MURPHY OIL ($MUR) posted quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported earnings of $0.27 per share, beating estimates of $0.20 by $0.07. The company also reported revenue of $695,570,000, beating estimates of $658,804,193 by $36,765,807.
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MURPHY OIL Insider Trading Activity
MURPHY OIL insiders have traded $MUR stock on the open market 5 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 4 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 purchased 50,000 shares for an estimated $1,328,000
- 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
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MURPHY OIL Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 207 institutional investors add shares of MURPHY OIL stock to their portfolio, and 219 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
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MURPHY OIL 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 MURPHY OIL, check out Quiver Quantitative's $MUR forecast page.
MURPHY OIL Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MUR recently. We have seen 10 analysts offer price targets for $MUR in the last 6 months, with a median target of $26.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Hanwen Chang from Wells Fargo set a target price of $26.0 on 07/22/2025
- 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
- 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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