$20,000 of MURPHY OIL CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"offshore leasing onshore oil and gas production financial assurance funding and policy matters relative to energy and safety permitting issues, including those associated with the Marine Mammal Protection Act Jones Act and associated maritime issues"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
MUR Insider Trading Activity
MUR insiders have traded $MUR stock on the open market 6 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 5 have been purchases and 1 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MUR stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- CLAIBORNE P DEMING has made 2 purchases buying 100,000 shares for an estimated $2,651,415 and 0 sales.
- LOUIS W UTSCH (Vice President) sold 9,584 shares for an estimated $269,310
- JEFFREY W NOLAN has made 2 purchases buying 10,000 shares for an estimated $233,947 and 0 sales.
- MEENAMBIGAI PALANIVELU (Vice President) purchased 1,573 shares for an estimated $41,999
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MUR Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 204 institutional investors add shares of MUR stock to their portfolio, and 198 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC added 3,805,565 shares (+210.8%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $108,078,046
- ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 2,924,102 shares (+191.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $83,044,496
- HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added 2,029,685 shares (+72.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $57,643,054
- PACER ADVISORS, INC. added 1,742,914 shares (+8530.7%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $49,498,757
- AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC removed 1,579,153 shares (-73.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $44,847,945
- AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added 1,137,882 shares (+111.6%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $32,315,848
- VANGUARD GROUP INC removed 918,756 shares (-5.4%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $26,092,670
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
MUR Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MUR in the last several months. We have seen 1 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 2 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Underweight" rating on 05/23/2025
- Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/13/2025
- Barclays issued a "Underweight" rating on 05/09/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for MUR, check out Quiver Quantitative's $MUR forecast page.
MUR Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MUR recently. We have seen 11 analysts offer price targets for $MUR in the last 6 months, with a median target of $26.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Paul Cheng from Scotiabank set a target price of $26.0 on 07/11/2025
- Betty Jiang from Barclays set a target price of $23.0 on 07/07/2025
- Roger Read from Wells Fargo set a target price of $24.0 on 06/26/2025
- Devin McDermott from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $26.0 on 05/23/2025
- Leo Mariani from Roth Capital set a target price of $25.0 on 05/15/2025
- Mark Lear from Piper Sandler set a target price of $30.0 on 05/13/2025
- William Janela from Mizuho set a target price of $31.0 on 05/13/2025
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