Murphy Oil Q2 EPS Estimate Lowered by Capital One Financial

Murphy Oil Co. (NYSE:MUR) – Equities research analysts at Capital One Financial reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Murphy Oil in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 4th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the oil and gas producer will earn $0.64 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.95. The consensus estimate for Murphy Oil’s current full-year earnings is $3.33 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Murphy Oil’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.72 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.75 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $2.74 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.14 EPS.

Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January 30th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.62 by ($0.27). Murphy Oil had a return on equity of 7.66% and a net margin of 13.44%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.90 earnings per share.

MUR has been the topic of a number of other reports. Scotiabank lowered their target price on shares of Murphy Oil from $47.00 to $36.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 10th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “underweight” rating and set a $37.00 price objective on shares of Murphy Oil in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Truist Financial cut Murphy Oil from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $42.00 to $31.00 in a research note on Friday, January 31st. KeyCorp dropped their price target on Murphy Oil from $50.00 to $37.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Finally, UBS Group reduced their price objective on Murphy Oil from $34.00 to $32.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Murphy Oil has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $36.33.

Murphy Oil Stock Performance

NYSE:MUR opened at $26.71 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $3.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.93 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $30.34 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $33.51. Murphy Oil has a twelve month low of $25.26 and a twelve month high of $49.14.

Murphy Oil Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.325 per share. This represents a $1.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. This is a positive change from Murphy Oil’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.30. Murphy Oil’s dividend payout ratio is 44.61%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new stake in Murphy Oil in the 3rd quarter worth $1,217,000. Prospector Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Murphy Oil by 50.5% in the third quarter. Prospector Partners LLC now owns 307,092 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $10,361,000 after purchasing an additional 103,092 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. increased its holdings in Murphy Oil by 14.5% during the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 605,557 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $20,431,000 after purchasing an additional 76,487 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can raised its position in Murphy Oil by 26.7% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 67,246 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock valued at $2,268,000 after purchasing an additional 14,181 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Klein Pavlis & Peasley Financial Inc. bought a new position in Murphy Oil during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $796,000. 78.31% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Murphy Oil

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.