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MUR

Murphy Oil Corporation

MUR

NYSE·Energy·Oil & Gas Exploration & Production·Mkt cap $4.5B

$31.60

▲ +0.29%

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Our plain-language verdict, the thesis, risk factors, and what is changing about the business.

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52-Week Range

$21.86 - $43.34

P/E

53.56

Fwd P/E

9.34

Beta

0.49

Div Yield

4.28%

Avg Vol

1.9M

Shares Out

143.3M

Mkt Cap

$4.5B

Price action

Price chart

Up 28.0% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

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Bull Case

4 reasons

  • Diversified geographic portfolio reducing single-region risk exposure
  • Established operational expertise across multiple resource types and environments
  • Long-life, low-decline reserve base supporting sustainable production
  • Strategic acreage positions in prolific basins with development upside
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Bear Case

1 risk

  • Low volatility (beta 0.5).

Growth

Moderate growth ahead

Crude oil and natural gas commodity price appreciation

Value

Attractively priced below Oil & Gas E&P peer average

Momentum

Falling

-23.3% over 3m

Quality

Excellent

Solid business

Dividend

Solid

4.28% yield

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: May 5, 2026

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Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 6, 2026

Reported EPS of $0.32 vs $0.29 consensus (+10.3% surprise). Revenue of $733.6M vs $703.0M expected (+4.3%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +10.3%
Rev beat +4.3%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+10.3%

Next: May 5, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

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-21%

-15%

-15%

-4%

-4%

+9%

Q2 24

Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$801.0M

$753.2M

$669.6M

$672.7M

$683.1M

$721.0M

$642.1M

$732.4M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

—

Operating

—

Profit

7.2%

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Wall Street consensus

10 analysts · 30% Buy

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

Buy

3

30%

Hold

6

60%

Sell

1

10%

Median Price Target

$43.00

▲ +36.1% vs $31.60

Low $35.00
Median $43.00
High $44.00

Latest: Morgan Stanley · $35.00 · Jun 29, 2026

6 analysts covering

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vs Industry

How MUR stacks vs Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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