Murphy Oil
About: Murphy Oil Corp is an oil and gas exploration and production company, with both onshore and offshore operations and properties. It operates in two geographic reportable segments the United States and Canada. It generates the majority of its revenue form the United States.
Employees: 750
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
39% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 158 | Existing positions reduced: 114
15% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $33.1M | Put options by funds: $28.8M
4.54% more ownership
Funds ownership: 89.87% [Q1] → 94.41% (+4.54%) [Q2]
0% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q1] → 3 (+0) [Q2]
4% less funds holding
Funds holding: 382 [Q1] → 367 (-15) [Q2]
19% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.72B [Q1] → $3.03B (-$689M) [Q2]
20% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 45 | Existing positions closed: 56
Research analyst outlook
7 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
7 analyst ratings
Mizuho
William Janela
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$29
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Neutral
Maintained
|
15 Sep 2025 |
Piper Sandler
Mark Lear
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$32
|
Overweight
Maintained
|
14 Aug 2025 |
UBS
Josh Silverstein
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$24
|
Neutral
Maintained
|
13 Aug 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Hanwen Chang
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$26
|
Equal-Weight
Maintained
|
22 Jul 2025 |
Scotiabank
Paul Cheng
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$26
|
Sector Perform
Maintained
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11 Jul 2025 |
Barclays
Betty Jiang
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$23
|
Underweight
Maintained
|
7 Jul 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Roger Read
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$24
|
Equal-Weight
Maintained
|
26 Jun 2025 |
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