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Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) closed the day trading at $31.04 down -3.78% from the previous closing price of $32.26. In other words, the price has decreased by -$3.78 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.14 million shares were traded. MUR stock price reached its highest trading level at $32.4699 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $30.84.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of MUR, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 10.40 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 10.93. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.87 and its Current Ratio is at 0.94. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.43 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.39.
Roth Capital Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on May 15, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $25.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 04 ’25 when GARDNER JOHN B bought 14,782 shares for $21.61 per share.
Nolan Jeffrey W bought 10,000 shares of MUR for $233,947 on Mar 05 ’25. The Director now owns 292,012 shares after completing the transaction at $23.39 per share. On Feb 21 ’25, another insider, Utsch Louis W, who serves as the Vice President of the company, sold 9,584 shares for $28.10 each. As a result, the insider received 269,310 and left with 9,504 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MUR now has a Market Capitalization of 4430612992 and an Enterprise Value of 6351921664. As of this moment, Murphy’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 31.64, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.73. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 10.38. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.61 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.87. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.313 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.291.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MUR is 0.77, which has changed by 0.14275599 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.13329959 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MUR has reached a high of $34.52, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $18.94. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.93%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 20.58%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MUR traded about 2.15M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MUR traded about 2037680 shares per day. A total of 142.73M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 133.19M. Insiders hold about 6.69% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 93.16% stake in the company. Shares short for MUR as of 1764288000 were 18269082 with a Short Ratio of 8.51, compared to 1761868800 on 16402514. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 18269082 and a Short% of Float of 18.98.
Dividends & Splits
MUR’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.30, up from 1.275 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03952263. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.94. The current Payout Ratio is 44.51% for MUR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-17 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-17. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-09-03 when the company split stock in a 1158:1000 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
The market rating for Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) is a result of the insights provided by 11.0 analysts actively involved in the assessment.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.52, with high estimates of $1.77 and low estimates of $0.14.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $2.18 and $1.04 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $1.34. EPS for the following year is $1.9, with 14.0 analysts recommending between $2.93 and $1.21.
Revenue Estimates
6 analysts predict $650.9M in revenue for. The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $720M to a low estimate of $602M. As of. The current estimate, Murphy Oil Corp’s year-ago sales were $670.96MFor the next quarter, 6 analysts are estimating revenue of $672.4M. There is a high estimate of $841M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $594.2M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MUR’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $2.81B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $2.7B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $2.74B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.03BBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $2.64B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $2.91B and the low estimate is $2.32B.
