Murphy Oil (MUR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

12 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Murphy Oil in the last twelve months. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MUR shares.
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12 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Murphy Oil's shares. Their MUR share price targets range from $41.00 to $59.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $49.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.4% from the stock's current price.
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Murphy Oil's stock was trading at $42.66 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, MUR stock has increased by 6.0% and is now trading at $45.21.
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Murphy Oil saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,460,000 shares, a drop of 20.6% from the February 29th total of 9,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,900,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 5.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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Murphy Oil will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 25th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.10. The oil and gas producer earned $844.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $852.24 million. Murphy Oil had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 13.02% and a net margin of 19.12%. The firm's revenue was down 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.10 earnings per share.

Murphy Oil announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Monday, June 3rd. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 17th.
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Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.58%. 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 28.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MUR will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.52% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) stock in their portfolio include Inspire Faithward Mid Cap Momentum ETF (GLRY), Invesco Energy Exploration & Production ETF (PXE), SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF (XOP), First Trust Natural Gas ETF (FCG), Invesco Dorsey Wright Energy Momentum ETF (PXI), First Trust Bloomberg Inflation Sensitive Equity ETF (FTIF), Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 2x Shares (GUSH) and Invesco S&P MidCap Value with Momentum ETF (XMVM).

57 employees have rated Murphy Oil Chief Executive Officer Roger W. Jenkins on Glassdoor.com. Roger W. Jenkins has an approval rating of 67% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Murphy Oil investors own include Intel (INTC), AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Walt Disney (DIS), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Chevron (CVX) and Micron Technology (MU).

Murphy Oil's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.74%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.13%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%), Moody National Bank Trust Division (0.01%), Park Avenue Securities LLC (0.01%) and Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Christopher D Hulse, E Ted Botner, Elisabeth W Keller, Eric M Hambly, John B Gardner, Kelly L Whitley, Lawrence R Dickerson, Louis W Utsch, Maria A Martinez, Paul D Vaughan, Robert Madison Murphy, Roger W Jenkins, T Jay Collins, Thomas J Mireles and Walentin Mirosh.
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Shares of MUR stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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