Important negative changes in fundamentals have recently occurred for Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR): significant quarterly sales deceleration occurred, the consensus estimate for December, 2025 decreased significantly, and the consensus estimate for December, 2026 decreased significantly.
Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) has recently experienced significant negative changes in investment behavior: negative upside/downside volume developed.
In light of these highly negative signals we are reviewing our current Overall Rating of C. We would view the shares with caution pending completion of this review in the next several days.
Current PriceTarget Research Rating
Murphy Oil has a current Value Trend Rating of C (High Neutral). The Value Trend Rating reflects very contradictory signals from PTR’s two proprietary measures of a stock’s attractiveness. Murphy Oil has a very high Appreciation Score of 88 but a poor Power Rating of 24, with the High Neutral Value Trend Rating the result.
Recent Price Action
Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) stock closed at $26.54 on 9/19/25 after a modest decline of -1.8%. Moreover, this decline was accompanied by unusually high trading volume at 199% of normal. The stock has risen 2.7% during the last week but has been weak relative to the market over the last nine months.
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