Stocks of Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE:MUR) traded higher last session on Wall Street, up 0.37% to $24.41.
MUR stock price is now 11.93% away from the 50-day moving average and -15.13% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $3.48B.
On May 15, 2025, Roth Capital Downgraded its previous ‘Buy’ rating to ‘Neutral’ on the stock keeping its target price maintained at $25, while ‘Mizuho’ rates the stock as ‘Neutral’
In other news, GARDNER JOHN B, Officer bought 14,782 shares of the company’s stock on Jun 04 ’25. The stock was bought for $319,376 at an average price of $21.61. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Mar 05 ’25, Director Nolan Jeffrey W bought 10,000 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $233,947 was incurred on buying the stock at an average price of $23.39. This leaves the insider owning 292,012 shares of the company worth $7.13 million. A total of 6.66% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
During the past 12 months, Murphy Oil Corp has had a low of $18.94 and a high of $43.02. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a current ratio of 0.76, and a quick ratio of 0.69.
The net profit margin was 13.47% and return on equity was 7.54% for MUR.
