Murphy Oil Corp [MUR] stock prices are down -1.50% to $22.98 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The MUR shares have gain 9.43% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 11.93%, and 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 May 13, 2025, when Mizuho downgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $31 for it. Previously, Barclays downgraded its rating to Underweight on April 23, 2025, and dropped its price target to $24. On April 21, 2025, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Sector Weight. Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold and decreased its price target to $31 on January 31, 2025. Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to a Underweight but $37 remained the price target by the analyst firm on January 22, 2025. JP Morgan downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on August 15, 2024, and downed its price target to $47.
The stock price of Murphy Oil Corp [MUR] has been fluctuating between $18.94 and $44.33 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 $22.98 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 44.21% based on the average MUR price forecast.
Analyzing the MUR fundamentals
The Murphy Oil Corp [NYSE:MUR] reported sales of 2.90B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -15.36%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.4% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.13%, 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 0.07 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.42.
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 22.74 points at the first support level, and at 22.51 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 23.23, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 23.49.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Murphy Oil Corp [NYSE:MUR]’s Current Ratio is 0.76. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.69 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.39. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.13, the price to book ratio is 0.64 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 8.82.
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.
