Murphy USA Inc (NYSE: MUSA) is 1.75% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $382.04 and a high of $561.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MUSA stock was last observed hovering at around $506.46 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 4.08%.
Currently trading at $510.54, the stock is 6.99% and 8.58% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.13 million and changing 0.81% at the moment leaves the stock 2.97% off its SMA200. MUSA registered 22.25% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of 5.05%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $470.2012 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $495.7904.
The stock witnessed a 14.99% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 5.79%, and is 5.88% up 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 3.44% over the week and 3.48% over the month.
Murphy USA Inc (MUSA) has around 17200 employees, a market worth around $10.11B and $20.24B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 21.10 and Fwd P/E is 17.70. Profit margin for the company is 2.48%. Distance from 52-week low is 33.64% and -9.01% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (15.86%).
with sales reaching $4.76B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 5.28% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.54% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -1.70% in year-over-year returns.
651.0 institutions hold shares in Murphy USA Inc (MUSA), with institutional investors hold 95.28% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 20.02M, and float is at 18.08M with Short Float at 6.26%. Institutions hold 86.48% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 1.84 million shares valued at $865.21 million. The investor’s holdings represent 8.8546 of the MUSA Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 1.82 million shares valued at $853.65 million to account for 8.8087 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are FMR LLC which holds 1.65 million shares representing 8.0025 and valued at over $775.53 million, while HOLOCENE ADVISORS, LP holds 2.8921 of the shares totaling 0.6 million with a market value of $280.28 million.
Murphy USA Inc (MUSA) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Phillips Jeanne Linder, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Phillips Jeanne Linder sold 797 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 05 ’25 at a price of $452.31 per share for a total of $0.36 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 2349.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 03 ’25, Bacon Renee M (SVP, Sales & Ops & CMO) disposed off 2,000 shares at an average price of $469.58 for $0.94 million. The insider now directly holds 5,927 shares of Murphy USA Inc (MUSA).
