Archrock
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Murphy USA
4 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Murphy USA beats Archrock on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MUSA vs. The Competition

MetricMurphy USARETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.17B$13.15B$26.10B$20.56B
Dividend Yield0.55%0.50%174.23%3.69%
P/E Ratio15.0225.0928.2629.44
Price / Sales0.370.788.7974.23
Price / Cash9.7715.0717.1717.52
Price / Book8.747.095.624.62
Net Income$502.50M$524.51M$877.46M$993.83M
7 Day Performance-11.88%-6.63%-1.94%-0.85%
1 Month Performance-13.76%-7.08%-1.51%0.39%
1 Year Performance-28.80%4.81%23.93%16.79%

Murphy USA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MUSA
Murphy USA
4.7529 of 5 stars
$362.63
-1.0%
$476.29
+31.3%
-28.7%$7.17B$19.48B15.0217,200Earnings Report
AROC
Archrock
4.3462 of 5 stars
$22.77
+1.3%
$27.00
+18.6%
+21.9%$3.97B$1.16B19.291,300Positive News
Earnings Report
ET
Energy Transfer
4.7238 of 5 stars
$17.78
-0.1%
$22.58
+27.0%
+11.5%$61.05B$82.67B13.4716,248Upcoming Earnings
GLP
Global Partners
2.9309 of 5 stars
$51.83
+0.5%
$56.00
+8.0%
+24.2%$1.75B$17.16B16.454,840News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.7128 of 5 stars
$11.68
+0.6%
$15.15
+29.7%
-45.2%$1.88B$4.32B8.995,700Positive News
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.5618 of 5 stars
$168.30
+1.7%
$183.93
+9.3%
+2.2%$50.85B$140.41B23.6718,300Positive News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
MPLX
MPLX
1.7121 of 5 stars
$52.74
+1.7%
$55.63
+5.5%
+25.2%$52.93B$11.93B12.185,560Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
NGL
NGL Energy Partners
0.7489 of 5 stars
$4.07
-1.0%
N/A-6.2%$542.57M$3.47B-6.90840Upcoming Earnings
PBF
PBF Energy
2.9839 of 5 stars
$23.28
+7.4%
$25.17
+8.1%
-35.7%$2.51B$33.12B-2.713,855Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PSX
Phillips 66
4.7705 of 5 stars
$121.46
+1.6%
$136.20
+12.1%
-9.2%$48.33B$145.50B29.2013,200Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EPM
Evolution Petroleum
0.4529 of 5 stars
$4.65
flat
N/AN/A$159.53M$85.88M-155.008

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