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Murphy Oil Corp has a consensus price target of $42.26 based on the ratings of 20 analysts. The high is $53 issued by Mizuho on September 18, 2023. The low is $34 issued by UBS on December 9, 2024. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Piper Sandler, Morgan Stanley, and Truist Securities on January 29, 2025, January 22, 2025, and January 13, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $38 between Piper Sandler, Morgan Stanley, and Truist Securities, there's an implied 38.28% upside for Murphy Oil Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
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The latest price target for Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) was reported by Piper Sandler on January 29, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $35.00 expecting MUR to rise to within 12 months (a possible 27.37% upside). 40 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
The latest analyst rating for Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) was provided by Piper Sandler, and Murphy Oil maintained their overweight rating.
The last upgrade for Murphy Oil Corp happened on April 11, 2023 when Truist Securities raised their price target to $56. Truist Securities previously had a hold for Murphy Oil Corp.
The last downgrade for Murphy Oil Corp happened on January 22, 2025 when Morgan Stanley changed their price target from N/A to $37 for Murphy Oil Corp.
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Murphy Oil, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Murphy Oil was filed on January 29, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around January 29, 2026.
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Murphy Oil (MUR) rating was a maintained with a price target of $39.00 to $35.00. The current price Murphy Oil (MUR) is trading at is $27.48, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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