Roth Capital Has Negative Outlook of Murphy Oil Q1 Earnings

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital reduced their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Murphy Oil in a research note issued on Thursday, January 30th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.65 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.68. The consensus estimate for Murphy Oil’s current full-year earnings is $2.99 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Murphy Oil’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.48 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.69 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.79 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $2.61 EPS.

Several other analysts have also weighed in on MUR. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on Murphy Oil from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Murphy Oil from $44.00 to $39.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 7th. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on shares of Murphy Oil from $54.00 to $50.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. UBS Group cut their target price on shares of Murphy Oil from $38.00 to $34.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, December 9th. Finally, Truist Financial lowered shares of Murphy Oil from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $42.00 to $31.00 in a research report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Murphy Oil currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $37.83.

Murphy Oil Stock Performance

MUR opened at $26.57 on Friday. Murphy Oil has a 1-year low of $26.47 and a 1-year high of $49.14. The company has a market capitalization of $3.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.57 and a beta of 2.17. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $30.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $33.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24, a current ratio of 0.71 and a quick ratio of 0.65.

Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.62 by ($0.27). Murphy Oil had a return on equity of 9.22% and a net margin of 14.78%. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.90 earnings per share.

Murphy Oil Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be issued a $0.325 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $1.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.89%. This is a positive change from Murphy Oil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. Murphy Oil’s dividend payout ratio is presently 38.71%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Murphy Oil

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. New York State Common Retirement Fund boosted its stake in shares of Murphy Oil by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund now owns 815,326 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $24,672,000 after buying an additional 8,666 shares during the period. Kentucky Retirement Systems Insurance Trust Fund purchased a new stake in shares of Murphy Oil during the fourth quarter worth $188,000. Venturi Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Murphy Oil during the fourth quarter worth $202,000. Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Murphy Oil during the fourth quarter valued at $618,000. Finally, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D grew its stake in Murphy Oil by 25.9% in the fourth quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 64,570 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $1,954,000 after purchasing an additional 13,275 shares in the last quarter. 78.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Murphy Oil Company Profile

Murphy Oil Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It explores for and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as Murphy Corporation and changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964.