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Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR) closed the day trading at $40.23 up 0.25% from the previous closing price of $40.13. In other words, the price has increased by $0.25 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.02 million shares were traded. MUR stock price reached its highest trading level at $40.345 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $39.91.
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 18.98 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 7.12. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.87 and its Current Ratio is at 0.93. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.38 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.35.
On April 10, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $54.
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 6138132480 and an Enterprise Value of 8028617728. As of this moment, Murphy’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 11.22, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 7.14. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.83. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.80 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.16. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.359 whereas that against EBITDA is 4.163.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MUR is 2.25, which has changed by -0.008624911 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.2553556 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 $36.34. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.65%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -5.71%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MUR traded about 1.38M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MUR traded about 1334450 shares per day. A total of 152.75M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 143.92M. Insiders hold about 5.67% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.54% stake in the company. Shares short for MUR as of 1718323200 were 6433429 with a Short Ratio of 4.67, compared to 1715731200 on 5947337. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 6433429 and a Short% of Float of 6.0500003.
Dividends & Splits
MUR’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.15, up from 1.125 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.02803389The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.56. The current Payout Ratio is 26.05% for MUR, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-05-17 with an ex-dividend date of 1715904000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2013-09-03 when the company split stock in a 1158:1000 ratio.
