Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) Stock Analysis
A live, multi-source view of Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR): real-time price, technical indicators, Wall Street analyst consensus, recent news sentiment and social buzz — aggregated into one place so you can size up the stock at a glance.
About Murphy Oil Corporation
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. Murphy Oil Corporation was formerly known as Murphy Corporation and changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964. The company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Sector: Energy · Industry: Oil & Gas E&P · United States · 813 employees · murphyoilcorp.com
Key statistics · as of 2026-09-05
As of 2026-09-05, Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) had a market capitalization of $5.22B, a trailing P/E of 18.0 (forward 12.1), a dividend yield of 3.75% and a beta of 0.49; the shares traded in a 52-week range of $24.80 – $43.34 (44.0% over the year).
- Market cap
- $5.22B
- Enterprise value
- $7.15B
- Trailing P/E
- 18.0
- Forward P/E
- 12.1
- PEG ratio
- 0.33
- Price / book
- 0.99
- EPS (trailing)
- $2.02
- EPS (forward)
- $3.00
- Dividend yield
- 3.75%
- Payout ratio
- 66.8%
- Ex-dividend date
- 2026-08-17
- 52-week range
- $24.80 – $43.34
- 52-week change
- 44.0%
- Beta
- 0.49
- Average volume
- 1.8M
- Shares outstanding
- 143.3M
- Short % of float
- 10.71%
- Profit margin
- 9.8%
Fundamental figures are recorded once every few days, dated above; they are not live and can differ from the interactive tiles.
Last universe scan · 2026-09-11
In RapidTradeView’s 2026-09-11 scan of the US universe, Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) last closed at $38.83 (the last completed close before that scan).
Technicals at the scan: RSI 60 (neutral territory), price +6.5% versus its 20-day average, 20-day versus 50-day average spread +1.1%, MACD histogram 0.29.
Sentiment inputs: 67% of recent Finnhub-scored headlines read bullish; StockTwits 91% bullish; analyst consensus score 52/100.
Next scheduled company event: in 54 days from the scan date.
Scan values are recorded once per trading day and are not live quotes; the interactive tiles above update in real time.
Smart Money · last 90 days
RapidTradeView has recorded no Congress or insider filing for MUR in the last 90 days. Coverage of House, Senate and SEC Form 4 filings began in July 2026, and insider sells are tracked for universe tickers only, so this is our record, not a guarantee that nothing was filed. Who is trading what
RapidTradeView pick record
MUR has not appeared in the daily picks yet. Full scoreboard
What this page covers
RapidTradeView pulls Murphy Oil Corporation (MUR) data from multiple independent sources and combines it into a single dashboard. Below the summary you’ll find live, interactive tiles for each of the following:
- Price & chart — real-time quote with pre/post-market moves and a line or candlestick chart.
- Technical indicators — RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and support/resistance, distilled into one overall signal.
- Analyst consensus — the buy/hold/sell breakdown and price targets published by Wall Street analysts.
- News sentiment — recent headlines, each scored for tone so the prevailing narrative is obvious.
- Earnings — current EPS, year-over-year change and the next scheduled earnings date.
- Social buzz — Reddit mention volume and StockTwits sentiment for the retail-trader angle.
How to read the signals
No single indicator tells the whole story. A bullish technical reading paired with a cautious analyst consensus, or strong social buzz against weak earnings, is exactly the kind of tension this view is built to surface. RapidTradeView’s signals are generated by deterministic, statistical models — they describe what the data is doing, they are not personalised recommendations to buy or sell MUR.
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