Murphy Oil Corp [MUR] stock is trading at $20.83, down -2.53%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The MUR shares have lost -0.19% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -22.36%, 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 April 21, 2025, when KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Sector Weight. Previously, Truist downgraded its rating to Hold on January 31, 2025, and dropped its price target to $31. On January 22, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Underweight but maintained its price target of $37 on the stock. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $47 on August 15, 2024. Scotiabank downgraded its rating to Sector Perform for this stock on April 11, 2024. In a note dated April 10, 2024, Barclays initiated an Equal Weight rating and provided a target price of $54 on this stock.
Murphy Oil Corp [MUR] stock has fluctuated between $18.94 and $46.90 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $33.14 within the next 12 months. Murphy Oil Corp [NYSE: MUR] shares were valued at $20.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 59.1% 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. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.39.
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 20.40 points at the first support level, and at 19.98 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 21.08, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 21.34.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Murphy Oil Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.83. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.77, while the Cash Ratio is 0.45. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.98, the price to book ratio is 0.58 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 7.75.
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.
