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Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) closed the day trading at $28.50 up 0.53% from the previous closing price of $28.35. In other words, the price has increased by $0.53 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.54 million shares were traded. MUR stock price reached its highest trading level at $28.62 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $27.85.
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 9.81 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 5.06. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.77 and its Current Ratio is at 0.83. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.40 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.35.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Truist on January 31, 2025, Downgraded its rating to Hold and sets its target price to $31 from $42 previously.
On January 22, 2025, Morgan Stanley Downgraded its rating to Underweight which previously was Equal-Weight but kept the price unchanged to $37.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Overweight to Neutral on August 15, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $50 to $47.
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 Mar 05 ’25 when Nolan Jeffrey W bought 10,000 shares for $23.39 per share. The transaction valued at 233,947 led to the insider holds 292,012 shares of the business.
Utsch Louis W sold 9,584 shares of MUR for $269,310 on Feb 21 ’25. The Vice President now owns 9,504 shares after completing the transaction at $28.10 per share. On Feb 21 ’25, another insider, Utsch Louis W, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 9,584 shares for $28.10 each.
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 4156867840 and an Enterprise Value of 5946858496. As of this moment, Murphy’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.61, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.36. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.82. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.38 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.80. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.97 whereas that against EBITDA is 3.698.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MUR is 1.70, which has changed by -0.3861727 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MUR has reached a high of $49.14, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $22.90. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.42%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -14.56%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MUR traded about 2.89M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MUR traded about 3694220 shares per day. A total of 145.85M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 137.42M. Insiders hold about 5.78% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 83.70% stake in the company. Shares short for MUR as of 1741910400 were 17875300 with a Short Ratio of 6.18, compared to 1739491200 on 16302295. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 17875300 and a Short% of Float of 17.940001.
Dividends & Splits
MUR’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.23, up from 1.2 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.042328045The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.44. The current Payout Ratio is 44.51% for MUR, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-02-18 with an ex-dividend date of 1739836800. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-09-03 when the company split stock in a 1158:1000 ratio.
