Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) is -19.27% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $24.27 and a high of $49.14 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The MUR stock was last observed hovering at around $24.46 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.03%.
Currently trading at $24.43, the stock is -10.08% and -15.73% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.74 million and changing -0.12% at the moment leaves the stock -29.57% off its SMA200. MUR registered -38.42% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -35.42%.
The stock witnessed a -8.26% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -24.90%, and is -11.68% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 5.34% over the week and 3.81% over the month.
Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) has around 750 employees, a market worth around $3.56B and $3.02B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 9.09 and Fwd P/E is 6.04. Profit margin for the company is 13.49%. Distance from 52-week low is 0.66% and -50.28% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.81%).
with sales reaching $659.82M over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.15% this year, but quarterly earnings will post -4.20% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -17.15% in year-over-year returns.
Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 145.85M, and float is at 137.43M with Short Float at 11.86%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 21.29 million shares valued at $878.15 million. The investor’s holdings represent 13.948% of the MUR Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 17.28 million shares valued at $$712.79 million to account for 11.3216 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP which holds 8.25 million shares representing 5.4067% and valued at over $340.4 million, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.6729 of the shares totaling 7.13 million with a market value of $294.2 million.
Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) Insider Activity
A total of 0 insider transactions have happened at Murphy Oil Corp (MUR) in the last six months, with sales accounting for 0 and purchases happening 0 times. The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Utsch Louis W,the company’sVice President. SEC filings show that Utsch Louis W sold 9,584 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 21 ’25 at a price of $28.10 per share for a total of $0.27 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 9504.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 19 ’25, ROGER JENKINS (Officer) Proposed Sale 70,000 shares at an average price of $28.61 for $2.0 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Murphy Oil Corp (MUR).
Murphy Oil Corp (MUR): Who are the competitors?
The company’s main competitors (and peers) include Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) that is trading -11.65% down over the past 12 months. TotalEnergies SE ADR (TTE) that is -8.23% lower over the same period.
