Murphy Oil Corp [MUR] stock is trading at $25.65, up 1.14%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The MUR shares have gain 4.87% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -2.47%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Murphy Oil Corp [NYSE: MUR] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 31, 2025, when Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold and also revised its price target to $31 from $42. Previously, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Underweight on January 22, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $37. On August 15, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Neutral and revised its price target to $47 on the stock. Scotiabank downgraded its rating to a Sector Perform. Barclays started tracking with a Equal Weight rating for this stock on April 10, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $54. In a note dated March 20, 2024, ROTH MKM reiterated an Buy rating on this stock.
Murphy Oil Corp [MUR] stock has fluctuated between $22.90 and $49.14 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $36.88 within the next 12 months. Murphy Oil Corp [NYSE: MUR] shares were valued at $25.65 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 43.78% based on the average MUR price forecast.
Analyzing the MUR fundamentals
Murphy Oil Corp [NYSE:MUR] reported sales of 3.02B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -20.50%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.46% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.19%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.04, Equity is 0.08 and Total Capital is 0.06. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.39.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 25.25 points at the first support level, and at 24.86 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 26.18, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 26.72.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Murphy Oil Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.83. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.77, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.45. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.24, the price to book ratio is 0.72 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 9.54.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Nolan Jeffrey W, Director, that happened on Mar 05 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were purchased. Vice President, Utsch Louis W completed a deal on Feb 21 ’25 to sell 9584.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Utsch Louis W bought 9584.0 shares on Feb 21 ’25.
