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Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) closed the day trading at $31.49 down -2.33% from the previous closing price of $32.24. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.33 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.83 million shares were traded. MUR stock price reached its highest trading level at $32.17 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $31.025.
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 16.93 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 4.95. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.65 and its Current Ratio is at 0.71. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.41 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.36.
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, JP Morgan on August 15, 2024, Downgraded its rating to Neutral and sets its target price to $47 from $50 previously.
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 14 ’24 when Martinez Maria A sold 10,000 shares for $43.35 per share. The transaction valued at 433,550 led to the insider holds 40,590 shares of the business.
GARDNER JOHN B sold 40,000 shares of MUR for $1,632,992 on Mar 07 ’24. The Vice President now owns 25,302 shares after completing the transaction at $40.82 per share. On Mar 06 ’24, another insider, Vaughan Paul D., who serves as the Vice President & Controller of the company, sold 6,000 shares for $39.61 each. As a result, the insider received 237,660 and left with 11,877 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 4592596480 and an Enterprise Value of 6630288384. As of this moment, Murphy’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 10.18, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 9.65. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.78. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.44 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.87. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.078 whereas that against EBITDA is 3.865.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MUR is 2.15, which has changed by -0.16063523 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.23171377 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 $27.75. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.07%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -15.65%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MUR traded about 1.67M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MUR traded about 2205760 shares per day. A total of 145.84M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 137.79M. Insiders hold about 5.52% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 84.34% stake in the company. Shares short for MUR as of 1735603200 were 8756245 with a Short Ratio of 5.24, compared to 1732838400 on 10323572. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8756245 and a Short% of Float of 8.790000000000001.
Dividends & Splits
MUR’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.20, up from 1.173 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.03638337The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.46. The current Payout Ratio is 26.05% for MUR, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-11-18 with an ex-dividend date of 1731888000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-09-03 when the company split stock in a 1158:1000 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Current recommendations for the stock of the company come from 17.0 analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.78, with high estimates of $1.18 and low estimates of $0.37.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.38 and $2.78 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.03. EPS for the following year is $3.18, with 17.0 analysts recommending between $5.85 and $2.6.
Revenue Estimates
7 analysts predict $748.33M in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $791.09M to a low estimate of $686M. As of the current estimate, Murphy Oil Corp’s year-ago sales were $844.2MFor the next quarter, 7 analysts are estimating revenue of $751.45M. There is a high estimate of $818M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $680M.
A total of 8 analysts have provided revenue estimates for MUR’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $3.15B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $3.04B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $3.1B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $3.46BBased on 8 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $3.04B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $3.28B and the low estimate is $2.73B.
